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If you aren’t a morning person, stop trying to be one
It’s often said that the most successful people get up early. However, success is about what you accomplish, not when you accomplish it.
Fighting your body clock to conform to an external standard is only likely to make you less productive and successful, not more.
Tim Cook gets up at 3:45 a.m. Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi gets up at 4 a.m. Disney CEO Bob Iger is a 4:30 kind of guy.
Jack Dorsey sleeps in until 5:30. So does my buddy Richard Branson.
Rarely do night owls get good press.
Because hey: successful people wake up early.
Well, at least some of them do.
As Adam Grant says, “The world’s most successful people aren't worried about what time others wake up. They wake and work on the schedule that works for them ”
Science agrees. While you might think becoming an early bird is a simple matter of willpower and persistence, research shows that whether you’re an early riser or a night owl is predominately biological.
In short, they didn’t decide to be night owls. They are night owls.
And that’s OK.
While studies show that morning people tend to be more persistent, self-directed and tend to be better planners... night owls tend to perform better on tests that measure memory, processing speed and cognitive ability. They tend to be more creative.
And, oddly enough, they tend to be a little more financially successful.
So if you want to set higher goals for yourself, should you try to become a morning person? Or if you want to be more open to new experiences, should you try to become a night owl?
Nope. You should be who you are --- and stop trying to be something you’re not. Correlation isn’t causation. Successful people who are early risers aren’t necessarily successful as a result of waking up early; they’re successful because they’ve matched their body clocks to their schedules.
Sir Richard gets up “early” because it works for him. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian gets up “late” because it works for him.
When you start working doesn’t matter. What matters is what you get done in the hours between when you stop and start working.
Success is all about what you accomplish. Not the time of day you accomplish it.
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译文：
早起的鸟儿有虫吃？！
违反生物钟绝不会让你更接近成功
人们常说最成功的人都起得很早。然而，成功其实关乎成就何事，而不是何时完成。
蒂姆·库克凌晨3：45起床。百事可乐CEO因德拉·努伊凌晨4点起床。迪士尼CEO巴布·艾格4：30起床。
杰克·多西会睡到5：30，而我的好友理查·布兰森也一样。
夜猫子很少会获得赞美及好评。
因为，成功人士都很早起。
呃，至少其中有些人是这样。
诚如亚当·格兰特所言：“世界上最成功的人不会去管别人什么时候起床，他们会在最适合自己的时间起床、工作。”
科学家表示赞同。你很可能认为早起只是与意志力和坚持相关的事情，但研究显示，一个人会早起还是当夜猫子，绝大部分都与生物学有关。
简而言之，这些人并非自己决定要变成夜猫子。他们“天生”就是夜猫子。
而这其实没什么大不了。
虽然研究显示早起的人往往更能坚持不懈、自主能力强，且是较为优秀的规划者……但是夜猫子在评估记忆、处理速度、认知能力的相关测试中表现更佳。夜猫子通常比较有创意。
此外，奇怪的是，夜猫子在财务上往往更加成功些。
因此，如果想为自己设定远大目标，那么应该尝试调整作息成为早起的人吗？或者，如果想更加敞开心扉拥抱新体验，是否应该变成夜猫子？
当然不是。你应该成为自己原本的样子——不要再试图成为把自己变得不是自己的那种人。相关性并不代表因果关系。早起的成功人士未必是因为早期而成功，他们之所以成功是因为他们将生物钟和行程安排搭配得宜。
理查爵士早期，因为这适合他。Reddit公司的共同创办人亚力克西斯·瓦尼安晚起，也因为这适合他。
何时开始工作并不重要，重要的是在收工和开工之间的这几个小时里完成了什么。
成功只与完成了什么事有关，在一天中的什么时间点完成，其实并不重要。
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