How To Create The PERFECT Morning Routine For MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY | Rob Dial
Channel: The Mindset Mentor Podcast
Date: 2020-09-14

The morning routine is a time for personal growth. It’s for you to have YOU time. The better that you are, the better you can serve the people around you. 

You don’t have to have the same morning routine as I do, it’s about crafting your own, and I’m going to give you some tips to include in your routine. 

1. Plan ahead. Make things easier for yourself by prepping everything you’ll need in the morning the night before. That way it’ll be ready for you and you’ll have no excuses not to go through with it.

2. Put your alarm clock somewhere that you’ll physically have to get up and turn it off. I recommend using an alarm clock instead of your phone so that you can stay off your phone for as long as you possibly can. 

3. Figure out how much time you have in the morning. 
Don’t think you have to spend an hour or two to make this work for you. You need as little as 15 minutes. 

4. First thing in the morning, drink a glass of water with lemon and sea salt. 

5. If the sun is out, go outside and look at the blue in the sky (not directly at the sun). This alerts your body and gets you ready for the day. 

6. Don’t have caffeine for an hour after waking up because it actually helps you more if you wait. If you want to take it a step further, switch to Yerba-mate. 

7. If you haven’t read the book, ‘The Miracle Morning’ by Hal Elrod, then I definitely suggest the read. Pick a few of these to include in your routine. 
S - Silence. This allows your subconscious to come through 
A - Affirmations. It needs to be present tense, empowering, and true. 
V - Visualize. Visualize the things that you want and go through the motions of feeling it! 
E - Exercise. Whatever form of exercise you enjoy. 
R - Read. You only need to read a few pages each day. 
S - Scribe. Ask yourself the questions that you deeply want to know and force yourself to answer them by writing them down. 

8. Take a cold shower every morning. You’ll build yourself past the mental fortitude by making yourself do something you don’t want to do. 

9. Listen to a podcast. 

10. Plan your day. Take 10 minutes to plan it out and go into it proactively.

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