I do not remember where I found this post, but this is exactly what the doctor ordered ! I have been trying to get up early and do with around 5-6 hours of sleep, but have not been able to get around to achieving it 
. Yes, I do set an alarm, and wake up promptly at 5:00 in the morning - only to turn it off and sleep for a couple of hours. Then, its too late to do anything but rush to office
This is what he says :
I go to bed when I’m too sleepy to stay up. My sleepiness test is that if I couldn’t read a book for more than a page or two without drifting off, I’m ready for bed. Most of the time when I go to bed, I’m asleep within three minutes. I lie down, get comfortable, and immediately I’m drifting off. Sometimes I go to bed at 9:30pm; other times I stay up until midnight. Most of the time I go to bed between 10-11pm. If I’m not sleepy, I stay up until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer. Reading is an excellent activity to do during this time, since it becomes obvious when I’m too sleepy to read.
When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up. I don’t think about it. I’ve learned that the longer it takes me to get up, the more likely I am to try to sleep in. So I don’t allow myself to have conversations in my head about the benefits of sleeping in once the alarm goes off. Even if I want to sleep in, I always get up right away.
This article apparently spiked up the popularity and traffic at the blog, and motivated Steve to write an addendum, available here.
Great. Now all that is required sticking to the rules 