Tips for Successful Morning Routines

Business experts, consultants, motivational speakers and self-help gurus all around the country are talking about morning routines. We’ll save you the time of finding every podcast, and article or metabolizing on the psychology of why this is so important and just deliver this info in short.

Getting up and starting your business day out right is directly correlated to satisfaction, discipline, productivity and increased earnings. It’s important to consistently do the following:

1. Make your bed
2. Avoid technology first thing: Try a 5-10 minute meditation (Try using an app like Headspace or Insight Timer)
3. Make a list of top objectives for your day (keep it small and focused – monitor negative talk, and tasks that really don’t drive business but contribute to distraction)
4. Exercise or stretch
5. Organize yourself around your professional values & goals (try to channel your best you)
6. Set out with objective to turn down the noise (Social media, texts, emails, chatter/politics) & be present; do business tasks one at a time with focus & discipline

Above all, don’t be intimidated. The first step is just to start.

What’s your morning routine?