I'm know we're all searching for the next great "hack" to make us more productive, but frankly this article is an example of how not to go about it. Firstly, t

I'm know we're all searching for the next great "hack" to make us more productive, but frankly this article is an example of how not to go about it. Firstly, the title seems to suggest most productive people get up insanely early. Yet, the only example in it of someone who does that is, well, the author. Then of course there's the typically prescriptive and reductive approach that takes anecdotal or highly controlled examples and presents them as almost a gospel. I personally know more productive people who don't get up insanely early, than otherwise. Maybe I should tell them to change their habits. Plus, there's more and more research that says the "larks" and "owls" among us may be wired differently in their brains: - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24292-first-physical-evidence-of-why-youre-an-owl-or-a-lark.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24292-first-physical-e... - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623150621.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623150621.ht... To cut it short, sure, getting up early is good provided you can pull it off. But its equally possible you may end up being less productive merely trying to screw around with your existing sleep patterns and daily schedules.