How to Wake Up Early

Tip #31: Strike with Overwhelming Force

Here comes the king of all tips. If you still fail to wake up early but have not lost hope, try this one. When everything else fails, it is time to get to serious military tactics.

Tip #30: Advertise Your Early Wake Up Habit

This tip works the same way as giving a promise works — but takes it a step further. Once you succeed at waking up early, tell people about it.

Tip #29: Put Yourself Under Time Pressure

“Zeitnot” is a German term commonly used in chess to describe severe time pressure or “time trouble”, where a player has only a few seconds or minutes remaining to complete their required moves. In zeitnot, your body and your mind draw on immense internal energy to get through it.

Tip #28: Get a Mentor

This is another “universal” tip that can help you in many situations when you need to learn a new skill or get a new habit, and it may come in handy if you want to learn how to wake up early.

Tip #10: Give a Promise

Give a promise to someone that you will start waking up earlier. This works best with family members, close friends, or anyone whose opinion matters to you. Once a promise is given, it should be kept. Otherwise, you risk losing respect in the eyes of those people—and in your own eyes as well.

Tip #7: Create a Reward System for Yourself

An excellent waking-up technique that works very well not only for waking up, but also whenever you want to do something you don’t like or keep procrastinating on, is promising yourself a reward. This tip can often be seen in various self-improvement materials, and it really does wonders.