If you're getting up early, you probably already have a good idea of what you want to accomplish that day – otherwise it would be hard to motivate to get up in the first place. Being an early riser also indicates a natural affinity for ritual and discipline – both key traits of especially productive people.

" When I am working on a book or story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write…
You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and you know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again.

You have started at six in the morning, say, and may go on until noon or be through before that. When you stop you are as empty, and at the same time never empty but filling, as when you have made love to someone you love.
Nothing can hurt you, nothing can happen, nothing means anything until the next day when you do it again. It is the wait until the next day that is hard to get through. " - Ernest Hemingway


1. Set an exact time to get out of bed.
2. Move up your bedtime in sync with the time you plan to get up.
3. Get out of bed immediately.
4. Expose yourself to sunlight.
5. Develop a routine for your morning.
6. Stick with it.

What Your Experience?
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> When is your most productive time during the day?

Have you tried getting up early - Did it work for you?