How the world's most successful people start their days - and what you can learn from them

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Arianna Huffington, Twitter founder Biz Stone and Pixar president Ed Catmull are just some of the leading industry figures interviewed in My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired, sharing the habits that help them kick-start their day, from early morning workouts to daily meditation. “Vanguard chairman Bill McNabb told us that exercise is a key part of his daily routine, but instead of doing it in the morning he aims to fit in a midday workout three or four times a week.” A common denominator for those choosing to workout later in the day is that they don’t have young children and are therefore free from early morning breakfast-making, school-run-driving duties. “Many of the people we spoke with incorporate the simplest of these exercises into activities they’re already doing in the morning, such as flowing through yoga poses while their morning coffee is brewing, or doing star jumps while waiting to get into the bathroom,” Spall added. “Meditation in particular is easy to fit into your morning because it doesn’t have to take very long at all,” he said, “I personally meditate for just ten minutes every morning, and I feel like I benefit from it” Despite Arianna Huffington criticising the use of alarms in her interview, the majority of interviewees prefer to wake up to one.