Wish to be famous like Oprah Winfrey & Mark Zuckerberg? Habits you should follow

They meditate According to science, meditation has a number of mental and physical health benefits. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, says, “Meditation, more than anything in my life, was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had.” Dalio is not alone. Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter and Square, and media mogul Oprah Winfrey say that they practice meditation daily.


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They’re charitable A handful of billionaires have taken to philanthropy, including founder and CEO of Bloomberg Media Michael Bloomberg, who has donated $3 billion over his lifetime.


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Then there’s the Giving Pledge, which Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, created in order to invite the world’s wealthiest people to pledge more than half of their riches to charitable causes either during their lives or in their wills. Some have even pledged to give away more than 99 per cent of their fortunes.
They wake up early The wealthiest people tend to be early risers. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wakes up at 5.45 am to exercise before starting his work day.
In his five-year study of rich people, author Thomas C Corley found that nearly 50 per cent of them woke up at least three hours before their workday began.

They live below their means Just because they have billions in the bank doesn’t mean they have to overspend. In fact, some of the world’s wealthiest people choose to live frugally.
As Murray Newlands wrote at Entrepreneur website, “Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart drove around in a 1979 Ford F150 pickup truck. Mark Zuckerberg owns a modest $30,000 entry-level sedan and Bill Gates was known to fly commercial for years.”

They read Many of the world’s most successful people are avid readers. In 2015, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg resolved to read a book every two weeks.When tech billionaire Elon Musk is asked how he learned to build rockets, he reportedly answers, “I read books.”

They exercise Highly successful people don’t just push themselves in the office. They push themselves physically outside it too. Mark Cuban, Shark Tank investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, does cardio for at least an hour, six to seven days a week.


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They hang out with other successful people The wealthiest people like to stand next to the smartest person in the room. Author and podcast host James Altucher says: “Harold Ramis did it (Bill Murray). Steve Jobs did it (Steve Wozniak). Craig Silverstein did it ( Larry Page). Kanye West did it (Jay Z).”.