Have you ever wondered what successful
entrepreneurs all have in common? They all develop morning routines that are
customized to help them reach their everyday goals and achieve consistent
success. What are the important parts of a successful entrepreneur’s morning
routine?
1. Get a
good night’s sleep
The importance of a good sleep should
never be taken for granted. Sleep for a long time and you’re bound to feel
drained; sleep for a short time and you’ll feel exhausted as well. I recommend
exactly six hours, personally, but you can also experiment with the number of
hours that works for you. Drink milk, stay away from coffee, read a relaxing
book, or take a shower before sleeping – stick with the working formula.
Once you start waking up refreshed and
bursting with energy, your day will only become better.
2. Live your
Life Dreams manual
For you to accomplish this step, you
actually need to make a Life Dreams manual first. To give you the gist, for
discussion purposes, a Life Dreams manual simply contains all your dreams and
wishes.
What makes a Life Dreams manual
different from the rest is that you have a better chance of achieving your
realistic and ideal dreams because you need to input basic action plans and
measurable indicators of success during the course of your goal attainment.
Instead of “put up a business…”, you’re
better off writing “set up a (specific) business catering to (targeted)
audience by the date X. Start working on this by doing X, Y and Z. I can define
it as successful if it meets the following standards…”
Your Life Dreams manual isn’t your
ordinary “oh-how-I-wish” manual. It’s your “oh-look-at-me-win-at-life” bible.
3. Make a
Motivation Board
We are visual creatures so get
creative! With today’s technology, you can edit pictures that represent your
dreams.
Collect pictures of your goals (a house
with your name on it, a huge smile on a person’s face, a popular landmark
you want to visit, your dream business being flocked by a lot of people, a book
displaying you as the author, a popular talk show host interviewing you…)
Go and collate them all now. Hey, no
one needs to see this board but you, anyway.
4. Pump
those endorphins out!
Now that you’re getting motivated, it’s
time to pump out more hormones to make you feel happy! A happy person tends to
cope better with stress and think more rationally than depressed people.
You don’t need to hit up the gym and
blow off your cash recklessly. After all, being successful is about starting
slowly but surely getting to the finish line.
Start by running for five minutes a
day. Do this for twenty-seven days. And then after this, increase it to ten
minutes a day. What’s important is that you do it consistently.
Play your upbeat music. It can even be
a pop song by Justin Bieber or One Direction – no one’s judging you
5. List your
4 To-Do items
After releasing your happy hormones,
it’s time to take a short break and sit down for a while. Take slow sips of
water and inhale deep breaths.
Now, I know what you’re thinking –
why only four? Less is more, remember? Also, the fewer items you have on your
list, the higher the chance of you completing them is.
We will divide these into: one Life
Dreams task, two work-related tasks, and one personal task. Put your thinking
cap on and prioritize.
6. Break the
fast
Your body is not consuming food as you
sleep, so when you wake up, be sure to feed it nutrient-rich foods. Sugars like
muffins, white bread, and creamy pancakes will give you energy for a while, but
will make you feel sluggish as their effects wear off.
It’s better to eat high-fiber fruits
and cereals to give you a consistent energy supply. Try filling up your omelet
with greens, too, and eat your way up towards success.
7. Connect
with your loved ones before doing the actual work
Hug your partner good-bye, tell corny
jokes to your kids or call your mother and chat with her for a while. This step
is to make you realize that there are still people who love and care for you.
Take this moment to be appreciative of
everyone around you.
Smile! You are already successful.
Regards,
The Shopper
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