Getting up early is a no brainer for most executives.
It means being awake during a part of the day when there are few distractions. It means reacting to the biggest news of the day while others are dreaming. And in the evening you have the option to work late too — or to get to sleep early while others are partying and watching TV.
From Jack Dorsey to Indra Nooyi, this is habit is common to tons of famous leaders.
Whether they were born early risers or learned good sleep habits, these people know how to seize the day.
GE CEO Jeff Immelt
Immelt told Fortune that he gets up at 5:30 in the morning every day for a cardio workout, during which he reads the papers and watches CNBC. He claims to have worked 100 hour weeks for 24 straight years.
Xerox CEO Ursula Burns
Burns uses early morning hours to get caught up on emails, getting up at 5:15 and sometimes working until midnight, according to Yahoo Finance.
She also uses the time to fit in a workout, according to Laura Vanderkam's "What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast," Burns schedules an hour of personal training at 6:00 A.M. twice a week.
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne
Marchionne wakes up at 3:30 in the morning to deal with the European market, according to a 60 Minutes profile on his turnaround of Chrysler.
Referring to his schedule and work ethic, one exec is quoted in the FT as saying "Sergio invented an eighth day and we work it." In that 60 Minutes special, another exec said "When it was a holiday in Italy he'd come to America to work. When it's a holiday in America he goes to Italy to work."
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