成功源於習慣:卓越人士早起後的第一件事

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Fast forward to today and rising early is still considered a common quality of highly successful people.
本傑明•富蘭克林曾經說過，“早睡早起使人健康、富有和聰明。”直至今天，早起仍被視爲成功人士的一種常見品質。
Of course, it's important to note that waking up early shouldn't come at the expense of getting enough sleep: Adequate shuteye is also an important component of success.
當然，重要的是要注意，早起不應該是以犧牲充足睡眠爲代價：充足的睡眠也是成功的一個重要因素。
We took a look at what some of the world's most successful people -- past and present -- do first-thing when they get up in the morning. Not everyone on the list is an early bird, but they all know how to leverage their mornings to start working on a positive and productive note.
我們研究了過去和現在世界上最成功的一些人，他們早上起牀後做的第一件事。該表單上不是每個人都早起者，但他們都知道如何利用早晨以便開始積極和富有成效地工作。

1. Barack Obama
Obama is a self-proclaimed night owl -- but he wakes up early to squeeze in a workout before getting in to the office at 8:30 a.m. or 9 a.m.
奧巴馬自稱是夜貓子，但在早上8:30或9點要到辦公室之前，他會起的很早來擠出時間鍛鍊。
"Health is obviously important to Obama," writes Robert Pagliarini of CBS News. "So much so that it's the first thing he does in the morning. He doesn't hope to squeeze in a workout if he has time, he ensures he has time by doing it first thing."
“健康對奧巴馬很重要，”哥倫比亞廣播公司的羅伯特•帕格利瑞尼寫道。“所以這是他早上做的第一件事。他不希望他有時間的時候來擠出一點來鍛鍊，他確保他有時間做這第一件事。”

2. Anna Wintour
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour reportedly starts her day with a rousing 5:45 a.m. tennis match, according to The Guardian.
《Vogue》主編安娜•溫圖爾據說早上五點四十五分會進行一場振奮人心的網球比賽來開始她的一天，據《衛報》。

3. Margaret Thatcher
The Iron Lady -- who famously ran on around four hours of sleep -- would stay up until two or three in the morning with her officials working on speeches, according to the BBC. But she would still be up by 5 a.m. to listen to "Farming Today," a popular broadcast program on BBC Radio 4.
鐵娘子——有名的一天只睡約四小時——會熬夜到凌晨兩三點鐘與她的官員準備演講，據BBC報道。但她仍會5點起牀聽《Farming Today》，BBC Radio 4頻道一個受歡迎的廣播節目。

4. Vladimir Nabokov
Like many writers, the prolific Russian novelist said that he liked to start his work first thing in the morning. He described his writing habits at his home on Lake Geneva in an interview with The New York Times in 1968:
像很多作家一樣，這位多產的俄羅斯小說家說他喜歡早上做的第一件事是開始工作。1968年《紐約時報》在他的家鄉日內瓦湖畔的採訪中他描述了自己的寫作習慣：
“After waking up between six and seven in the morning, I write till 10:30," Nabokov told the Times. "The first half-hour of relaxation is breakfast with my wife around 8:30.”
“早上六七點睡醒後，我會寫到到十點半，”納博科夫告訴週刊。“第一個半小時的放鬆是八點半左右與我的妻子吃早餐。”

5. Tim Armstrong
The AOL CEO told The Guardian that he gets out of bed immediately when he wakes up at 5 or 5:15 in the morning, either to answer emails or sneak in a workout.
美國在線首席執行官告訴《衛報》，當他早上5或5:15醒來後會立即起身下牀，要麼回電子郵件要麼擠出一場鍛鍊。
"Historically, I would start sending emails when I got up," he told The Guardian in April. "But not everyone is on my time schedule, so I have tried to wait until 7 a.m. Before I email, I work out, read and use our products."
“從過去來看，我起牀的時候我會開始發送郵件，”他在4月告訴《衛報》。“但不是每個人都在我的時間安排下，所以我不得不等到7點，在發郵件之前鍛鍊身體、閱讀和使用我們的產品。”

6. Gwyneth Paltrow
Health comes first for actress-turned-wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow, who wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to practice her asanas.
對從演員轉變爲健康專家的格溫妮絲•帕特洛來說健康是第一位的，4點半醒來練習她的瑜伽體式。
”I’m really not a morning person at all,” Paltrow told In Style. ”It’s just sheer determination. I’m very strict with myself. When I practice six days a week and eat clean food, I feel much better.”
“我真的不是一個早起的人，”帕特洛告訴《造型》。“這只是純粹的決心。我很嚴格地要求自己。當我一週練習6天，吃乾淨的食物，我感覺好多了。”

7. Frank Lloyd Wright
The famous architect came up with his best ideas between four and seven in the morning.“I go to sleep promptly when I go to bed," Lloyd Wright explained to a friend, as documented in Daily Rituals. "Then I wake up around 4 a.m. and can’t sleep. But my mind’s clear, so I get up and work for three or four hours. Then I go to bed for another nap.”
這位著名建築師在早上4點到7點之間想出最好的點子。“當我上牀後很快能睡着，”勞埃德賴特向朋友解釋，正如《Daily Rituals》裏記錄的。“然後我大約4點醒來，睡不着。但我心智很清楚，所以我起牀工作三四個小時。然後我再去牀上補個覺。”

8. Michelle Obama
Like her husband, Mrs. Obama puts exercise at the top of her morning to-do list. The First Lady told Oprah that she wants her daughters to see her as a woman who takes care of herself, even if it means waking up at 4:30 a.m. to do it.
像她的丈夫一樣，奧巴馬伕人把鍛鍊作爲她早上要做的第一件事。第一夫人告訴奧普拉她希望她的女兒將她視爲一位會照顧自己的女人，即使這意味着4:30起牀去做鍛鍊。

9. Simone de Beauvoir
"The Second Sex" author and feminist thinker Simone de Beauvoir -- who professed to not being a morning person -- said she always started her day with a cup of tea before diving into writing.
《第二性》的作者和女權主義思想家西蒙•德•波伏娃聲稱不早起，說她在深入寫作之前總是喝一杯茶開始新一天。
"I'm always in a hurry to get going," she told The Paris Review in 1965. I first have tea and then, at about 10, I get under way and work until one."
“我總是急於行走，” 1965年她告訴《巴黎評論》。我第一件事是喝茶，然後大約10點我開始工作到1點。”

10. Robert Iger
Disney CEO Robert Iger is also part of the 4:30 a.m. club, waking up bright and early to enjoy a little quiet time to himself.
迪斯尼首席執行官羅伯特•艾格也是凌晨四點半俱樂部的一員，一大早醒來讓自己享受一段安靜的時光。
"It’s a time I can recharge my batteries a bit," Igor told The New York Times in 2009. "I exercise and I clear my head and I catch up on the world. I read papers. I look at e-mail. I surf the Web. I watch a little TV, all at the same time."
“這是我可以給自己充電的一段時間，”伊戈爾在2009年告訴《紐約時報》。“我運動、整理思緒、追趕上世界。我讀報紙。我查看電子郵件。我上網衝浪。我看一會兒電視，所有都在同一時間。”