Success belongs to those who get up early. Many leaders share their morning routines, those daily rituals that allow them to start the day on the right foot. Here are 14 morning habits of successful leaders.

It’s the big trend of the moment, not a day goes by without leaders sharing their morning routine tips. The phenomenon of “morning routines”, originating in the United States, is becoming the new organizational norm for leaders. Their working day now starts before they even eat breakfast.

In search of lost time

The injunction seems difficult to keep when you already have a full agenda. The solution for gurus of success and personal fulfillment is to save time before having a coffee. Inspired by the advice of management expert Laura Vanderkam, the World Economic Forum has just relayed a list of 14 “morning routines” from the Business Insider website. A synthesis of what successful executives and leaders do. Here it is translated into French.

The first rule if you want to save time is to get up at dawn. Because the schedule that separates you from your first coffee promises to be busy. Exemplary CEOs often keep their eyes open as early as 6 a.m. or even earlier, such as Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, who starts his day at 5:30 a.m. to go for a run, or Tim Cook, the boss of Apple, who sends his first business emails around 4:30 a.m. Richard Branson, the boss of Virgin, and Marissa Mayer, the boss of Yahoo, are also fans of what is called the “miracle morning”. The secret to doing this: don’t press the snooze button on your alarm clock.

2. Drink water

Today’s leaders are watching their line. A tip to do without coffee and feel less hungry: drink water, hot or with lemon, rather than coffee. A technique also used by supermodels to stay slim.

3. Exercise

We know that marathon bosses are more efficient. Exercising at dawn gets the body and mind going. It’s a lifestyle that you can’t do without when you start it, according to those who practice it. Running, doing yoga or fitness is the new morning drug for leaders to stay in shape.

4. Work on your priority business project

In the morning, when everyone is still asleep, you have some time to devote to priority files. Your mind is wide awake and ideas come easily. The rest of your day, you can tackle tasks that require less thought. This is called Laborit’s law.