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Jeff Bezos set his first meeting at 10am.

His Amazon CEO routine, in his words (2018):
Early to bed, early up
Coffee, paper, breakfast with his kids
Hardest meetings at 10am
By 5pm, no big decisions
8 hours of sleep

Lazy or genius? 😴

📷 Seattle City Council/CC BY 2.0

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Paul Pierce reportedly earned ~$200 million in the NBA.

Now his lawyer says he's "drowning financially."

His own court filing lists:
$7K a month eating out
$5K groceries
$3.5K entertainment
$300K cash, $3M in property

Broke or bad budgeting? 🤔

📷 Keith Allison/CC BY-SA 2.0

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Jensen Huang's first job was at Denny's.

At 15 he washed dishes, bussed and waited tables.

In 1993, at 30, he sat in a San Jose Denny's booth with 2 friends and started Nvidia.

Today Nvidia is worth over $5 trillion.

What was your first job? 👀

📷 Peter Dasilva/CC BY 4.0

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Elon Musk has reportedly spent more on US elections in 2 years than George Soros in his whole life.

Musk: $759M. Soros: $624M lifetime (WSJ figures).

This cycle alone: $446M, a record.

Should one person be allowed to spend that much? 🤔

📷 USAF/Trevor Cokley/Public domain

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In May 2023, a white belt entered a jiu-jitsu tournament as "Mark Elliot."

It was Mark Zuckerberg.

In his first tournament, at 38, he won gold in no-gi and silver in gi.

A billionaire who gets choked for fun.

Respect or midlife crisis? 🥋

📷 Anthony Quintano / CC BY 2.0

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Mark Wahlberg once posted his "typical daily schedule":

2:30am wake up
2:45am prayer
3:15am breakfast
3:40am workout
7:30am golf
9:30am cryo chamber
4pm workout #2
7:30pm bedtime

He's 55 now.

Discipline or madness? 🤔

📷 USMC/Sgt. Jorge A. Rosales/Public domain

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In January 2017, an 18-year-old MrBeast counted to 100,000 on camera.

It took him about 40 hours.

He's said he was a teen trying something dumb enough to get noticed. It blew up.

Now he runs YouTube's most-subscribed channel.

Genius or insane? 🤯

📷 Steven Khan / CC BY 4.0

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Messi's first Barcelona deal was written on a napkin.

In 2000 he was 13 and needed growth hormone shots, reportedly ~$1,000 a month.

Barça's director promised to sign him anyway.

The napkin sold for £762,400 in 2024.

Best signing ever? ⚽

📷 Kirill Venediktov / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Tom Brady played in the NFL until he was 45.

His chef's rules, per a 2016 interview:

No white sugar. No white flour.
No coffee. No dairy.
No tomatoes, peppers or mushrooms.
80% vegetables, 20% lean meat and fish.

Worth it for 7 rings? 🏈

📷 Jeffrey Beall / CC BY 4.0

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LeBron James said no to $15 million from McDonald's.

In 2015 he walked away from a reported 4-year, $15M deal to back Blaze Pizza instead.

He'd reportedly paid under $1M for ~10% of it in 2012. By 2022, Forbes put it at ~$30M.

Paycheck or equity?

📷 Erik Drost / CC BY 2.0

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3 years ago today, Forbes named Taylor Swift a billionaire.

First musician to do it solely from songs and shows. No liquor brand. No makeup line.

Then the Eras Tour grossed a record $2.08B (Pollstar).

Biggest star of this era? 🎤

📷 Glenn Francis / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Kobe Bryant's day, per his ex-coach Byron Scott:

4am: lift for 2 hours
Then: 500 shots
Then: team practice
Night: back in the gym

His logic: train 3x a day while rivals train once, and in 5 years they can't catch you.

Talent or work? 🏀

📷 Keith Allison / CC BY-SA 2.0

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At 19, Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT.

At 25, Forbes named him the world's youngest self-made billionaire.

His company, Scale AI, labeled the data AI models learn from.

Today he's Meta's Chief AI Officer.

Would you drop out for an idea? 🎓

📷 Meta / CC BY-SA 4.0

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In 1995, Michael Jordan was filming Space Jam.

So Warner Bros. built him a gym on the studio lot: the "Jordan Dome."

He filmed all day, then played pickup at night with NBA players.

Then: Bulls 72-10, NBA title.

Excuses or results? 🏀

📷 Steve Lipofsky / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Most billionaires try to get richer.

MacKenzie Scott keeps giving it away.

Since 2019 she has given about $26 billion to more than 1,600 charities, according to Parade. $7.166 billion of that came in 2025 alone, per AP.

Most of it with no strings attached.

What would you do with a billion dollars? 💸

https://t.co/xvEMoXIKvP

[Parade Magazine @ParadeMagazine]

MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge in 2019; she has since given away $26.3 billion to more than 1,600 charities

Read more: https://t.co/TkeNHdOZgE

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At 24, David Goggins weighed 297 pounds.

To join the Navy SEALs, he had to get down to 191.

He had less than three months.

He has said he lost 106 pounds, then made it through SEAL training, Army Ranger School and more.

What's the hardest thing you've ever pushed through? 💪

📷 U.S. Navy / Public domain

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On July 5, 1991, Bill Gates didn't want to meet Warren Buffett.

He thought they'd have nothing in common. His mom talked him into it.

He planned to stay two hours.

They talked for hours and became lifelong friends.

Would you have gone? 🤝

📷 Jon Carrasco / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't get rich from Terminator.

He came to the US in 1968 and started a bricklaying business with Franco Columbu.

The money went into real estate. He has said he was a millionaire before his big movies.

Muscles or business? 🧱

📷 Raph_PH / CC BY 2.0

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Cristiano Ronaldo is 41 years old.

According to Georgina Rodríguez, his day starts at 6 a.m. with exercise.

Then 90 minutes of rest. Fruit, cheese and eggs. Two hours of weights.

And before bed? A swim.

Could you do this for 30 days? 👀

📷 Bryan Berlin / CC BY 4.0

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The Rock is 54 years old.

His post-workout shake: 70g protein powder, 10-15g creatine, frozen blueberries.

And 120g of jasmine rice. In the blender. 🍚

He says he eats about 4,000 calories a day at 236 lbs.

Would you drink this?

📷 Harald Krichel / CC BY-SA 4.0