Laura Vanderkam's book "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast" is a must read for who dream to wake up early every day and pass their day in an efficient and an effective way.

According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2011 Sleep in America poll, the average 30-45 year old claims he/she gets out of bed at 5:59 on a typical weekday morning, with 46-64 years olds rousting themselves at 5:57. Yet many people don't start work until 08:00 or 09:00 am.

Successful people have priorities they want to tackle, or things they like to do with their lives, and early mornings are the time when they have the most control of their schedules.

New research into that old-fashioned concept of willpower is showing that tasks that require self discipline are simply easier to do while the day is young. People who are serious about exercise do it in the mornings. Diets are broken in the evening, not the morning.

The best morning rituals are activities that don't have to happen and certainly don't have to happen at a specific hour. These are activities that, when practiced regularly, result in long-term benefits.

A good weekend needs a plan, there are sixty hours between the moment you crack open a beer at 6:00 p.m. Friday and the time the alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. Monday. Plan something fun for Sunday nights and plan the week ahead. This idea may be the most important tip in this book.

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