Kevin O'Leary: This Is My Morning Routine

Kevin O'Leary shares his daily morning routine and how many calories he consumes per day.

"I wake up at 4:30 a.m.," O'Leary said during a July 16 question and answer session on CNBC Make It's Instagram.

Many successful CEOs wake up before the sun: Apple CEO Tim Cook is awake at 3:45 a.m., while Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi are up by 4:00. And there may be some evidence that waking up early can help you succeed, psychologist Josh Davis tells The Wall Street Journal.

"When you have peace and quiet and you're not concerned with people trying to get your attention, you're dramatically more effective and can get important work done," Davis explains.

Although O'Leary usually sleeps six hours at night (which is less than the Center for Disease Control recommends) he takes power naps throughout the day.

"My secret power is napping anywhere," he says. "I squeeze in a lot of 20-minute power snoozes."

Each morning, O'Leary says he tries to get 45 minutes worth of cardio exercise in before he heads to work.

Wealthy people tend to prioritize exercise, according to Tom Corley, author of "Change Your Habits, Change Your Life," who found that 76 percent of the rich exercise for at least 30 minutes every day.

Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey and Mark Zuckerberg all say exercise helps them be productive during the day.

"Staying in shape is very important," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook Q&A. "Doing anything well requires energy, and you just have a lot more energy when you're fit."

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Kevin O'Leary: This Is My Morning Routine

[DavidMatine]

I TRY and drink only 3 glasses a night LOL

[unleashingpotential-psycho]

Morning routines can give you energy and get you ready for your day.

[curtisc]

This turned into an ad for wine pretty quickly thanks Kev

[Y_Canada]

Thank you, Kevin O'Leary, now I don't feel bad about drinking 1-2 glasses of wine every few days.

[IshfaaqPeerally]

Exercise first thing in the morning is a great way to start the day

[CommandoMaster]

Kevin can do whatever he pleases. HE'S RICH!

[killapnguin]

3 glasses a night? Glad to know you’re dependent on alcohol.

[CoD_Majstk]

0:19 bruh... he is wearing water shoes with socks LOL. WHAT ARE THOSEEEE!!!! 😆 😆 😆

[oliiverbetts]

If you eat less and are hungry all the time it’s cause your body wants food now, not when it’s lunch time. You should graze, eating a little every couple of hours, then your not hungry all the time and you don’t gain as many calories.

[ewtwetrwerwteet]

Haha I love how he ends with im not always successful - keeping it real

[kingofyoutube]

So, he's an alcoholic... no wonder he's mad all the time

[piecectrl_play]

Oh my gosh YouTube was just so drunk it started playing boddy boddy songs

[projectxk]

Like 25% of the the calories is booze?🙏🙏🙏long life to red wine.

[TheHmd]

I wish this guy was my father
not bc of his money but bc of his mentality

[drowsy_mouse]

3:00 p.m. rise

3:05 Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills

3:45 cocaine

3:50 another glass of Chivas, Dunhill

4:05 first cup of coffee, Dunhill

4:15 cocaine

4:16 orange juice, Dunhill

4:30 cocaine

4:54 cocaine

5:05 cocaine

5:11 coffee, Dunhills

5:30 more ice in the Chivas

5:45 cocaine, etc., etc.

6:00 grass to take the edge off the day

7:05 Woody Creek Tavern for lunch-Heineken, two margaritas, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heineken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured three or four jig­gers of Chivas)

9:00 starts snorting cocaine seriously

10:00 drops acid

11:00 Chartreuse, cocaine, grass

11:30 cocaine, etc, etc.

12:00 midnight, Hunter S. Thompson is ready to write

12:05-6:00 a.m. Chartreuse, cocaine, grass, Chivas, coffee, Heineken, clove cigarettes, grapefruit, Dunhills, orange juice, gin, continuous pornographic movies.

6:00 the hot tub-champagne, Dove Bars, fettuccine Alfredo

8:00 Halcyon

8:20 sleep

[markwest]

There is a lot to be said about someone who is disciplined, and tells it like it is. Black and White in a very Grey world. In a word refreshing:-)

[rickyalfaro]

Bro stop lying about the diet b it’s cool we’ll still rock with you

[JakeM]

The calories seem a little off.

500 calories burned, 1700 calories consumed per day. Leaves 1200 calories...

Unless he’s making up his extra calories with wine??!

[showgirlsaroundtheworldada]

Exercising sends oxygen to the brain...better thought process for a day

[ropro]

Lol, considering his daily regimen, he still looks chunky. XD