Why productive people get up insanely early

Re:Why productive people get up insanely early by mistercow on Saturday December 07, 2013 @09:38AM (#6866449)

I suspect that the causation is backwards here. Studies of highly driven people show that they tend to have naturally higher dopamine levels than less driven people (I'm grossly oversimplifying here, but anyway). In effect, they are on stimulants all the time - natural ones created by their own bodies. And that's going to create a correlation between productivity and early rising right there.

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Re:Why productive people get up insanely early by StavrosK on Saturday December 07, 2013 @11:08AM (#6866694)

How do stimulants relate to rising early? If anything, they might relate to needing less sleep, but that still only means you get up early if you go to sleep early.

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Re:Why productive people get up insanely early by mistercow on Sunday December 08, 2013 @11:01AM (#6870018)

>they might relate to needing less sleep, but that still only means you get up early if you go to sleep early.

I think you might want to check your math there.

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Re:Why productive people get up insanely early by StavrosK on Sunday December 08, 2013 @11:06AM (#6870033)

I did, it checks out.

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Re:Why productive people get up insanely early by mistercow on Monday December 09, 2013 @12:59PM (#6875602)

No it doesn't. I don't want to be mean, but this is really basic addition. If you need less sleep, you can get up earlier without going to sleep earlier.

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