Jamie Dimon Morning Routines, Business Tips, and Life Outside the Office

How many days should people be in the office Five is ideal Are America's downtowns dead No I think some are going to have difficulty with their own policies but no If you're a young person and you want to work at J.P Morgan what should you study at college It almost doesn't matter to tell you the truth because you're looking for smart ethical decent people I do think in business you should learn the language of business which is accounting and learn a little bit of basic business So I think it would help to do accounting finance markets something like that On the rare occasion that you take a day off what do you do Some of my daughters have said to me Dad you need some more hobbies I love my family So we have a lot of family dinners when I'm around We hike together We take vacations together I love wine I love music I just started playing squash again which I'm still worried about but I'm going to do it What's your morning routine OK I wake up usually at four-thirty or five I read five papers you'll be happy to hear in a very specific form So I flick through the post I read the front page of the Washington Post Then I read the New York Times front section beginning to end all of it I read their business section which isn't great Then I read the Wall Street Journal front section exchange next and then the FT And the reason I do FT last is because all the other ones are very much skewed to the U.S So I like reading I'll do it for hours in the morning but then I like to get a little exercise and go into the office And do you ever switch off your phone I am not a fanatic on the phone I don't even have it here I have it outside But I think people should spend a little bit less time on that a little more time thinking But I'm not on any social media Every year I test it I go on for literally just a week to see what everyone else is doing You know Reels and Instagram and Facebook and TikTok And then I click out of it Never tempted