Morning newspapers
A stack of print papers read start to finish before the working day begins
Several newspapers, usually in print, read as the first block of the day. Breadth is the point rather than speed: a business paper, a national daily and a local paper give three different pictures of the same morning, and reading them in full turns up stories that a feed tuned to your interests would never show. It takes an hour or two, which is why people who keep the habit protect the early morning for it. Subscriptions add up, though print-plus-digital bundles cost far less than they once did.
People on record
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Warren BuffettDoes it
Investor · Berkshire Hathaway chairman
Starts every morning with a couple of newspapers and gets through five in a day, beginning with the Omaha World-Herald, he told Becky Quick in 2013. He also keeps a pile of books by his chair, mostly biographies, and says he never gets tired of reading.
Source: CNBC: Billionaire Warren Buffett's Secret Ice Cream Fix
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Daily reading
A fixed daily reading block, usually books rather than feeds
On record from 25 of 62 tracked people: 23 do it, 2 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Early rising
A fixed, early wake time, often before anyone else is awake
On record from 11 of 62 tracked people: 10 do it, 1 has discussed it - HabitFREE, no cost
Daily writing
Write something every day, published or not
On record from 10 of 62 tracked people: 8 do it, 2 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Phone-free first hour
No email, news or social media until you have done something of your own
On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 4 do it, 2 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Margin notes
Writing in the margins while reading, especially where you disagree with the author
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 recommends it - HabitFREE, no cost
Thinking retreats
Blocks of time cleared of the schedule to sit with one hard problem
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 has discussed it
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