WARREN ST. JOHN and ALEX WILLIAMS on today’s NYT provide good news for you night owls. The notion that early risers live more healthily and are more productive is a self-promotional myth. People need to find the sleeping patterns that suits them best!

The Crow of the Early Bird

Mr. Iger, who is married to the television journalist Willow Bay, with whom he has four children, is up at 4:30 in the morning, works out and arrives in the office by 6:30.
The New York Times, March 14, profile of Robert A. Iger, the new president of the Walt Disney Compan

Most days before work, Ward, 53, wakes up at 4:30 a.m. at her South Anchorage condo, grabs her mandatory morning coffee and heads to the gym. Part of her success rides on the fact that she exudes energy and sleeps only six hours a night.
The Anchorage Daily News, Jan. 3, profile of Robin Ward, a real estate deal maker

After Singer’s call, Wirtschafter couldn’t get back to sleep. He usually drops off for only about three hours a night, anyway, rising at around 1 a.m. to read scripts and scribble diagrams in a blue notebook, plotting the decision tree of the following day’s phone calls.
The New Yorker, March 21, profile of Dave Wirtschafter, the president of the William Morris Agency

THERE was a time when to project an image of industriousness and responsibility, all a person had to do was wake at the crack of dawn. But in a culture obsessed with status