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Jack Dorsey's Daily Routine

Give each weekday one kind of work and switch less. Jack Dorsey woke at 5:00 AM to meditate, walked 5 miles to work and ate once a day.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 29

Make fewer, better decisions. Jeff Bezos keeps his mornings slow, takes no meeting before 10:00 AM and holds his hardest meetings before lunch.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 29

Low on energy? Flannery O'Connor wrote just three focused hours a day and finished two novels and 32 stories, a routine that respects your limits.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 28

Do your best thinking in fewer hours. Charles Darwin worked in short, focused sessions each day and filled the gaps with walks, letters and rest.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 28

Settle into Vladimir Nabokov's unhurried routine of writing standing up, strolling by the lake and napping after lunch, with room for work all day.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 28

Ease back into work after illness or burnout with Richard Strauss's gentle routine of short sessions, long walks, good meals and ten hours of sleep.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 28

Become someone whose best ideas arrive on foot. Tchaikovsky composed morning and evening and walked for exactly two hours in between, in any weather.

Colin PaceUpdated Sep 28