[jeffbarr]

I've been starting my day at 5 AM for decades. There's something invigorating about getting a jump on the rest of the people in my time zone (and the time zones to the east as well). This does, unfortunately, mean that "sleeping in" on the weekends might last until 7:30 at best.

I need 5.5 to 6.0 hours of sleep, and will generally just wake up after I've been sleeping for that long, regardless of jet lag.

I like to blast through my email, do my online reading, review and rewrite my TODO list, and generally have things on the right trajectory for the day by 6 AM.

I use the alarm clock on my BlackBerry and don't have any special tricks for waking up. I've been getting up at the same time for so long that my eyes will often open up at 4:55 or so.

[zackattack]

I read through this comment and thought "This guy is probably very successful. Let's learn more about him." and sure enough, Lead Web Services Evangelist at Amazon.com, my favorite company.

[zackattack]

I like to start my day with a healthy dose of confirmation bias.