There is a widespread anecdote about the NBA player Kobe Bryant's hard work. According to a disconfirmed report, when a journalist asked Kobe how he had such a successful basketball career, he responded with a question asking if the journalist know what Los Angeles looks like in 4 a.m.
No matter whether this rumour is true or not, I think I have already caught a brief glimpse into one of secrets for success. The more biographies I read, the more links between achieving success and getting up early I find. For example, a large number of well-known people including Tim Cook, Howard Schultz, and George W. Bush jump out of bed early in the morning and ready to take on the world while most people are still asleep. With this precious extra time, they are able to get more things done or to work out to strike a work-life balance. Honestly speaking, I always ask myself to learn good habits from those people, so every morning I would fight with my sleepy eyes and cold temperature outside my warm blanket, hoping there is one day when I could also tell interviewers honourably about what Nanning looks like in 6.15 a.m.
