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The nighttime habit of prioritizing and protecting his time helped the Yankees legend, Alex Rodriguez, to achieve immense success. Interestingly, the routine that he sticks to is also followed by the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates. This habit has proven wonderful for Microsoft’s CEO and if we can give it a try, it might become useful to us as well.?

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The athlete used this nighttime habit when he played as a professional baseball player. It has helped him a lot.

Alex Rodriguez swears by this habit

The Yankees legend Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez swears by this nighttime habit of writing stuff down. A to-do list. He has said before that writing stuff down helps him remember them.?

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He followed this routine while he was still playing baseball as a professional to prioritize his time.?In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, A-Rod said,?“I was in love with that structure. I had a list of my 10 things I had to do, and I would check it every night before I went to bed to see how many I?d done.?

Various research has also shown that writing stuff down before sleep helps the person to calm down. Which eventually helps in a good night’s sleep. It helps lower the stress levels and keeps the anxiety levels where they should be.?

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The stuff we do just before bedtime determines how we are going to sleep. For example, screening just before sleeping delays sleepiness. It gets you more active and awake. Whereas writing stuff down before sleep will help in thoughts that are running through the mind to calm down, and have a good sleep.

A-Rod is not the only one following this habit

This habit of A-Rod that he swears by is something others also follow. Others here include the self-made billionaire, Bill Gates.

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The founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, Richard Branson, once said in his blog post,??Despite being renowned for his computer genius, he is not above the humble pen and paper.?

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What do you make of the comments made by Alex Rodriguez on his nighttime habit? Do you agree with him?

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