How Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and others unwind after a long day
By Rachel Sugar
The moments before sleep can provide a rare retreat from a jam-packed day for highly successful people.
For many CEOs, execs, and other high achievers, the day begins extremely early and is crammed with emails, meetings, and events. But the evenings can be a time to unwind with a good book. Or a magazine. Or newspaper. Some of them even curl up with their email.
From paperbacks to tweets, here's what 17 super successful people read before calling it a night.
Alison Griswold contributed to a previous version of this article.
The moments before sleep can provide a rare retreat from a jam-packed day for highly successful people.
For many CEOs, execs, and other high achievers, the day begins extremely early and is crammed with emails, meetings, and events. But the evenings can be a time to unwind with a good book. Or a magazine. Or newspaper. Some of them even curl up with their email.
From paperbacks to tweets, here's what 17 super successful people read before calling it a night.
Alison Griswold contributed to a previous version of this article.
Bill Gates has said he reads for an hour every night, even when he gets home late.
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Back in the 90s, Microsoft's cofounder told the Seattle Times that he considers reading at night to be "part of falling asleep."He loves good books (here's his 2015 summer reading list) and his reading topics range from public health to the history of shipping containers. Gates considers himself a very fast reader, despite never taking a speed-reading course.
John Carney mulls great thinkers as he falls asleep.
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Arianna Huffington unwinds with only 'real' books before going to sleep.
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Huffington is well known for taking sleep seriously, and she doesn't mess around when it comes to her evening reading routine.The Huffington Post founder recommends banning electronic devices like iPads, Kindles, and laptops from the bedroom and says she only reads the old-fashioned way, with print books.
Rob Delaney looks for humor on his Twitter feed.
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Comedian and writer Delaney has more than a million followers on Twitter, and told The Wire in 2013 it still blows his mind "that people pay attention to what I say."His feeds are the last thing that he scrolls through before going to bed, though he admitted that he's mostly looking for entertainment at that point. "I'm more interested in diversion before bed, so hopefully I'm reading fart jokes," he said.