re: Why 4 a.m. is the most productive hour

I've just recently started to notice how most of the successful people in the US are either tech moguls, or someone who played the stock market well. What does that mean exactly?

I'm pretty much retired and keep the same hours as Bill Gates. Only a billionaire, a bum or a retiree can sleep until 7 am and get away with it.

I used to get up at 5:45 and was in my car headed to work before 7:00. Leaving that early, I could be in my office by 7:20-7:30. I made coffee and ate breakfast when I got to the office. Pretty much had a 60 person office to myself until about 7:50. I could check my messages and email while I ate. I tried to do things like reports or printing before others got there.

I stayed up until midnight back then too, so I wasn't even getting six hours. I was one of those boring people that worked while they went to college. It took me six years to get a bachelor's degree, because I had a couple of good construction jobs that I didn't want to leave until I'd cleared a set amount. After I graduated I worked two jobs for over 20 years. The second one didn't pay well, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed my "real" too actually.