Michael Bloomberg's advice for success: Don't take bathroom breaks

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last updated 8 January 2015

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a successful man.

He founded an eponymous financial services firm in 1982 that has since become indispensable to traders and market analysts. He later launched his own (also eponymous) news business, as well as other (yes, also eponymous) business ventures. He's served three terms as the mayor of America's largest city, after convincing the city council to scrap the old two-term limit.

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I always tried to be the first one in in the morning and the last one to leave at night, take the fewest vacations and the least time away from the desk to go to the bathroom or have lunch. You gotta be there. I mean, everybody says, "Oh, that's crazy!" But if you want to succeed…you can't control how lucky you are, you can't control how smart you are, but you can control how hard you work, so that's the first thing. [New York Observer]

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.

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