Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), starts his day inspiringly. While many leaders are overwhelmed by endless to-do lists, Huang ensures his priorities are in check before his workday begins.
“I begin each morning by doing my highest priority work first,” Huang says. “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 because of it.
When people apologize for interrupting him, he tells them, “I have plenty of time.” He says it out of true courtesy, not merely to be nice. Because he sets priorities for his day and completes important tasks ahead of schedule, he has more time to assist others and handle unforeseen situations.
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Huang also prefers not to schedule one-on-one meetings with his direct reports but makes himself available whenever they need him. He shared at a Stanford University talk that his management team consists of 55 people reporting directly to him and the structure is meant to be agile and allow information to flow freely.
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Instead of holding regular meetings, 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 there are no formal performance reviews – just ongoing, real-time feedback.
This sense of clarity and resilience helped Huang and Nvidia defy early critics. In the company’s early days, he was told that Nvidia would never grow larger than a billion dollars. But Huang didn’t let this underestimation limit him. “A long time ago, I was told that Nvidia could never be larger than a billion dollars,” he recalls. “Obviously, that was an underestimation, underimagination of the size of the opportunity.”
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Instead of staying in its lane, Nvidia expanded far beyond graphics chips into AI, health care, autonomous vehicles and more, pushing its valuation to over three trillion dollars.
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 to which you want to dedicate yourself, be resilient in the face of setbacks and prioritize what matters most. “When you do that, you have plenty of time,” Huang says, reminding us that time is best spent on the things that matter.
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