By Nishi Jain,Thursday, 05 Mar 2015
Success never comes easy. The road to the top is bumpy and challenging. And the first step towards it, it seems, is getting up early. These successful world leaders, entrepreneurs, andCEOs seem to drive home the point. The amount of work and stress they deal with is enough to keep one awake all night.
Here are 11 influential people who get up so early, they hardly sleep.
1. Tim Cook, Apple CEO
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The 55-year-old CEO is known to be the first one to enter office and the last to leave – a fact he takes pride in. Those who work with him are habitual of receiving emails from him at 4.30 in the morning.
2. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
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For someone who is responsible for waking up an entire generation with aromatic coffee, the day has to start early. The Starbucks CEO is said to start work at office by 6 a.m. Some of us are not even midway through our sleep by that time.
3. Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey
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The CEO of Twitter and Square, 38-year-old Jack Dorsey, has worked hard his way up. He has literally burnt the midnight oil to look after his two companies. In an interview, he mentioned he devoted 8 to 10 hours to Twitter and another 8 to 10 to Square every day. It is anybody’s guess he was left with little time (around 5 hours) for sleep.
4. Disney CEO Bob Iger
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The Disney head has confessed to waking up at 4.30 a.m. and utilizing the morning time to exercise, read newspapers, listen to music, and check his emails. Life’s no fairytale, not even for the creators of fairytales.
5. Former US President George W Bush
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Despite the (in)famous foot-in-mouth syndrome, Former President George Bush was a stickler for discipline. He would begin office as early as 6.45 a.m. Apparently, the habit ran in the family; his father, HW Bush, woke at 4 a.m., and was in office by 6 a.m.. The day ended at 2 a.m. usually.
6. Narendra Modi
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The 63-year-old Indian prime minister is known to be a workaholic. It is believed he hardly sleeps for more than 3-4 hours in a day. When you have a country to run, sleep is a trivial concern.
7. Shah Rukh Khan
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The King Khan of Bollywood is known to sleep for a mere 4 hours. So habitual is he of his short nap that now he cannot sleep for more than 4 hours, despite which the man is never low on energy.
8. Richard Branson
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The Virgin Atlantic tycoon is a surprise entry in this list. Given his flamboyant lifestyle, one would think he would start his day well after noon. But the successful businessman gets up as early as 5.45 a.m. even when he is lounging at his jazzy private island. Keeping a balanced head on your shoulders in the face of success and fame is something not everybody can do.
9. Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi
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The much celebrated Pepsi CEO, who is often ranked among the world’s 100 most powerful women, is a light sleeper. She gets up at 4.30 a.m., and is not exactly an early sleeper either.
10. Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior
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They say women are better managers. Warrior proves it with her highlyefficient work schedule. She gets up at 4.30 a.m., works out, checks emails, reads news, and readies her son for school, before heading out for office. Success doesn’t come cheap.
11. Donald Trump
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The chairman of the Trump Organization made it very clear that in the cut-throat world of competition, a long peaceful night of sleep is not exactly a virtue. Trump, they say, used to sleep only for 3 to 4 hours in his salad days.
If there is something our parents have been nagging us for since childhood, it’s getting up early in the morning. Nobody likes to give up on their dear morning sleep, leave the warm quilt, and do the rise and shine crap. But as you go by in life, you realize your dreams are worth more than your sleep.
Having said that, we must admit waking up early is no guarantee of success. Much as scoring 90 percent in boards isn’t. Giving your mind and body sufficient rest is as important as acing that takeover. There are people, like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who take their eight hours of sleep and still steer organizations to success.
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