![]() ![]() However, in other occupations, although the person is not an early bird, if he or she has a lot of brilliant ideas or performs well, it is a worthwhile in itself and he or she deserves of admiration.įor example, suppose there are two people, A and B. In these jobs, being an early bird is a good way to catch worms. ![]() ![]() Of course, the virtue of the diligent early bird is still important in certain jobs. And it needs a person who has the ability to perform effectively rather than just a diligent person. In current society, compared to the past, the work hours are relatively not fixed and the quality is regarded as more important thing than the amount of work. It caused a shift from labor-intensive to knowledge-intensive. There are still some people in the primary industry, but as the more jobs were created, the more people were engaged in the secondary and tertiary industries. So, the earlier people got up in the morning and the earlier they started work, the higher output they could get.īut now, are early birds still better than late birds? From modernization to modern times, people's jobs have diversified. Particularly in agriculture, which was the main industry, people could not work at night due to these limitations, similar to the case of previous hunting and gathering. Because people had to utilize the natural environment directly in that time, and because of the lack of skills, there were time and environmental limits. In past agricultural society, diligence was regarded as a virtue, because the primary industry including agriculture was the main source of income in that period. However, most people usually consider the morning person to be a diligent person who works hard from early in the morning and the night person to be a lazy man, referring to the expression ‘an early bird catches a worm.' They think that the morning person is a more productive and better person than the night person. Like the case of birds, there are two types of people too, so-called 'morning person' and 'night person.' There are people who work efficiently in the morning and who are in the best condition to work in the afternoon. That is, the early bird like a lark can catch more worms in the early morning, but the late bird like an owl can catch worms even late at night. On the other hand, the late birds can last longer than the early birds. Early birds cannot help spending more energy, so they will get tired sooner than late birds. For every creature including birds and human, there is a limit to the energy that can be devoted. Then, what happens to the birds that do not get up early? They can’t catch any worm? As an early bird catches an early worm, a late bird can catch a late worm, I think. So people used to say that we should be early birds to catch worms, mentioning it. There is an expression 'an early bird catches a worm.' This expression is widely used to mean that a diligent person can benefit or take a chance. ![]()
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