RP: 23 Successful People Who Wake Up Really Early

Red Hawk's Commentary: 

Now anyone of you wishes to be a CEO of a multinational company? Can I see anyone raising there hands please? For those of you who did raise your hands, well done. You are ambitious indeed! But before that, why don't we take a look at the 23 successful people who wake up really early to start their days. 

But is successful a term suitable for these workaholics? It depends on how one defines success, isn't it? However one look at it, every one is different and these corporate figures know what they are pursuing in their lives. 

Let's take a look, shall we?

Apple CEO Tim Cook

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Cook is known for getting up and sending out company emails at 4:30 in the morning, according to Gawker's Ryan Tate. By 5 AM he can be found in the gym. And he works late too, priding himself on being the first in the office and the last out.

Avon Products CEO Andrea Jung

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Jung wakes up at 5 in the morning and goes to the gym before getting to her desk at 8, says Forbes.

Disney CEO Robert Iger

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 Iger told the New York Times he gets up at "4:30 every morning." He takes the quiet time to do a number of things, claiming to read the papers, exercise, listen to music, look at email and watch TV all at once. Even though it's quiet time, he's "already multitasking."

Former Presidents - George HW Bush & George W. Bush

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The first Bush would get up at 4 a.m., go running, be in the office by 6 a.m. and stay up until 2 a.m. "He was a horror," said a former White House nurse who had to try to keep up with him.

The second Bush kept a similar schedule, going to the office by 6:45 a.m. and often holding meetings at this ripe hour, according to The NYT.

So did W. Bush's cabinet. Colin Powell put in "perfectly appalling" hours, arriving to the office at 6 a.m., and not leaving until after 7 p.m., according to his former students. Condoleeza Rice woke up every day at 4:30 in the morning in order to get to the gym before work.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

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Schultz starts his day with a workout, which is usually a bike ride with his wife, but still gets to the office by 6 a.m., according to Portfolio.com.

There must be something about Starbucks that makes people want to do this, as president Michelle Gass wakes up at 4:30 every morning to go running, and has done so for 15 years.

Must be all the coffee.

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Source: via Business Insider

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