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The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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Re: The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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i think this is a good thing and not "rigged". here's why:

1. you can train yourself to be a morning person. this is coming from someone who is not at all a morning person by nature. so it's not unfair, what it does do is weed out people who don't bother to do so. it selects for disciplined people with a strong work ethic.

2. it is easier to be a night person than a morning person. inertia says it is easier to stay up later than get up earlier. so again, it selects for people who are disciplined.

Re: The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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Is it possible that morning people are more productive than people who prefer later times of day. This article is filled with things that are "biased" towards morning people, but didn't actually provide any evidence that this bias is unfounded.

The article mentions that people with late chronotypes get less sleep due to early work hours, and that lack of sleep causes productivity issues.

Re: The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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i think this is a good thing and not "rigged". here's why: 1. you can train yourself to be a morning person. this is coming from someone who is not at all a morning person by nature. so it's not unfair, what it does do is weed out people who don't bother to do so. it selects for disciplined people with a strong work ethic. 2. it is easier to be a night person than a morning person. inertia says it is easier to stay u…

Anedote, but as I got older (>30) being a morning person became easier and easier.

Re: The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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i think this is a good thing and not "rigged". here's why: 1. you can train yourself to be a morning person. this is coming from someone who is not at all a morning person by nature. so it's not unfair, what it does do is weed out people who don't bother to do so. it selects for disciplined people with a strong work ethic. 2. it is easier to be a night person than a morning person. inertia says it is easier to stay u…

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Re: The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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i think this is a good thing and not "rigged". here's why: 1. you can train yourself to be a morning person. this is coming from someone who is not at all a morning person by nature. so it's not unfair, what it does do is weed out people who don't bother to do so. it selects for disciplined people with a strong work ethic. 2. it is easier to be a night person than a morning person. inertia says it is easier to stay u…

Sorry, this is not how it works. (What actually happens: You're laying in bed awake and eventually raise to shuffle to work without any sleep.)

Re: The Workplace Is Rigged to Favor Morning People

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post #6

i think this is a good thing and not "rigged". here's why: 1. you can train yourself to be a morning person. this is coming from someone who is not at all a morning person by nature. so it's not unfair, what it does do is weed out people who don't bother to do so. it selects for disciplined people with a strong work ethic. 2. it is easier to be a night person than a morning person. inertia says it is easier to stay u…

Anedote, but as I got older (>30) being a morning person became easier and easier.

For me, it is the other way round.

Thus: YMMV

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