What daily rituals will produce positive change for you? Learn about the x-factor these outstanding entrepreneurs share that propels them towards greatness—extraordinary habits.
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What daily rituals will produce positive change for you? Learn what these outstanding entrepreneurs share an x-factor that propels them towards greatness—extraordinary habits
- Keep a Strict Schedule to Get the Most out of Every Day
- Ben Franklin set a strict daily routine for eating, sleeping, and working
- Founding Father, scientist, inventor, farmer, political revolutionary
- Followed 13-week self-improvement plans where he focused on one virtue per week and cycled through the plan 4X a year
- Elon Musk schedules his entire day in 5-minute blocks
- Founder, CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., worth $20.5 billion
- Squeeze the most out of every day by thinking logistically
- Monday/Thursday devoted to SpaceX, Tuesday/Wednesday at Tesla, and Fridays are split between both
- Mark Zuckerberg wears the same t-shirt, pants, and hoody every day
- Cofounder, CEO, and chairman of Facebook, worth $72 billion
- Minimizing day-to-day choices by making as few decisions as possible leaves time for the most important ideas
- Ben Franklin set a strict daily routine for eating, sleeping, and working
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”—Aristotle
- Read (a Lot of) Books to Gain Knowledge from Other Overachievers
- Entrepreneurs look to learn, not to be entertained
- Read for self-improvement, education, and success
- Autobiographies and biographies are great for guidance and inspiration
- Warren Buffett spends about 80% of his day reading
- CEO Berkshire Hathaway, worth $85.7 billion
- Read 600-1,000 pages/day when starting his investment career
- Bill Gates reads 50 books per year
- CEO, Chairman of Microsoft, worth $90.3 billion
- Almost one book a week is very doable—try it
- Oprah Winfrey started Oprah’s Book Club which has recommended 70 books since 1996
- Chairwoman, CEO, and CCO of the Oprah Winfrey Network, worth $2.8 billion
- Oprah Winfrey began reading at 3 years old and never stopped
“Books were my pass to personal freedom.”—Oprah Winfrey
- Exercise to Stay Productive and Creative Throughout the Day
- Regular exercise increases your productivity, creativity, and energy levels
- Improves your ability to solve problems
- Teaches you to push through barriers
- Richard Branson wakes up at 5 a.m. to kite surf, swim, or play tennis
- Founder of Virgin Group, worth $5.1 billion
- Claims gets an extra 4-hours of productivity a day from regular exercise
- Tyra Banks stays fiercely real by keeping it fun
- Supermodel, businesswoman, actress, & author
- Recommends working out to entertainment that inspires you to make exercise a habit
- Mark Cuban does an hour of cardio 6-7 days a week
- Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, worth $3.3 billion
- Plays basketball and takes kickboxing and other aerobic classes
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”—Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford University commencement speech
- Possess a Strong, Positive, and Flexible Mindset
- Sheryl Sandberg
- Facebook COO, Lean In Foundation Founder, author, & activist
- “We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.”
- Teaches women to empower themselves by leaning in professionally to obtain leadership positions
- Steve Jobs asked himself the same question every morning
- Cofounder and CEO of Apple, worth $10.2 billion when he died
- “If today was the last day of my life, would I be happy with what I’m about to do today?”
- Saying “no” too often, means something needs to change
- Thomas Edison championed the benefits of failure
- Greatest American inventor, held 1,093 patents
- “I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.”
- Learned from failure and pushed the boundaries of innovation until he found a solution
- Peter Thiel often asks others, “Why can’t you accomplish your 10-year plan in the next six months?”
- Paypal co-founder, venture capitalist, and author, worth $2.5 billion
- Believes in staying “lean” or “unplanned,” as entrepreneurship is about experimentation
- Sheryl Sandberg
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