Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), starts his day on an inspiring note. While many leaders are overwhelmed by endless to-do lists, Huang makes sure his priorities are in check before his workday begins.
“I start every morning by doing my highest priority work,” says Huang. “Before I even get to work, my day is already a success.”
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Huang’s strategy is simple but powerful: get the most important tasks done first, no matter what. This gives him a sense of completion even before his workday officially begins, and he doesn’t get upset by disruptions during the day.
When people apologize for interrupting him, he tells them, “I have plenty of time.” He says it out of genuine politeness, not just to be nice. Because he prioritizes his day and completes important tasks ahead of schedule, he has more time to help others and deal with unforeseen situations.
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Huang also prefers not to schedule one-on-one meetings with his direct reports, but makes himself available when they need him. He said during a lecture at Stanford University that his management team consists of 55 people who report directly to him and that the structure is intended to be agile and allow information to flow freely.
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Instead of meeting regularly, Huang prioritizes availability when needed. “Unless they need me,” he said, “then I’ll drop everything for them.” He and his team maintain open communication throughout the day, which also means no formal performance reviews, just ongoing, real-time feedback.
This sense of clarity and resilience helped Huang and Nvidia defy early critics. In the early days of the company, he was told that Nvidia would never grow bigger than a billion dollars. But Huang was not limited by this underestimation. “I was told a long time ago that Nvidia could never grow bigger than a billion dollars,” he recalls. “That was clearly an underestimate, an underestimate of the size of the opportunity.”
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Rather than stay in its path, Nvidia expanded well beyond graphics chips into AI, healthcare, autonomous vehicles and more, boosting its valuation to more than $3 trillion.
Huang approaches his work with a combination of perseverance, discipline and generosity. He sets sensible priorities, finds time for others and focuses on the big picture.
His advice to everyone is to find a craft you want to dedicate yourself to, be resilient in the face of setbacks, and prioritize what matters most. “If you do that, you’ll have plenty of time,” Huang says, reminding us that your time is best spent on the things that matter.
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