Inside the daily routine of Build-A-Bear’s CEO

Build-A-Bear's CEO gave Fortune an exclusive look at her day, which kicks off before sunrise.

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00:00So, this is turning out to be a sad thematic.

00:04I don't cook dinner, because I'm not that good at cooking.

00:10Hi, I'm Sharon Price-John, the president and CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop.

00:15I'm 60 years old, and this is a Day in the Life series.

00:18I wake up around 6 a.m., and even though my phone is right beside me, I try not to look

00:25at it.

00:26I'm a coffee addict.

00:27I drink two or three cups a day, but that's the first thing that I do before I do anything.

00:32And then, while I'm having that first couple of cups of coffee, I do check all my emails.

00:37I don't always eat breakfast.

00:39I eat when I'm hungry.

00:40Usually, I walk about a mile in the mornings.

00:43Often, I'm listening to a podcast, or maybe I'm meditating, depending on what's going

00:49on.

00:50But then, I come back, get ready, go into the office.

00:53I live in St. Louis, which is where Build-A-Bear was founded back in 1997.

00:59It's a very short commute for me.

01:00It's probably less than 15 minutes on most days.

01:03Our meetings last usually an hour, sometimes an hour and a half.

01:08And there are definitely days that are completely back-to-back.

01:12No lunch.

01:13You have to squeeze in a bathroom break.

01:16It's nonstop.

01:17I will often bring my own lunch, because I like to eat healthy food.

01:21At what time do you normally stop working in the office?

01:24In the traditional sense, probably around 6, 6.30.

01:28When the weather's good, we eat outside.

01:30We have a really nice back patio.

01:34Sometimes there might be some things that I'll need to circle back on that I didn't

01:37get to after dinner.

01:40And I'll go to bed a little bit early, 9, 10-ish.

01:44I'm probably down by 10 o'clock.