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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.
本杰明•富兰克林曾经说过，“早睡早起使人健康、富有和聪明。”直至今天，早起仍被视为成功人士的一种常见品质。
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.
当然，重要的是要注意，早起不应该是以牺牲充足睡眠为代价：充足的睡眠也是成功的一个重要因素。
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.
我们研究了过去和现在世界上最成功的一些人，他们早上起床后做的第一件事。该表单上不是每个人都早起者，但他们都知道如何利用早晨以便开始积极和富有成效地工作。
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.
奥巴马自称是夜猫子，但在早上8:30或9点要到办公室之前，他会起的很早来挤出时间锻炼。
"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."
“健康对奥巴马很重要，”哥伦比亚广播公司的罗伯特•帕格利瑞尼写道。“所以这是他早上做的第一件事。他不希望他有时间的时候来挤出一点来锻炼，他确保他有时间做这第一件事。”
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》主编安娜•温图尔据说早上五点四十五分会进行一场振奋人心的网球比赛来开始她的一天，据《卫报》。
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.
铁娘子——有名的一天只睡约四小时——会熬夜到凌晨两三点钟与她的官员准备演讲，据BBC报道。但她仍会5点起床听《Farming Today》，BBC Radio 4频道一个受欢迎的广播节目。
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:
像很多作家一样，这位多产的俄罗斯小说家说他喜欢早上做的第一件事是开始工作。1968年《纽约时报》在他的家乡日内瓦湖畔的采访中他描述了自己的写作习惯：
“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.”
“早上六七点睡醒后，我会写到到十点半，”纳博科夫告诉周刊。“第一个半小时的放松是八点半左右与我的妻子吃早餐。”
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.
美国在线首席执行官告诉《卫报》，当他早上5或5:15醒来后会立即起身下床，要么回电子邮件要么挤出一场锻炼。
"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."
“从过去来看，我起床的时候我会开始发送邮件，”他在4月告诉《卫报》。“但不是每个人都在我的时间安排下，所以我不得不等到7点，在发邮件之前锻炼身体、阅读和使用我们的产品。”
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.
对从演员转变为健康专家的格温妮丝•帕特洛来说健康是第一位的，4点半醒来练习她的瑜伽体式。
”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.”
“我真的不是一个早起的人，”帕特洛告诉《造型》。“这只是纯粹的决心。我很严格地要求自己。当我一周练习6天，吃干净的食物，我感觉好多了。”
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.”
这位著名建筑师在早上4点到7点之间想出最好的点子。“当我上床后很快能睡着，”劳埃德赖特向朋友解释，正如《Daily Rituals》里记录的。“然后我大约4点醒来，睡不着。但我心智很清楚，所以我起床工作三四个小时。然后我再去床上补个觉。”
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.
像她的丈夫一样，奥巴马夫人把锻炼作为她早上要做的第一件事。第一夫人告诉奥普拉她希望她的女儿将她视为一位会照顾自己的女人，即使这意味着4:30起床去做锻炼。
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》的作者和女权主义思想家西蒙•德•波伏娃声称不早起，说她在深入写作之前总是喝一杯茶开始新一天。
"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."
“我总是急于行走，” 1965年她告诉《巴黎评论》。我第一件事是喝茶，然后大约10点我开始工作到1点。”
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.
迪斯尼首席执行官罗伯特•艾格也是凌晨四点半俱乐部的一员，一大早醒来让自己享受一段安静的时光。
"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."
“这是我可以给自己充电的一段时间，”伊戈尔在2009年告诉《纽约时报》。“我运动、整理思绪、追赶上世界。我读报纸。我查看电子邮件。我上网冲浪。我看一会儿电视，所有都在同一时间。”
