10 Morning Rituals of Successful Entrepreneurs

10 MORNING RITUALS OF SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS How do the world's most successful people start the day? Get to the top of your game by learning about the morning rituals of these inspirational entrepreneurs. MARK ZUCKERBERG Creator of Facebook WORTH £22.3BN (2015) Rises at 8am, when he hasn't been working all night. Wears the same T-shirt every day to avoid wasting time deciding what to wear. I AM NOT A COOL PERSỌN, AND I'VE NEVER REALLY TRIED TO BE COOL. RICHARD BRANSON Founder of the Virgin Group WORTH £3.2BN (2015) Swims around his island or goes kite surfing if it's windy, then plays tennis before sitting down for a healthy breakfast. ILEAVE THE CURTAINS UNDRAWN AND THE SUN COMES UP AT 5.45AM AND STRAIGHT IN MY EYES. ILOVE BOUNCING UP EARLY JACK DORSEY Co-founder of Twitter and Square Wakes up at 5.30am to meditate, followed by a 6-mile jog. WORTH £1.5BN (2015) EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE BEUNEXPECTED. LORD ALAN SUGAR Host of The Apprentice and business mogul When not on his way to The Apprentice boardroom at 5am, he hops on his bike for a 50-mile ride through the Essex countryside. WORTH £900M (2014) DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE JUST LIKE ME. YOU'RE NOT LIKE ME. I'M UNIQUE TORY BURCH Fashion designer and CEO of Tory Burch LLC Wakes up at 5.45am, immediately checks her work emails, gets her 3 boys out of bed and takes 45 minutes' exercise - such as a quick walk. WORTH £726M (2015) ZZZ IF IT DOESN'T SCARE YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT DREAMING BIG ENOUGH. PETER JONES Investor on Dragon's Den WORTH £475M (2014) A shower, shave and a bowl of cereal, all within 20 minutes, before grabbing a cappuccino and checking sales figures on his way to work. T HAD DECIDED I WAS GOING TO BE A MILLIONAIRE BY THE TIME I WAS A TEENAGER. TIM ARMSTRONG Chairman and CEO of AOL WORTH £265M (2013) Gets up at 5am to fit in some reading and a workout before testing products and firing off work emails. I WOULD START SENDING EMAILS WHEN I GOT UP. NOT EVERYONE IS ON MY TIME SCHEDULE, SO I HAVE TRIED TO WAIT UNTIL 7AM. SIMON COWELL The X Factor creator and judge WORTH £211M (2014) Resets the snooze button twice, before being served a breakfast of hot water with lemon, papaya juice with lime, oatmeal, tea and 3 smoothies. LOVE TO WAKE UP IN A GOOD MOOD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S OCOMING. ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Founder of the Huffington Post Gets lots of beauty sleep and starts every morning with 30 minutes of meditation. She's so convinced of the benefits she offers weekly classes to her employees. WORTH £23M (2013) IT'S TIME TO SLEEP YOUR WAY TO THE TOP. INDRA NOOYI CEO of PepsiCo WORTH £12M (2015) Wakes up as early as 4am and is in the office no later than 7am. THEY SAY SLEEP IS A GIFTEMES YOU. THAT GOD THAT'S ONE GIFT I WAS NEVER GIVEN. GET UP EARLY, GET ACTIVE AND SEIZE THE DAY- SUCCESS WAITS FOR NO ONE. 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World of Peter Jones, entrepreneur. telegraph.co.uk IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, catwalker / IMAGE ID -178693835/Shutterstock.com Sir Richard Branson, Simon James / IMAGE ID - 221427301/Shutterstock.com Alan Sugar, Featureflash / IMAGE ID -83261875/Shutterstock.com Tory Burch, Debby Wong / IMAGE ID-51445306/Shutterstock.com Peter Jones, Featureflash/ IMAGE ID - 158396159/Shutterstock.com Tim Armstrong, Albert H. Teich / IMAGE ID - 81073453/Shutterstock.com Simon Cowell, s bukley / IMAGE ID - 153727574/Shutterstock.com Arianna Huffington, Debby Wong /IMAGE ID - 190176719/Shutterstock.com Jack Dorsey, Hochgeladen von David Shankbone /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 3.0/ Image has been cropped Indra Nooyi, Jeff Bedford/Wikimedia Commons /CC BY-SA 2.0/ Image has been cropped A O O This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License - www., creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0