What do women leaders do differently?

We all want be rich, famous, successful and powerful. While not all of us are blessed with it, we all strive to do our best and to be at a successful and enviable position in our careers. But there are many successful women out there who like us have families to take care of, chores to attend to and who, like us, face the Monday blues.

So if they are like us, what is it that they do differently? Well for starters, most of them welcome their Mondays differently than us.

Inc.com  lists the Monday morning rituals of five successful women.

Carey Kolaja

Carey Kolaja

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Vice president and head of global consumer products at PayPal

Kolaja starts her Monday early at 5:30 am. She reads her news and checks her emails and then takes 20minutes of personal time-out. She then works out, followed by some bonding time with her sons over breakfast. On her way to work in the train, Kolaja communicates with all her teams across the world.

Christina LaMontagne

Christina LaMontagne

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General manager and founder of health at NerdWallet

LaMontagne says her routine involves walking to work. Knowing that she’s not dependent on the traffic or public transport, gives her a sense of control and some time to talk to her family on the phone. She adds, “A walking commute removes unnecessary stress and helps me start my day in a composed and deliberate way. I am able to enter the office, prepared with a clear head, ready for whatever lies ahead," reports Inc.com.

Teresa Briggs

Teresa Briggs

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West region managing partner at Deloitte

Biggs says that her weekend is all about her son Cole so to get into the ‘work mode’ she wakes up at 5:30 in the morning and starts “with a massive download of weekend email and news headlines, reading The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and San Francisco Chronicle first thing.” She then goes for her spin class and finishes her conference calls on her way to work.

Gretchen Curtis

Gretchen Curtis

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Co-founder and CMO at Piston Cloud Computing

Curtis believes that a successful Monday starts on a Sunday night. She first cleans up her house because according to her “messy surroundings lead to a messy mind.” She then reviews her upcoming week and makes necessary plans. She packs her bags for the necessities and shoes (if required) and prepares herself for the whole week.

Janet Matsuda

Janet Matsuda

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Senior vice president of global marketing at Blue Coat Systems

Like Curtis, Matsuda too starts preparing for Monday on Sunday evening. Her Monday starts with a 6:30 a.m. meeting with her sales department. On her way to work, she buys flowers since she is an outdoor person and this is her way of bringing the outside world inside the office. She then makes a priority list, according to which she takes her work forward.

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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Inc.com