The Early Bird Catches the Worm

Probably one of the oldest sayings you can remember. Everyone has heard it. In fact this has been around since the 1600s. This is first recorded in John Ray's A collection of English proverbs 1670, 1678. It's still as true today as it was the first time you heard it. For humans and birds.

Studies show that morning people are more likely to succeed. Even if other studies show that night people are more creative, funny, and smarter. Clearly it is up for debate.

Christoph Randler, a biology professor at the University of Education in Heidelberg, Germany says a mornign person that gets up about the same time everyday be it a day on, or off.

"When it comes to business success, morning people hold the important cards," Randler told the Harvard Business Review of his research, some of which originally appeared in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. "[T]hey tend to get better grades in school, which gets them into better colleges, which then leads to better job opportunities. Morning people also anticipate problems and try to minimize them. They're proactive."

They are probably more likely to be healthier and eat food that burns fat rather than junk from being behind all the time. Waking up late for most businesses probably isn't the way to go as the rest of the world isn't working anymore. read more