How Successful People Get Shit Done

Melissa McCarthy wakes up at 4am to binge-watch TV shows. As an actor, this is called 'research.'

Mark Walberg belongs to the 4:00am club: he meets a group of friends at the gym at 4:00am to get their workouts done early. He also goes to bed at 7:30pm on most nights so he can be up at 2:30am to pray and meditate before his workout. 

Disney CEO Bob Iger gets up at 4:30 to read and work out on the VersaClimber - and inspired NBA superstars Chris Paul and LeBron James to hit the VersaClimber too. 

Square CEO Jack Dorsey is up at 5:30 to jog and meditate before his average 18 hour work day. 

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wakes up at 4 a.m. and is in the office no later than 7 a.m.  

Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns schedules an hour-long personal training session at 6 a.m. twice a week.

Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary gets up at 5:45 every morning and jumps on the elliptical or exercise bike. 

 Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk starts the day with an hour-long workout with his trainer.

Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt starts his days at 5:30am with a cardio workout and then reads the paper and watches CNBC. 

Virgin America CEO David Cush listens to sports radio and read the papers in the morning while on the stationary bike at the gym. 

Howard Schultz, former Starbucks CEO, starts his day at 4:30am by walking his dogs, works out, sends a motivational e-mail to his employees, then disconnects and dedicates his time to exercise and family. 

Toshi Yamamoto, founder and CEO of ChatWork, and his wife take their kids to school together to maximize family time. 

Gene Caballero, co-founder of GreenPal, plays the piano first thing in the morning to get a mental work out. 

Lindsey Handley, PhD, chief operating officer of ThoughtSTEM, does morning fun work on side projects at Starbucks. 

When working Jennifer Aniston wakes up at 4.30am, drinks hot water with lemon, washes her face with soap and water and meditates for 20 minutes. 

Kim Kardashian gets up at 6am and has her very first conversation with daughter North, then goes for a run in her gated home or on her treadmill for around an hour. 

Oprah got up between 5.30 and 6a every morning and was in the make-up chair by 7.30am after spending an hour in the gym. 

Quarterback Colin Kaepernik gets up at 5am every day to stay NFL ready - even though he hasn't been on a team for over 2 years.