How Does Your Morning Routine Compare to Elon Musk's, Sheryl Sandberg's and Warren Buffett's?These 10 power players have morning rituals that allow them to squeeze the most out of their precious time.
ByCarolyn Sun•
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By following an effectivemorning routine, we can not only prime our days for maximum energy to reach our goals, but we can also effectively combat the mental fatigue that comes each day with making what often feels like a never-ending series of decisions.
Take a look at these 10 slides to see how your morning routine compares to these business moguls -- and see what you can learn from them.
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Elon Musk
SpaceXandTeslaCEOElon Muskgenerally getssix hours of sleepand wakes up at 7 a.m., a pretty late hour considering his busy lifestyle.
The first task Musk does upon waking is respond to critical emails for half an hour. What follows is pretty mundane: He send his five kids off to school, takes a shower and drives to work. The remainder of his morning is typically spent in meetings over design and engineering.
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Mark Zuckerberg
"The first thing I do is look at my phone," claims the incredibly nearsightedMark Zuckerberg, CEO ofFacebook,during a 2016 Facebook Live interviewwith comedian Jerry Seinfeld. That's before he puts in his contact lenses.
The 33-year-old tech titanadmitshe "was never a morning person," however, he credits his daughter Max, who is turning 2 in November, for turning him into one. He works out, then showers and his wardrobe decision is already made: Zuckerberg is known for wearing thesame outfit every day.
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Steve Jobs
Not surprisingly, the late founder and head ofApple,Steve Jobs, had a rather profound morning routine. When Jobs would wake up in the morning, he would look in the mirror andask himself, "If today was the last day of my life, would I be happy with what I'm about to do today?"
If the answer was "no" too many days in a row, that was his cue that something needed to change.
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Oprah Winfrey
Media mogulOprah Winfreyhas hermorning ritualdown pat. She starts every morning with 20 minutes of meditation. She follows meditation up with at least 15 minutes of exercise on the treadmill and ends with the preparation of a healthy breakfast.
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Tony Robbins
In spite of his hectic schedule (or because of it), self-empowerment and performance guruTony Robbinsdoes a daily morning ritual he refers to as "priming," which takes about 10 minutes.
Priming follows three steps:
Do three sets of energizing 30Kapalbhati Pranayamabreaths. These breaths are a form of successive forceful breathing practiced in some forms of yoga.
Then, close your eyes and slow down your breathing. Find three things you are grateful for.
Finally, spread the love. This part consists of sending strength and well wishes out to the world: friends, family and business associates.
He likes to top off his morning ritual with anutritious and rather unusual breakfastof fish and salad.
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Sheryl Sandberg
By the time early-riserSheryl Sandberggets to the office at 7 a.m., she's already fitted in an hour of responding to emails, a morning workout at her home gym anddropping her two kids offat school. The Facebook COOkeeps herself on trackby consulting her to-do list maintained in a refreshingly analog spiral-bound notebook.
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Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett, also known as the "Oracle of Omaha," wakes up at 6:45 a.m. andstarts his day readinghis usual pile of newspapers:The Wall Street Journal, USA TodayandForbes, to name a few. His breakfast of choice? McDonald's. The multibillionaire Buffett selects his breakfast based on how the stock market is performing and washes it down with a Coca-Cola.
The 87-year-old has also incorporated exercise into his daily routine after hisdoctor informed him in 2007that he needed to either change his diet or exercise.
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Richard Branson
The founder ofVirgin Groupis an early bird.Richard Bransonwakes up at5 a.m.and immediately exercises, which he claims boosts his productivity significantly. He also regularly eats breakfast with his family. "Exercise and family time put me in a great mind frame before getting down to business,"he writes on his Virgin blog.
Therest of his morningis spent knocking out emails, catching up on news and writing for his Virgin blog.
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Jack Dorsey
The CEO ofTwitterand Squareputs his well-being firstin his morning routine.Jack Dorseystarts his day off meditating, then does a seven-minute workout using an app on his phone and then makes his coffee and -- of course -- checks Twitter.
He gets his daily dose of exercise bywalking the five miles从他家到Twitter总部而听ing to audiobooks and podcasts.
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Arianna Huffington
Huffington PostfounderArianna Huffingtondoesn't like to use an alarm clock to wake up. A sleep proponent, Huffington ensures she gets eight full hours and once awake, she takes a moment tofeel grateful and set her intentionfor the day. Not a breakfast person, she gets her caffeine fix and meditates for 20 to 30 minutes.
Next, the media mogulhits up her stationary bike for 30 minutesand answers emails. A brief stretching session tops it all off.
