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Cal Newport's Daily Routine
Finish your deep work by 5:30 PM and keep the evening. Cal Newport plans every minute of his workday, after a morning run and 25 pull-ups.
Daniel Ek's Daily Routine
Give your first 4 hours to family, exercise and thinking. Spotify's Daniel Ek wakes at 6:30 AM and doesn't start work until 10:30 AM.
David Heinemeier Hansson's Daily Routine
Do great work in 40 hours a week and still sleep in. David Heinemeier Hansson wakes without an alarm at 8:30 AM and starts work at 11:00 AM.
Andrej Karpathy's Daily Routine
Do the most important thing first and keep weekends free. Andrej Karpathy exercises for an hour, has one coffee, then goes straight to his top task.
Jason Fried's Daily Routine
Give work 8 hours and keep the other 16 for sleep and life. Jason Fried sleeps from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM and caps his week at 40 hours.
Jeff Bezos's Daily Routine
Make fewer, better decisions. Jeff Bezos keeps his mornings slow, takes no meeting before 10:00 AM and holds his hardest meetings before lunch.
Mark Cuban's Daily Routine
Cut the meetings and there's time to play every day. Mark Cuban works almost entirely by email and plays an hour of basketball each morning.
Albert Einstein's Daily Routine
Fit a walk and a nap into a serious working day. Albert Einstein walked to work at 10:30 AM, worked until 1:00 PM, then lunched and napped.
Benjamin Franklin's Daily Routine
Become someone who plans every hour on purpose, with Benjamin Franklin's routine that opens with a morning question and closes with an honest review.
Immanuel Kant's Daily Routine
Protect your best thinking by doing it first. Immanuel Kant wrote at dawn, taught all morning and saved long lunches and walks for later in the day.
Le Corbusier's Daily Routine
Bring fresh ideas to your day job by keeping mornings for yourself. Le Corbusier painted alone until two, then walked into his architecture studio.
Charles Darwin's Daily Routine
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.
Charles Dickens's Daily Routine
Write two thousand words a day and still keep your evenings, with Charles Dickens's routine of five quiet hours at the desk and a long afternoon walk.
Kingsley Amis's Daily Routine
Hate early starts? Kingsley Amis lingered over breakfast and the papers, but the writing began at the same hour each day. A routine for slow starters.
Thomas Mann's Daily Routine
Give your hardest work the freshest hours. Thomas Mann wrote behind a closed door from nine to noon and saved letters and reading for the afternoon.
Richard Strauss's Daily Routine
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.