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Keep a bottle of water near the bed. Then when you wake up, sip the whole bottle (usually around 0.5 to 1l) and you'll get a burst of energy that will wake you up.

Have something that it is really worth getting out of bed for. Think about that thing before you go to bed. For example, if you really like video games, go to bed 1 hour earlier and then allow yourself 1 hour playing first thing in the morning.

If any of the other answers fail for you because you ultimately go back to bed because you are tired, try this. It may appear extreme, but it works. put a loud persistant alarm in a bin safe in your room lock the safe and put the key in your car drive your car around the street to the end of the corner set a quieter alarm 5 minutes before The idea is ...

After being hour late to my job for the fifth time in a row I invented a simple game that helped me a lot. maybe someone will find it helpful as well. You will need: an alarm clock and a friend. before going to bed i set up my alarm clock 5-10min earlier that required. i left my room and asked my flatmate to hide it somewhere without me knowing where. in ...

Avoid sugars, carbs, and heavy meals! Although you may feel strong and revitalized initally, in a few hours, you'll be kicking yourself afterwards as you'll constantly be battling sleepiness. In the long run, you will be more productive if you sleep even for a few hours. With no sleep, you won't really be productive, be prone to mistakes, and be irritable ...

From http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=379301 The preference for particular sleep timing is called “chronotype”; some people are morning types and choose to go to bed early and wake up early, whereas others are evening types and go to bed late and awaken late. As Tom points out, Chronotype is the key word here - Wikipedia has ...

Um, so I happened to have already outlined an old system at http://productivity.stackexchange.com/a/3054/2382, but it's pretty relvent here... I'd like to be able to get up early, but I don't really have anyone to be accountable to for this. So I advertised on gumtree (I think craiglist is the equivelent in the US) for someone who was also ...