Having a Morning Ritual Can Improve Your Success.
If you have studied any successful business owner or CEO they will mostly tell you that they have a morning routine.
You are naturally more productive in the morning since nothing has gotten in your way yet.
You are focused on your own agenda and what your goals are for the day.
If you have ever heard of the book “The Miracle Morning†by Hal Elrod he speaks about this extensively in his book.
Everyone’s morning routine/ritual may look a little different but all have the same goals in mind to set up your day in a way that brings positivity and productivity.
Here are some things that I find are effective to use as a morning routine: :
Activity. You don’t need to get a full workout in the morning even though I thinking working out first thing in the morning is the best way to get your workout in. To get your day started to do some physical activity in your bedroom like jumping jacks, push-ups or anything that will get your blood flowing to your brain and body. Increasing blood flow to your body helps to increase energy and bringing blood to the brain will help to increase creativity and productivity.
Affirmations. Positive self-talk is used by many successful people. They are the act of practicing positive thinking and self-empowerment and repeating positive mantras out loud repetitively. Affirmations are spoken in the present tense of something you want to achieve or embody. I start my day by saying my affirmations out loud and really feeling the emotions behind them. I have them broken down into business, relationship, health/body, home & money.
Silence/Meditation. Taking time to be quiet in the morning and just listen to your inner voice is so important. We are constantly bombarded with our chatter in our head all day long so having a few moments to start your day in complete silence can be invaluable. During the time you are silent is when your inner guidance can speak to you. By removing all other distractions in your brain telling you what you should be doing, when being silent you can actually hear what you need to do.
Journal. Writing out how you feel and what you are thinking about is a great way to get stuff out of your head and onto paper. Journal your insights, realizations, and lessons
learned from your experiences and write powerful intentions for what you want your life to look like. I write in my journal what I am frustrated about (what's not working in my business, relationships, etc.), what I am grateful for about this frustrating situation and then I take what I am frustrated about and write as if I would want the situation to play out.
Gratitude. Gratitude is the stepping stone for receiving anything you want in life. If you are not grateful for what you have now then you can not receive more. Start by being grateful for every little thing that you have right now and also give gratitude for what you want to have in the future. When you start to focus on all the good you have in your life you will begin to feel a shift in your life for the better.
Hydrate. While you are sleeping your body is working on repairing itself and uses water for all metabolic processes. So while you are sleeping your body is becoming dehydrated so it important to drink first thing in the morning. water first thing in the morning will not only hydrate you but will help to jumpstart your metabolism and help your brain to feel less tired ready to operate to its full potential.
Visualize. Imagine your perfect day today and take a minute to visualize yourself moving through your day with confidence and ease. Think about your day and visualize whom you need to be and what you need to do to make it amazing.
Start by visualizing all of your tasks you have to complete for the day and anything else you have planned and visualize all of these things in a positive light and going well.
In addition, if there is something you want to achieve or want a material passion then you also want to visualize it. See this thing as already yours. The more detailed your vision, the better. If you're wanting. If you want to attract a partner then see yourself walking hand in hand with this person, touching or caressing the person, or even kissing the person. If you want to attract the perfect job or client visualize every detail about the job or client, how this makes you feel, the sights and smells around you. The more detailed the better.
Ice Cold Shower. It sounds like a crazy idea but even if you just put the shower on ice cold for the last few seconds/minutes of your shower can have an impact. Cold showers have been proven to increase alertness, increase immunity, increase the speed of muscle recovery and can increase mood.
Read. Just a few minutes of reading in the day will help you to learn something new. Starting your day by just learning a few things can help to give you topics to talk about during the day.
How are you going to set up your morning routine?