Kevin Systrom, Instagram - Mike Krieger, Instagram - Combine and Share Ideas. David Friedberg, The Climate Corporation - Recognizing Opportunity in the Rain. Tom Kelley, IDEO - Thinking Like a Traveler. Tom Kelley, IDEO - Field Observations with Fresh Eyes. TEDxStanford - Tina Seelig - A crash course in creativity. What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day. Remember when you used to have a period at the beginning of every day to think about your schedule, catch up with friends, maybe knock out a few tasks? It was called home room, and it went away after high school. But many successful people schedule themselves a kind of grown-up home room every day. You should too. The first hour of the workday goes a bit differently for Craig Newmark of Craigslist, David Karp of Tumblr, motivational speaker Tony Robbins, career writer (and Fast Company blogger) Brian Tracy, and others, and they’ll tell you it makes a big difference.
Here are the first items on their daily to-do list. Don’t Check Your Email for the First Hour. Tumblr founder David Karp will "try hard" not to check his email until 9:30 or 10 a.m., according to an Inc. profile of him. If you need to make sure the most important messages from select people come through instantly, AwayFind can monitor your inbox and get your attention when something notable arrives. Choose Your Frog. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action.