{"id":31,"date":"2014-10-12T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/starter\/?p=31"},"modified":"2018-06-05T22:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T06:35:02","slug":"the-morning-habits-of-6-successful-people-in-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lianechan.com\/skillcrush\/2014\/10\/12\/the-morning-habits-of-6-successful-people-in-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morning Habits of 6 Successful People in Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great morning routine can really make or break your day. In her book\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Successful-People-Breakfast-Mornings-ebook\/dp\/B007K3E2YK\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=marandang-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast<\/a><\/em>, Laura Vanderkam writes, \u201cSeizing your mornings is the equivalent of that sound financial advice to pay yourself first.\u00a0 If you wait until the end of the month to save what you have left, there will be nothing left over.\u00a0 Likewise, if you wait until the end of the day to do meaningful but not urgent things like exercise, pray, read, ponder how to advance your career or grow your organization, or truly give your family your best, it probably won\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even if you have never considered yourself a morning person, you are going to have to figure out how to work around that as some of the most successful people in the world attribute a lot of their productivity to a stellar morning routine. Check out these kings and queens of technology and their amazing morning routines.<\/p>\n<footer>Padmasree Warrior, \u00a0Cisco Chief Technical and Strategy Officer<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Can you say early riser? Warrior\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifestyle\/the-daily-routine-of-17-ceos.html\">wakes up at 4:30 a.m<\/a>., reads email for an hour, checks out the news, exercises, and gets her son ready for school. She is in the office by 8:30 at the latest and starts her workday.<\/p>\n<h3>David Karp, Founder of Tumblr<\/h3>\n<p>The 28 year old\u00a0founder and CEO of Tumblr, puts off checking his email until he gets to the office around 9:30 am, unlike many of his CEO colleagues. I guess he is of the philosophy that you should not start your day by checking email. As\u00a0<a class=\"opennew\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/magazine\/201106\/the-way-i-work-david-karp-of-tumblr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quoted in\u00a0<em>Inc. Magazine<\/em><\/a>, \u201cReading e-mails at home never feels good or\u00a0<em>productive<\/em>\u00a0. If something urgently needs my attention, someone will call or text me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Steve Jobs, late Apple CEO<\/h3>\n<p>Jobs spent his mornings re-evaluating his work and his goals in life.\u00a0<a class=\"opennew\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In his speech to a graduating class at Stanford<\/a>, Jobs said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the past 33 years I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: \u2018If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?\u2019 And whenever the answer has been \u2018No\u2019 for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo<\/h3>\n<p>Mayer is another early riser. We aren\u2019t sure of the time but she has admitted she really doesn\u2019t need much sleep to thrive (between\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/successful-people-who-barely-sleep-2012-9?op=1\">four and six hours of sleep on any given night<\/a>). Of course, this is also the woman who said <strong>t<\/strong><strong>here are 130 hours of potential work time in a week if you shower strategically.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Jason Goldberg, CEO of Fab<\/h3>\n<p>Goldberg is definitely of the school of thought that working out first thing in the morning makes you productive for the rest of the day. According to\u00a0research,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1095783\/People-exercise-work-days-happier-suffer-stress-productive.html\">published in the\u00a0<em>International Journal of Workplace Health Management<\/em><\/a>, on exercise days, people\u2019s mood significantly improved after exercising. Goldberg told Inc.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I start my day at 6 every morning, and the first thing I do is check overnight emails. Our technology team is based in India, so they\u2019re ahead of us. After I respond to any urgent emails, I do my morning run on the treadmill at a full steep incline for 30 minutes. I try not to think about work. Instead, I watch TV shows on my iPad. Currently, I\u2019m watching &#8216;Curb Your Enthusiasm&#8217;\u2013I\u2019m up to Season Six. My other favorite shows are &#8216;Top Chef,&#8217; &#8216;Dexter,&#8217; and &#8216;Mad Men.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Alexa Von Tobel, CEO and Founder of LearnVest<\/h3>\n<p>Von Tobel is also in support of a morning workout followed by a plan to the minute day. She told <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2014\/04\/learnvest-founder-alexa-von-tobel-q-and-a\/#ixzz33mpMd9Om\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Observer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I start with an early morning workout (whether a power walk with friends, barre class or spin class), which is critical to feeling energized for the whole day. My calendar is often scheduled down to 15-minute intervals, so I can (attempt to!) make time for everything \u2014 internal and external meetings, speaking events, interviews, etc. I try to put as much as possible on auto-pilot (ex: using shortcuts like eating basically the same thing for breakfast and lunch). 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