My Morning Routine

`This small book carries the irresistible implicit promise that if you follow the morning routines of famous, important and successful people, you will become famous, important and successful yourself.` Financial Times

How are you spending your most valuable hours? The first few choices you make each morning can unlock greater productivity, creativity, and calm - or bring out your worst self.

- Marie Kondo performs a quick tidying ritual to quiet her mind before leaving the house.
- The president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ed Catmull, mixes three shots of espresso with three scoops of cocoa powder and two sweeteners.
- Retired U.S.Army Four-Star General Stanley McChrystal works out at 4:00 AM every day for at least an hour.

Part instruction manual, part someone else`s diary, My Morning Routine interviews sixty-four of today`s most successful people - including Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter; Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post; and Michael Acton Smith, the CEO of Calm - and offers advice on creating a routine of your own.

Some routines are all about early-morning exercise and spartan living; others are more leisurely and self-indulgent. Whether you want to boost your productivity, implement a workout or meditation routine, or learn to roll with the punches in the morning, this book has you covered.

Once you land on the right routine, you`ll look forward to waking up.

From inside the book:

`A big part of my morning routine is about what I don`t do: when I wake up, I don`t start the day by looking at my phone` - Arianna Huffingon, founder of the Huffington Post and Thrive Global

`I travel a lot for work, so my days are always different. Having a morning routine really means fitting things in around everything else` - Cameron Russell, fashion model and cultural activist I

`if I don`t get a chance to play with my son in the morning I feel like I missed something that I`ll never get back` - Biz Stone, cofounder of Twitter

`Find certain things you know you should do, don`t like to do, or make excuses to avoid, and then do them every day` - Stanley McChrystal, retired U.S. Army four-star general

Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander are the founders of mymorningroutine.com. Spall has written for outlets including The Huffington Post, 99U, and The Next Web. Xander is a product designer and engineer.