Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. By now you have likely heard that successful people are notorious early risers. Here is what I found in order of wake-up time, earliest to latest :. Apple CEO Tim Cook wakes up at am every morning to go through email, exercise, and grab a coffee before settling in to his work day.
Starbucks Exec Howard Schultz gets up at am to walk his dogs, exercise, and then he makes coffee to get the day going. Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter and Square , wakes at 5am to meditate, exercise, make coffee, and then check in for his work day. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner wakes at am , checks email, reads the news, exercises, meditates, and eats breakfast all before 9am. Richard Branson rises with the sun at am to exercise and eat an early breakfast before work.
Gary Vaynerchuk, co-founder and CEO of VaynerMedia , wakes up at 6am every single day and gets his day started by checking his phone, catching up on the news, and then exercising. Apple CEO Tim Cook starts his morning routine -- not just his morning, his morning routine -- at As Adam Grant says, "The world's most successful people aren't worried about what time others wake up. They wake and work on the schedule that works for them. The world's most successful people aren't worried about what time others wake up.
What seems right for early birds may not be right for you, because what time you start your day has nothing to do with your level of success. Success is all about what you accomplish -- and, just as important, how you choose to accomplish it.
Most people who choose to get up early do so because they can take advantage of a few hours of solitude. Fewer interruptions. Fewer emails. Fewer phone calls. Starting work earlier than everyone else lets you be proactive, not reactive, and lets you set the agenda for the day instead of having one set for you. Others choose to get up early so they make sure they get their workout in -- and take advantage of the mood-boosting effect of exercise.
Research shows that as little as 20 minutes of moderate exercise boosts your mood for the next 12 hours. When I used to have it next to me, it was very easy for me to hit snooze often snoozing for up to 1 hour. I ended up moving my alarm next to my computer desk because I would actually have to rise to turn off the alarm. Another tactic that actually complements having an alarm far from my bed is turning on the lights immediately. When you turn on the lights right after turning on the alarm, it helps keep you awake.
Investor and blogger James Altucher lists one of his habits as getting hours of sleep. Getting up early is hard. But anything worth doing is hard.
To gain an advantage. To be able to wake up before your competitors with a clear mind and minimal distractions is a blessing when you have so many different things to tackle. My recommendation is for you to try this for at least 1 month and record your results. Download it free here or by clicking on the image below:. Image Credit: nigelhowe.
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