We've all heard the Ben Franklin quote, early to bed, early to rise, makes a man, come on, healthy, wealthy, and wise.

As a matter of fact, I love this quote so much that I have taken the last part of it,

healthy, wealthy, and wise and made it part of the mission of my radio show.

But I've never really been a morning person per se.

Ben Franklin also said that early morning has gold in its mouth.

Early morning has gold in his mouth. Early morning has gold in his mouth.

Now when I read Ben Franklin's quotes, I also consider that Ben Franklin, who allegedly

also discovered electricity, was in a time when, you know, people had to go to bed early

because there was no sun out. You know, it was only candlelight. And it's hard to read

and do stuff by candlelight.

And getting up, you know, when the rooster crows, when the sun comes up,

was a normal circadian rhythm for people when Ben Franklin was around, right?

But there's wisdom in that, in that quote, there's wisdom in his thinking.

And there's a recent study by a biologist that has borne that out. Now, full disclosure, I don't ever, I have never considered myself a

morning person. In fact, for three years, I did a morning show, which was from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

in New York City, and I had to get up at 407. Yes, that's when I actually set my alarm for 407 every single morning. And for three years, I never got used to getting up at 407. People would say to me, oh, you'll get used to getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning. No, never. I never got used to it, never liked it.

And if I think on it too hard, it would send me into flashbacks about getting up at 4 o'clock of the morning because my body never adjusted to it because I am really not a morning person. Now, when I get up in the morning, no matter what time I get up, I'm ready for the day. I don't drag out of bed and doesn't take me a whole lot of time. You guys know I don't drink coffee. So I'm like this. As soon as I get up, I'm ready for the day. I don't drag out of bed and then take me a whole lot of time.

You guys know I don't drink coffee. So I'm like this. As soon as I get up, my feet hit the ground.

I'm ready. But I don't like getting up in the morning. But the last couple of weeks I have decided to

try it, to try it, because I wanted to see. I read this study. Biologist named Chris Randler did a study. He surveyed 367 people to ask them the time of day that they got up when they're the most energetic and, you know, how their day was. And what he found was that, according to him, people who get up early do better, they get better grades, mostly students. They do better in

college as a result that leads to them getting better job opportunities, which also leads

them to having, you know, more financial success. He also found that people who get up early,

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