daily habits.

small repeatable systems that run the day.

26 high performers · 41 steps

hailey biebermodel · founder of rhode
- on wakingsunshine before the phoneshe tries not to grab her phone the second she wakes and to look at the sunshine first.source
- nextwater rinse, tongue scraper, oil pulling“i don’t usually wash my face in the morning… i’ll rinse it with water.” then a tongue scraper, teeth and oil pulling: “that’s kind of like my…source
steven bartletthost of the diary of a ceo · investor
- traveleverybody goes or nobody goesa rule he and his fiancée put in place: if he’ll be away for more than two weeks, they both go or neither does.source
- about 30 h a weekmost of his week goes on hiringhe spends about 30 hours a week interviewing and hiring people.source
cristiano ronaldofootballer
- before coffee2–3 minutes of morning lightafter family time, a few minutes of morning light in his eyes, then coffee.source
joe roganhost of the joe rogan experience · ufc commentator and comedian
- in the sauna or chamberaudiobooks during recovery timehe “consumes so much in audio” while driving, working out, or in the sauna, hyperbaric chamber or red light.source
emma gredeco-founder of good american and skims
- before 5 amup before the alarmshe wakes before her 5 am alarm. “i’m really a very routined person… i have the same routine almost every day.”source
- 7:30–8 ameveryone at the breakfast table“one shoe on, i don’t care. but everybody has to be at that breakfast table.” half an hour of family time before school and work.source
- office hoursback-to-back meetings, out at 5 sharpin the office every day for back-to-back meetings. “i leave at 5pm sharp. if you want me, you need to walk to the elevator with me.”source
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stephen currynba player · golden state warriors
- on wakingsunlight in the first hour“whatever time you wake up, try to get a little natural sunlight, get outside, get some fresh air.”source
katie ledeckyswimmer · nine-time olympic gold medallist
- 5:00 amup at 5“i usually have morning practice at six in the morning, and so i’m up around five.”source
sara blakelyfounder of spanx and sneex
- 4–6 pmleaves for school pick-upshe leaves between 4 and 6 pm (2018).source
lewis hamiltonformula 1 driver · seven-time world champion
- morninghydrate, move, reset“i’ll wake up, hydrate, get some movement in and take a moment to reset mentally.”source
casey meansphysician · co-founder of levels · author of good energy
- 6:00up at 6, music onshe and her partner wake to an alarm and put upbeat music on around the house.source
patrick bet-davidfounder of valuetainment and php agency · host of the pbd podcast
- commutean audiobook on the drivehe listens to an audiobook while driving or walking around.source
- dinnerphones away at dinnerat dinner, with family or his crew, everyone sets their phone aside.source
- night beforeclothes laid outhe lays out the next day’s suit or workout clothes the night before, so there’s no thinking about it in the morning.source
arnold schwarzeneggerbodybuilder · actor · former governor of california
- 5:00 amout of bed, no deciding“there is no thinking, no ‘should i skip the gym today?’”source
- thencoffee on, feed the animalshe lets the animals out and feeds them before his first cup.source
kayla barnes-lentzlongevity biohacker and podcast host
- on wakingteeth, water flosser, in-mouth red lightbrushes, water-flosses, then uses an in-mouth red-light device.source
emily obergfounder and ceo of sporty & rich
- ~8:00 (la)wake, emails firstshe admits she checks email and whatsapp first, because her paris team is nine hours ahead. (in 2021 she said 6 am, sometimes 5:30.)source
- firstbrush, tongue scraper, a litre of waterteeth and tongue scraper, then room-temperature water, aiming for a litre in the first hour.source
- morningmorning suntime in the sun with no sunglasses and no sunscreen, “to get some vitamin d,” depending on where she is.source
tim ferrissauthor and podcaster
- morning (2025)two or three things from a list of 10he picks “two or three things out of a list of 10.” after a poor night: exogenous ketones, a three-to-four-minute cold plunge with some breathing…source
- weekly (2025)themed dayspodcast recordings on mondays and fridays, admin and one-on-ones on tuesdays, wednesdays mainly for writing.source
eliud kipchogemarathon runner · two-time olympic champion
- 5:45 amup at quarter to six“i go to bed at night, wake up at quarter to six.” (2025). in 2021 he said 5 am, on the road by 6.source
brian cheskyco-founder and ceo · airbnb
- 8:30 ama late starthis day “starts pretty late, because i go to bed pretty late.”source
- all daytexts, not email“the way to communicate with me is almost entirely by text message.” emails get “as few words as possible.”source
andy galpinhuman performance scientist · host of perform
- first thingdogs out, no podcastshe takes the dogs outside and skips music, podcasts and rituals: “i’m actually kind of anti-routine in that way.”source
jesse itzlerco-founder of 29029 and marquis jet · author
- until 4 pmsix-hour workdayno lunch break; work wraps up by 4 so he can be with his family.source
mark zuckerbergco-founder and ceo of meta
- wednesdaysdate nightwednesday is date night with his wife (2025).source
george heatonco-founder and creative director of represent and represent 247
- before 4:30teeth, bed, coffee, outhe cleans his teeth, makes his bed, gets ready for the gym, makes a coffee and heads out; the first thing he thinks about is the workout of the day.source
- 12 pma walk after lunchlunch at 12, then he always goes for a short walk after eating.source
sahil bloomauthor of the 5 types of wealth · investor and writer of the curiosity chronicle
- alarmalarm across the roomhis alarm is his phone, kept in a nearby spot at least 10 feet from the bed and set just loud enough for him to hear, so he has to get up to turn it…source
- after luncha 15-minute walk, phone left behindlunch with his wife and son, then a walk together; he leaves his phone behind.source
- every daya, b and c routineseach routine has an ideal a level, a baseline b and a bare-bones c; he puts it at a on about 20% of days, b on 70% and c on 10%.source
chris hemsworthactor · founder of centr
- mindsetno extreme biohackingwith two copies of the apoe4 gene, he says he isn’t chasing extreme biohacking: “we have to embrace death.”source
jennifer anistonactor · founder of lolavie
- morningfeed and walk the dogsbefore her workout (2024).source
serena williams23-time grand slam champion; founder of wyn beauty and serena ventures
- 7:30phone, then up with her daughtershe admits she checks the news on her phone first, then gets up about 15 minutes later and brushes her teeth with her daughter.source
venus williamstennis champion · entrepreneur
- after practicebreakfast for the dog“i don’t eat breakfast often, but [harry] has to have it.”source