29 early birds among successful people

The lark schedule is good to respond to people and events around the world, while taking advantage of those who live with you in the same time zone, as well as time for sports and family. Moreover, research indicates a trend: the larks are happier and more active. And many people who have achieved great success, get up very early .
Although the owl schedule may make sense for some professions, most people should take note of the experience of successful people from this list.

Of course, not everyone will like this daily routine, variations of which are described below. Yes, and not necessarily to work 100 hours a week. But why not try to get up at least a little earlier than now, and see what comes of it? If you decide - it is worth reading an article about 10 ways of fixing the morning ritual of early lifting .
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General Electric CEO, Jeff Immelt

Every day, Jeff gets up at 5:30 am (for cardio training), then he meets the press and watches CNBC, as he told Fortune magazine. According to him, for 24 years he has been working 100 hours a week.

Xerox Chief Executive Officer, Ursula Burns

Yahoo Finance Ursula talked about her use of the early morning hours to get up to speed by looking through e-mail messages. Getting up at 5:15, she sometimes works until midnight.

Ursula also uses this time to stay in shape, leaving an hour of sports in her schedule (at 6 am twice a week - classes). This is evidenced by Laura Vanderkam, the author of the article “What do the most successful people do before breakfast”.

CEO of Chrysler and Fiat, Sergio Marchionne

Marchionne distributes his time between Turin in Italy and Auburn Hills, Michigan.

While in the US, he has to get up at 3:30 am to interact with European colleagues and, in addition, to leave time for everything else, he said in the TV show “60 minutes”.

“You and I live today among workaholics. I have never seen anyone like Sergio, ”said“ car king ”Steve Rattner. When the weekend in Italy, Sergio comes to work in America. And for the American weekend - going to work in Italy. Saturdays and Sundays for him and for his whole team are just working days. And anyone who went to work for Sergio signed up to participate in the program.

Co-founder of the investment company PIMCO, Bill Gross

Managing the world's largest bond investment fund in California virtually guarantees early upsurges. According to the Fortune edition, Gross wakes up at 4:30 to check the markets and gets to the office by 6.

Chief Executive Officer Square, Jack Dorsey

Dorsey described his schedule to the magazine New York Magazine, announcing that at 5:30 he wakes up for meditation and jogging about 10 kilometers.

He supported such a regime during the period when he moved between Square and Twitter, spending about 8 hours a day in each company.

Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group

Giving an interview to the author of the Business Insider online publication Ali Weisman, Branson discovered that his morning comes around 5:45, even when he is on his private island, forgetting to shut the windows so the sun wakes him up (about how Branson and others successful people spend their free time - here ).

He tries hard to use these early hours to practice before an early breakfast and get to work.

PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer, Indra Nuyi

Getting up at Nooyi at 4 am, as she tells Fortune magazine: "They say that sleep is a gift that God gives you ... this is the only gift I have never received."

In a series of speeches, she said that she came to work every day no later than 7 hours.

GM CEO, Dan Akerson

The Associated Press learned that Akerson "usually cannot sleep after 4:30 - 5," he wakes up to have the opportunity to talk with General Motors in Asia before evening arrives. He believes that his work is the best of all: "It is complex, interesting, and exciting."

But stress gets to him, leading to "many nights without sleep."

Chief Executive Officer of Virgin America, David Kush

Described by David for the Associated Press: getting up at 4:15, sending emails, talking on the phone with partners from the East Coast, and this is all before listening to Dallas sport radio, reading the press and exercising on the exercise bike.

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Everyone knows Tim's ups and corporate e-mails at 4:30 in the morning (according to Ryan Tate, a Gawker correspondent). At 5 he is already training in the gym. And he works late, proud that he comes to the office first, and leaves last.

Disney Chief Executive Officer, Bob Iger

Iger told the New York Times that he was getting up at 4:30. Every morning. It takes him a quiet time to do a number of things: read newspapers, do exercises, listen to music, study e-mail and watch TV — all at once. And although this is a fairly quiet time, he “has already entered multitasking mode of operation.”

Chief Executive Officer Hain Celestial Group, Irwin Simon

Simon gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and immediately gets to work, looking at e-mail or making calls to Europe and Asia. In addition, he prays, walks with the dog and does exercises before his children wake up, often planning to meet at breakfast before arriving at his office on Long Island by 9 am.

“I have always been a morning person. As you can see, I do a lot in four hours and now I feel ready for the rest of the day, ”Simon told the National Post, adding that he works 75 to 100 hours a week, managing companies under brands like Rice Dreams and Celestial Seasonings.

Former CEO of Peugeot, Jean-Martin Volz

It was said that the former head of Peugeot, who now heads the board of satellite communications operator Eutelsat Communications, could catch a train at 4 am from Dijon to Paris and finish viewing reference documents a few minutes before arriving at his office at 7 o'clock. According to The Guardian, Foltz also converted his Renault Espace into an office to work while traveling.

Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz

“I get up at 4:30 every morning to walk my three dogs and warm up. Around 5:45, I make coffee for myself and my wife, using a Bodum french press for 8 cups, ”said Schulz at Bloomberg Businessweek.
According to Portfolio.com., The coffee magnate gets to the office by 6 am.

