03/10/2024

Synching Your Body Clock to Be Your Best

DST impacts people in different ways

If you're reading this in the early morning, chances are you are an early bird, often referred to as a "lark." If it’s very late at night, you may be a "night owl."

You may have come to think of yourself as clearly one or the other, but research shows that most of us likely fall somewhere in the middle. These people are what author Daniel Pink refers to as "third birds."

And whether we perform at our best at mental or physical activities depends on the right alignment of the tasks with our personal chronotype. Pink writes that, "What ultimately matters... is that type, task and time align––what social scientists call 'the synchrony effect.'"

Please select this link to read the complete blog post from John Millen.