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There are multiple ways that you can nurture yourself:

  1. Train for a marathon
  2. Read more
  3. Write poetry
  4. Meditate
  5. Paint
  6. Bake
  7. Go on a bike ride

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“Successful people know that small things done repeatedly have great power.”

— LAURA VANDERKAM.

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4. Track Your Time and Imagine Your Ideal Morning

4. Track Your Time and Imagine Your Ideal Morning

It is also essential to ask yourself how you can start implementing a morning routine. There are two steps to follow to make this easier.

You can start making your morning more productive by tracking the time you spend on specific tasks over the week. A week consists of 168 hours. Although...

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Weekends are the perfect time to recharge your mental & physical batteries. But, it's too easy to let the weekend pass you by. For example, it is not uncommon for Monday to catch up with you before you have had a chance to relax. You end up being more tired on Monday than you were after work on F...

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What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

How do you spend your morning?

Did you know your morning routine can improve your productivity throughout the day?

What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast looks at how you can follow in the footsteps of successful people to maximize your day.

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5. Take Your Time Adopting New Habits

5. Take Your Time Adopting New Habits

Logistics

Logistics is the third step in integrating an effective morning routine. You need to calculate whether your ideal morning routine is viable. Identify how much time you need to incorporate all your ideal morning activities. Include potential areas where you can accommodate...

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6. Pre-Plan weekend activities

6. Pre-Plan weekend activities

“You need to hit Monday ready to go... To do that, you need weekends that rejuvenate you, rather than exhaust or disappoint you.” — Laura Vanderkam.

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That doesn’t mean you need to fill every minute of your weekend with activities. Instead, having a few anchor activities will help keep you on track, while also allowing for a refresh. These anchor activities should consist of some out-of-the-ordinary activities. These exciting activities will he...

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8. Plan for Success

8. Plan for Success

Laying the groundwork for success relies on carefully choosing your priorities for the day ahead. You should aim to do this every day. You should set up an accountability system that won’t let you down.

Setting yourself challenging goals can be useful, but setting the bar too high will gene...

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Tracking your time allows you to identify which tasks keep you up late. Are these tasks essential, or can you fit them in earlier in the day? You can free up an hour or two early in the day once you understand where your time is going. Use a notebook to identify areas where you can save time. Fre...

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Finally, you must fine-tune your routine to create effective habits. Fine-tuning involves being adaptable and learning to make constant adjustments and readjustments.

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Five common truths are essential for success:

  1. Deliberate practice makes perfect.
  2. Seek constructive criticism.
  3. Keep a deposit of career capital for future opportunities. Career capital is everything you have earned during your work life. This includes experience, network...

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Debbie Moysychyn is an organizational healthcare executive helping Brand University build its healthcare education department. She wanted to foster a collaborative, open-door culture in her office, so her colleagues could pop in for a chat whenever they wanted. This was effective in improving her...

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To obtain your goals, it is vital to develop accountability. You should find someone who shares your goals and can check in to let you know whether you have met your targets. This is your ‘accountability partner.’

Finally, cut out tasks that feel like work but don’t achieve anything. Cuttin...

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For example, say you have decided to start going on a 30-minute run every morning. You worry you won’t fit this in with your current morning schedule. In this instance, you could reduce the amount of time you spend in the shower. Then use some of this time for your daily morning run.

Mappin...

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<p>There are many ways that yo...

There are many ways that you can make the most of your morning, spanning various relationships:

  • Have sex at dawn with your partner
  • Make sure your whole family has breakfast around the table together
  • Cook exciting lunches with your family that you will all eat later.

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Relationship with Yourself

Relationship with Yourself

Self-care is the third pillar for a more balanced life. It is arguably the first thing we sacrifice when life gets too busy. Again, the morning offers a fantastic opportunity to free up time for self-nurture.

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Do not take on too many new habits at once. Doing so should help keep your motivation high enough to get through a rough patch. If you set out to build several habits at once, you will struggle with the challenging moments.

Rewards, or bribes, are also helpful for motivating yourself to per...

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We all have things we care about but struggle to fit into our day. For example, you might rank exercise, reading, or a particular long-term project as your most crucial task. It is easy to let daily chores distract you from this.

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You should aim to visualize your ideal morning. Doing so will help motivate you to get a good night’s sleep and wake up early.

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Tracking your working time can help you identify areas where you can be more efficient. You can then reduce your time spent doing things you do not enjoy. Plus, tracking your time can help you plan your next working week.

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3. Spend Your Morning Nurturing Your Relationships with Others and Yourself

Relationships with Others

Careers are undoubtedly important. Yet, your relationships with others and yourself are more significant. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by your daily work. You might arrive home feeling too tired to spend quality time with your friends and family. The mor...

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2. Spend Your Morning Nurturing Your Career

Nurturing your work life is not about responding to emails as they land in your inbox. Instead, it is about attending activities that you rarely have enough time to do on your average day.

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7. Keep Track of How You Spend Your Time at Work

7. Keep Track of How You Spend Your Time at Work

People tend to overestimate the time they spend doing things they don’t like. In comparison, they underestimate the time they spend doing things they do like. Hence, people often claim they have worked a 60-hour week when they have only worked 40 hours. You should keep a log of all the time you h...

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Kathryn decided to start going to bed earlier to add a couple of hours to her day in the morning. She would replace these hours at night with a few hours in the morning. This allowed her to spend quality time with her family. This decision has rubbed off on her family. They now all rise early and...

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“You don’t build the life you want by saving time. You build the life you want, and then time saves itself. Recognizing that is what makes success possible.”

— LAURA VANDERKAM

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Outstanding tasks built up until she did not have enough time for the most critical projects. Debbie’s solution was to free up her mornings to get these tasks done. This allowed her to focus on the task at hand without the worry of continual interruption. She spent the rest of the day helping her...

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One act that can have a detrimental effect on your morning is your bedtime. Late nights can prevent you from waking up early. Additionally, they can also leave you feeling unproductive when you do wake up early. A good night’s sleep is integral to the efficiency of your morning routine.

It...

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“Before the rest of the world is eating breakfast, the most successful people have already scored daily victories that are advancing them toward the lives they want.”

— LAURA VANDERKAM

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Creating Your New Habits

Creating Your New Habits

Creating new habits is not a quick process. It will take time to cement your new habits and integrate them into your daily routine. You should start slowly and be patient with yourself and your new habits. Some habits will be easier to integrate, while others might take you weeks or even months. ...

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The problem with ‘doing nothing’ on weekends is that the digital era doesn’t allow this. If you do not introduce anchor activities, you will likely watch TV, browse the internet, or check your social media. These low-key activities can be draining but are unproductive.

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Kathryn Beaumont Murphy exemplifies how mornings can support your relationship with others. Kathryn is a busy tax lawyer with a stacked schedule involving many late nights. These late nights prevented her from spending enough quality time with her daughter, as the law firm rewarded late hours rat...

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1. Start Your Day With the
Things That Matter Most to You

1. Start Your Day With the Things That Matter Most to You

Mornings can be one of the most hectic times of the day. But, if you plan your mornings effectively, you can make sure you are using this time to focus on the things that matter most to you.

Instead of postponing essential tasks, schedule them for the start of your day.

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