Don’t listen to those productivity gurus: why waking up at 6am won’t make you successful
Published in
7 min readMay 9, 2018
If you want to be successful, many experts and life-hackers say you should:
- Wake up at 6 am
- Take a cold shower
- Exercise
- Meditate
- Journal and brainstorm
- Review and set goals
- Read news and industry sites
- Consume inspiring content
- Eat a protein-rich breakfast
Whew. That’s a lot to accomplish before 8 am.
I’m not sure when the dogma of morning routines began to spread, but suddenly, these mile-long checklists are everywhere — especially in the startup world.
Routines can be great, but I think there’s a misplaced emphasis on morning.
Everyone has different peak hours. If you want to enhance your productivity, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a morning person or a night owl, or if you go for a run at 6 am or 6 pm.
Instead, it’s up to you to make the most of your day, and to learn when you work and feel your best. Brian Tracy calls this your prime time:
“Your internal prime time is the time of day, according to your…
