Does the Early Bird Get the Worm? By J. Beebs I was at lunch the other day with one of my friends, Bob. Bob’s a real go-getter, Type-A, all business kind of guy. He’s been in real estate development forever and is very hands on. So his days typically include everything from moving equipment between job sites, running permits, checking in with builders and even doing a little building himself. He’s a busy guy. So naturally, I asked him the secret to his success. And the answer was a bit unexpected: He’s an early riser. Always has been. Hmm. I’ve spent most of my life being a late riser. And I’m not nearly as financially successful as Bob. Have I missed something here? Heck, as a teenager, I could sleep in well past noon. And the apple must not fall far from the tree because my teens can definitely snooze well past 10am every day. Of course, as an older dude, getting up before 5am is no problem. But I have never felt very brilliant or successful at 5am. Give me some coffee and we can talk about it. I think history might be on Bob’s side. Wasn’t it Ben Franklin who said “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise?” And I’m giving Mr. Franklin the hat tip here – he was pretty successful. My personal rule of thumb: if you are on any currency for any nation, you’ve done something right. And Benny is sitting smartly on that crisp $100 bill. Nice. So Benny was an early riser, and he did a few important things like - you know, lead a revolution, research this nifty thing called electricity, run a newspaper, sign a declaration. Early riser and clear winner here. But on the flip side, I can think of a lot of people who probably don’t get up very early and could be considered successful. I mean I have a hard time imagining major rock n roll stars punching an alarm at 5am. Mick Jagger? Robert Plant? Jim Morrison? They don’t really strike me as first guy in the office kinda guys. I could be stereotyping here, but you get the point. And of course, Google tells me Mariah Carey needs at least 15 hours of sleep a day. Hmm. She sort of irritates me. But we don’t discriminate against facts here at the Beachcomber. Mariah. 15 hours. Pretty dang successful. Book it. Google also tells me Leonardo DaVinci followed some hippy sleep schedule and just took a 20 minute nap every four hours. Why did I click on Google again? My extensive peer reviewed research is confusing me. Evidently, if you are a rock star you can sleep in, if you’re a business guy or a scientist, you might plan on being more of an active morning guy. With Google being is usually conflicting self, I decided to conduct my own focus group to get to the bottom of this sleep thing. I mean I had talked to Bob, so why not talk to the rest of the crew? Yes, beer was involved, after all it was a focus group and refreshments are expected. At least they are with my crowd. And although this may sound scary, it all ended quite pleasantly, and we came to a conclusive answer: it doesn’t really matter. You can be successful with any sleeping pattern. Sleep in if you want. Get up early. Take a nap. We don’t care. But, as we explored sleep patterns more closely, we did come to one universal requirement for all early risers. If you are an early riser, go you! You are probably more successful than all of us. But we humbly demand that all early risers can never drive diesel trucks. Because you like to turn those damn things on at 4:30am in the morning and let them idle for twenty minutes while you do whatever the !@!#!@# you do in the morning. Good grief, go buy a Prius and let us all sleep in! ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10OFF % BUBBA GUMBO’S 912-786-4445 4 Old Highway 80 TybeeIslandBubbas.com TYBEE BEACHCOMBER | MAY 2017 15 Like Us On Facebook Entire Bill with coupon Limit 6 people excludes alcohol Happy Hour 4-7pm Daily with $1off Beers. 50¢ Oysters & Wings on Sundays. Mon, Wed, Thurs 3-9pm �������������������������������������������������������� Closed Tuesday
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