What do successful people do before breakfast?
Vietnamese makeup artist Michelle Phan reads emails while taking a shower, Starbucks boss Howard Schultz walks his dog, and Warren Buffett reads the newspaper after waking up.
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1. Howard Schultz For the Chairman and CEO of Starbucks, mornings are always a time for exercise and coffee. Schultz wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and walks his three dogs. Then he continues to ride his bike to exercise and makes coffee with his wife. |
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3. Michelle Phan The Vietnamese makeup wizard believes that early morning is the time when she can do a lot of things. She checks emails while taking a shower, exercises while brushing her teeth, and can do push-ups while reading emails. |
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4. Warren Buffett In 2007, the billionaire investor said he reads a lot. His mornings start with the Wall Street Journal, followed by USA Today, Forbes, the Financial Times and the New York Times. |
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5. Mark Cuban The billionaire investor and star of the startup funding show Shark Tank works in bed every morning. “Work is my morning medicine. I wake up and do it,” he says. |
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6. Ursula Burns The Xerox chairman and CEO wakes up at 5:16 a.m. and immediately checks her email. She also has a 6 a.m. workout twice a week. |
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7. Jack Dorsey The Twitter co-founder wakes up at 5 a.m., meditates for 30 minutes, then runs 10 kilometers and drinks a cup of coffee. |
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8. Arianna Huffington The media billionaire often practices yoga and meditates early in the morning. She is famous for her view that to have a productive morning, people need an effective sleep. |
According to VNE