The power of a daily morning routine is well known – some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs credit their success to starting their days deliberately and positively, setting the tone for the entire day.
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Is having a daily morning routine important?
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The power of a daily morning routine is well known – some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs credit their success to starting their days deliberately and positively, setting the tone for the entire day. But which habits helped them establish themselves, and what can the rest of us glean from them?
If your morning routine consists of hitting the snooze button several times over before scrolling Instagram for the next 25 minutes while in bed, then you might want to read the following five-step daily morning routine for success:
1. Early to rise
Waking up early gives you that time to spend on your new morning habits. It also prevents last-minute rushing around, which helps to keep your mind clear for the day ahead.
Just make sure you wake up around the same time each day – and lay off that snooze button! Having an irregular sleep schedule (and snoozing for short periods of time) throws off your circadian rhythm, which will mess up your future sleep and make you feel foggy and sluggish later.
2. Morning exercise
We all know it – daily physical exercise is a game-changer.
Exercising relieves stress (and improves your ability to handle future stresses), increases your energy, clears away brain fog, improves your mood (and your metabolism), and even helps you sleep better.
Put on your gym clothes the moment you get up, this will encourage you to do your morning workout.
Remember, consistent exercise improves your overall well-being and in turn, your productivity, so try to spend at least 20 to 30 minutes exercise per day – although a ten-minute workout will make you feel better than doing nothing all day.
Create a workout that suits your lifestyle. Attend gym and/or yoga classes, complete a gym workout at home (squats, push-ups, ab work, etc), or simply walk around the neighbourhood. Basically, do whatever works!
3. Ready for work
Taking the time to shower, and dress for work (even if your office is the family room) and having hair and skin care routines not only makes you feel fresh and energised for the day but also pushes you into the mindset that it’s ‘business time’.
4. Healthy diet
What we put into our bodies can have a powerful influence on our physical health, our energy and our mental well-being.
Food with little to no nutritional value causes energy levels to peak and crash throughout the day, which affects motivation, concentration and mood. A healthy breakfast helps us feel alert and focused, and adding protein ensures to keep those dreaded ‘crashes’ at bay.
Your choice…greek yoghurt and fruit, a green smoothie…an egg?
5. Write a To-Do List
We’ve all heard that the start of our work day should involve tasks that take a lot of focus and/or elbow grease to complete and leave the easier tasks for later. This is because as the day moves on, we experience both a psychological and physiological decrease in our motivation and ability to get work done. Basically, we only have a certain amount of self-control to spend each day. So spend it wisely.
So, the first thing to do in the morning is to write a to-do list. Making a list of your priorities for the day is a MUST to maintain productivity. It’s all too easy to find yourself constantly reacting to new demands and distractions.
Move the things that will move your business ahead and make you money to the top of the list, saving the tasks that require less concentration for later in the day. If starting the day with your biggest task is too daunting, clearing away a few small tasks first can give you the momentum to tackle the big stuff. Small wins lead to more productivity in the long run.
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