5: fuck the 5am club
fuck the 5am club.
the most money i've made (and the happiest i've been) was when i'd consistently wake up after 10am... some days as late as 1-2pm.
greg o'gallagher (kinobody guy) shared a similar experience recently.
and it's not just because obsession beats optimization.
personally, my body needs the extra sleep.
jeff bezos doesn't take meetings before 10am.
you don't see youtube videos about his morning routine because he doesn't need one.
there's science behind this btw- it's called the "sleep chronotype."
humans evolved to have different circadian rhythms to keep watch over their tribe at night - a mix of early risers, night owls, and the (unfortunate) erratic sleepers to keep the peace.
if you struggle to wake up at 3am to do your morning prayer and cold showers, it might not be because you're a lazy bum.
you're probably just a "wolf" chronotype - a night owl.
and it sucks because most self-help advice is written (and consumed) by "lions" - the early bird chronotype.
meaning most people live and die by the sword of "morning routines" and all the marketing BS around it.
fuck that.
take all advice with a grain of salt.
double down on what works FOR YOU.
and discard the rest.
because what works for me took a lot of trial and error (and ungaslighting myself from what all the gurus preach).
so let me be the anti-guru.
i'm starting the 11am club.
-k