Small Business Secrets: Reasons Why Waking Up Early Isn’t Mandatory

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Much is made of the entrepreneur or small business owner who wakes up early. It can often feel like you can't make it unless you becoming a morning person. That simply isn't true. There are plenty of reasons why waking up early isn't mandatory for success.

You Can Be Ready to Work the Moment You Wake Up

The benefit of waking up early is supposedly having more hours in the day. Unfortunately, putting more hours in doesn't always mean you're more productive. Studies have shown that after 50 hours of work in a week, productivity drops sharply. It doesn't matter how early you wake up and how many work hours you can squeeze in a day - what matters is the quality of the hours be great at managing your time and your schedule. Waking up early gives you room for error. If you're going to wake up later than 8 AM, you'd better be ready to work.

Your Business Should Work Without You

One of the biggest concerns you may have about sleeping in involves the business and how it'll run without you. The buck often stops with you, so if you're not there, important decisions may be delayed. This can affect productivity negatively and could even cost you sales.

Fortunately, the solution is simple: make the office independent of you as much as possible. Creating systems that allow parts of the company to run autonomously is key, not only to being able to sleep in, but to creating a scalable business. Eventually, your company will grow to the point where relying on your presence would actually be detrimental, so creating independent systems acts as future-proofing.