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Jeff Bezos Surprising Morning Routine

Name: Jeff Bezos Surprising Morning Routine
Uploaded: 2024-12-31T00:41:19+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: John Wetmore
Description: In this interview segment, Jeff Bezos describes his typical morning routine, emphasizing a low‑intensity start that he calls "puttering"—slowly moving…

31 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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In this interview segment, Jeff Bezos describes his typical morning routine, emphasizing a low‑intensity start that he calls "puttering"—slowly moving around, reading his phone and newspapers, and drinking coffee. He explains that he gets up early but does not rush, allowing his mind to wander. Bezos then outlines his exercise habit: most days he works out, alternating cardio with weight‑lifting (pull, push, leg days). He cites future‑oriented motivation, noting that skipping workouts leaves him feeling less alert. The conversation shifts to the interviewer’s own routine, highlighting the appeal of structured workout programs like CrossFit and Orange Theory, which provide a predetermined plan, and the addition of sauna and cold‑plunge sessions that he feels are essential for his well‑being. Overall, the segment showcases Bezos’s blend of unhurried mental preparation, disciplined physical training, and a forward‑looking motivation strategy.

What's a perfectly productive day in the life of Jeff Bezos?
I get up in the morning and I putter. I slowly move around. I'm not as productive as you might think I am because I do believe in wandering and I read my phone for a while. I read newspapers for a while. So I kind of, I move pretty slowly in the first couple of hours. I get up early. I exercise most days and most days it's not that hard for me. Some days it's really hard.
And I do it anyway. I don't want to. What's the source of motivation in those moments?
I know that I'll feel better later if I do it. And so, like, the real source of motivation— I can tell the days when I skip it, I'm not quite as alert. I don't feel as good. I do a little bit of cardio and a little bit of weightlifting, and I rotate. I do a pulling day and a pushing day and a leg day. It's all pretty standard stuff. So puttering, coffee, gym. Puttering, coffee, gym, and then work.
I don't putter in the morning, but I don't jump out of bed either. I think having a routine is important. I like not thinking, especially during like workout gym time. I don't want to have to plan anything. I don't want to have to figure out what to work out. Right now I go to CrossFit. I've done Orange Theory for the same reason, and I can sign up and show up and they give me a workout. And I was talking to a girl there today, she was like, man, I've been dreading this workout all night. I'm like, why do you look? And she's like, you don't look? I'm like, no, I roll in here, I find out when we're here what we're doing, and that just works for me. Then I do sauna, cold plunge. That's my day, and if I don't do that, I feel messed up.