Executive Director Brooklyn Nets, Brett Jormark

The youngest NBA CEO told SellingPower that he got up at 3:30 in the morning to get to the office by 4:30. There he designs and sends motivational emails to his team.
On weekends, he is not so zealous, arriving at the office by 7 in the morning.

Former CEO of the Oxygen Channel, Jerry Layborn

The founder of the Oxygen channel at 6 am is already on his feet, and after half an hour he leaves the house. If you get up early enough, she may even take you under her wing, she says Yahoo! Finance:

“Once or twice a week I go for a walk to Central Park with a young boy or girl who needs my advice. This is my way to contribute to the development of the next generation. And if someone gets up early in the morning, then they are serious about life. I can’t take time in the office for this, but such meetings in the morning allow me to play sports and at the same time stay in touch with young people. ”

Cedar Fair Entertainment CEO Matt Uymet

Uymet loves to come to the office early, getting up at 5:30, so that by 6 in the morning he leaves the house.
“I was always worried about the arrival time at work: this is working time,” he told Yahoo Finance.

Cisco Technical Director, Padmashri Warrior

After getting up at 4:30 in the morning, Warrior spends an hour on email, reads news, plays sports, and prepares his son for school.

Procter & Gamble CEO, Alan Lafley

The head of Proctor & Gamble, who after the break again took up work, told Fortune that he was in the habit of getting up between 5 and 5:30 am This is done to be at the desk by 6:30 or 7.
He also takes care of a good breakfast: “Before, I almost did not eat anything for breakfast. Now I have V-8 juice for breakfast, half a bagel and a cup of yogurt. And I eat five or six times a day. This is the question of managing your glycemic index. You do not want him jumps? "

Unilever CEO, Paul Polman

Dutch by birth, Polman gets up at 6 am to work on a treadmill in his office. It also gives him time to “reflect on the upcoming working day,” which is probably quite restless in a multinational company, among which brands are food, cosmetic and hygiene products.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong

“I usually get up at 5 or 5:15 am,” Armstrong told The Guardian. “Earlier, I preferred to start sending email when I woke up. But not everyone lives with me in the same schedule, so I tried to wait until 7 in the morning. Before working with e-mail I train, read and use our products. By 7 am I usually have questions or feedback on AOL. I am not a great sleep and I have never been. Life is too exciting to sleep. ”

He says that he is trying to get six hours of night sleep, but often wakes up earlier. "This is not perfect," he admitted.

CEO Newton Investment, Helena Morrissey

Morrissey told The Guardian that she gets up "at 5 am, sometimes even earlier," and immediately starts sending out e-mail before her children get up. And at 7:30 pm, Helena has a family dinner, but after that she works again, sometimes for at least two hours, preparing for the meetings scheduled for the next day.

She admits that she feels a little lack of sleep. But this is a job, especially when you have nine children in addition to managing a global investment company ...

General Motors CEO, Mary Barra

Barra, who replaced CEO Dan Akerson, spent her whole life working for GM and became the first woman manager of a large automotive company.

She is already in the office when many people are still just waking up, as a rule, by 6 am (according to the New York Times).

Starwood Hotels CEO, Fritz Van Paaschen

Former CEO Coors is on the list of habits for jogging or cycling at 5:50 in the morning and ready for the upcoming day at 6.30. According to the Associated Press, he is probably America’s most athletic CEO (completed his first Ironman triathlon in 2013 in 12 hours and 44 minutes).

This is the achievement that helped him succeed. One of the three life lessons he shared with Bloomberg Businessweek is that “effort is more important than talent.” Another great lesson is: “Everyone who believes that he is a man who has made himself has a very selective memory.”

Former PepsiCo CEO Stephen Rinemund

When he ran PepsiCo, this marine veteran ran 6.5 kilometers every morning at 5 o'clock (according to CEO.com). It was the only way to make time for jogging, without getting bogged down in corporate affairs. He also got into the habit of reading The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and The Dallas Morning News before going to work.

As dean of the Wake Forest University business school, Rheinemund invited students and teachers to join him in his morning jogging called Dawn with the Dean (according to the Business Journal).

Vogue editor in chief, Anna Wintour

An unusually obstinate icon of the “glossy” fashion wakes up every morning at 5:45 to play tennis an hour (according to The Guardian). After that, at 6:45, she begins her daily work with hair in order to preserve her famous hairstyle.

Former Presidents, George W. Bush and George W. Bush

The first Bush got up at 4 am, went for a run, was in the office by 6 o'clock and went to bed at 2 am. “It was terrifying,” said a former White House nurse who should have tried to support him.

The second Bush retained a similar schedule, coming to the office by 6:45 and often holding meetings at the same hour (according to The New York Times).

So did the Bush administration. Colin Powell joined in the "absolutely terrifying" hours, arriving at the office at 6 am and not leaving until 7 pm. Condoleezza Rice got up every day at 4:30 in the morning to get to the gym before starting work.

PS We recommend another useful article on the work on yourself - EIGHT USEFUL MORNING HABITS THAT WILL ENHANCE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY .

PPS In accordance with the thoughts voiced in the comments to this article, we have published material about the "owls" .

The author of the translation is Vyacheslav Davidenko, the founder of the TESTutor company.