How to Spend Your Morning Like a Successful Entrepreneur
How to Spend Your Morning Like a Successful Entrepreneur
Every successful entrepreneur seems to have a secret to their success. For some, it’s an ability to think outside of the box and take risks. For others, it’s the ability to keep going for it even when there are many failures. While every successful entrepreneur is different, you’ll notice that there are also some things that they seem to share.
For instance, talk to almost any successful business owner and they’ll tell you that a good morning routine is the key to unlocking endless opportunities.
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Here are some of the things you can do to spend your morning like a successful entrepreneur:
Wake up early. While you don’t have to be an early bird to get the worm in business, it often helps. According to Richard Branson, the entrepreneur behind Virgin, wherever he is in the world, he makes a concentrated effort to get up at 5am.
Branson believes that getting up early helps him to spend more time with the family before he gets down to business.
Try going to bed a little earlier than usual and waking up early too. Research consistently proves that many successful people wake up well before the workday begins. How could you spend an extra hour before your commute?
Be prepared. How long do you spend each morning just trying to work out which tasks you should be tackling first? Figuring out a schedule can take a lot of crucial time for productivity out of your routine. That’s why it’s so helpful to plan ahead.
At the end of each workday, put ten minutes aside to make a list of the things you need to do first the next day.
This way, you can start your morning with a focus on what you need to get done and avoid anything that might put you on a path of procrastination.
Meditate. Creating silence in your mind first thing in the morning can give a whole new energy to your day. Meditation, either through mindfulness, breathing, brainwave entrainment or other techniques, creates balance and calmness in your mind and body, which translate into a more enjoyable and in the present day. You can also use many of the meditation apps on your cellphone to help you still your mind more easily. Many successful entrepreneurs meditate soon after they awake each morning and find that they are clearer and more focused during the day.
Exercise. Exercise can do incredible things for the body and mind. Studies show that regular exercise increases your energy levels and strengthens your cognitive abilities. A few minutes of sweating before work can also help you to clear your mind for the day ahead and reduce stress.
If you’re wondering how to use that extra thirty minutes you’ve added to your morning each day, a mini workout with a little meditation and tapping could be just the thing.
Follow up with a light healthy breakfast to nourish your mind, kickstart your metabolism, and give you the energy you need to handle the day. Drink some cold water (or warm water) too. Huffington Post founder, Arianna Huffington, says she always starts her morning with a tall glass of water.
Tap Away Your Anxiety and Stress. Many times we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or we have some potentially stressful activities coming up during the day. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping is a scientifically proven self-help technique you can use to greatly lower your levels of anxiety and worry and start your day off with confidence. By tapping on certain meridian points from the Chinese acupuncture systems while you think about and picture your fears and concerns, you can significantly lessen their intensity or even eliminate them. And then you can turn up your confidence to become Unstoppable. This is one of my favorite techniques and you can check out an introduction video I have made about tapping here.
Do the toughest job first. Trying to plan your day to facilitate success? Start with the toughest task first. The idea of “eating the frog” comes from Mark Twain, and it basically means that you handle the thing you least want to do first.
If you overcome your biggest challenge first, then everything else you do will feel easier by comparison.
Plus, tackling and accomplishing a challenge first thing is a great way to motivate yourself.
As the founding editor of Lifehacker.com, Gina Trapani tells us, your mind is clear first thing in the morning, and you’re not getting distracted by other demands. This is your chance to get things done!
Get rid of distraction. If you’re going to seize the day like a successful entrepreneur, it’s important to avoid distractions. That means not constantly checking your emails and social media as you get ready for work.
Starting the day with a focus on your social media and phone alerts is not a good idea. It means that you’re likely to get distracted throughout the remainder of your day too.
To start the day in a more helpful way, why not try an activity that relaxes you? Up to 90% of the doctor’s visits reported per year come from stress-related problems. If exercise doesn’t lower your stress levels when you wake up, find something, like meditation or tapping, that does.
Find Your Own Routine
These are just some examples of how to spend your morning like a successful entrepreneur. Remember that you can always put your own spin on these suggestions. Find out what works for you and add some rituals of your own.
Once you find what works for you, stick to it!
Joe Mitchell, Esquire is a High Performance Coach and EFT Practitioner, who has logged over 35 years of in-depth study of personal and spiritual development. In his studies, he has done hundreds of self-development courses, spiritual retreats and health-related workshops. Coach Joe is a certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, NLP Practitioner and a graduate of three coaching academies. Two years after he graduated from Harvard Law School, he became a monk for five years. In 2016, after over 20 years as a criminal and personal injury attorney, he decided to turn his heart's passion into a career as a Success Coach, Motivational Speaker and Trainer. For information on Coach Joe’s programs, high performance videos and to apply for a Free High Performance Session click the following link http://www.activateyourgreatness.com/free-session