# The 5 AM Founder week

URL: https://gocutline.com/templates/5am-founder/

A weekly schedule for founders built on an early start: gym at 05:30 six days a week, three hours of deep work every weekday from 07:00, an hour of sales calls at 14:00, and thirty minutes of reading every night.

## Why it works
- **The hardest work happens before anyone can interrupt.** Deep work from 07:00 to 10:00 is done before most inboxes fill up.
- **Training first** means it cannot be cancelled by the day.
- **Sales is a daily block,** so pipeline does not depend on mood.
- **Reading at 21:00** is the signal that the day is over.

## Make it yours
- Not a morning person? Shift everything by an hour; keep the order.
- More meetings? Put them between 11:00 and 14:00 so the morning stays clear.
- Selling more? Make the sales block 90 minutes.

## Use it
Open the [week builder](https://gocutline.com/#try), paste the line below and adjust the times to your life:

> Gym 6x at 5:30, deep work 3h every weekday at 7, sales calls 1h every weekday at 14, read 30 min daily at 21

The week: Gym 6x at 5:30, deep work 3h every weekday at 7, sales calls 1h every weekday at 14, read 30 min daily at 21

## Questions

**Do I really need to start at 5 AM?**
No. The point is that deep work and training happen before the day can take them. Start when you can protect those hours.

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