If you check your emails first thing in the morning, **you're setting yourself up to react.

You're not planning your day and prioritizing, you're giving your best hours to someone else's goals, not yours.

You may want to do a little warm-up yoga sequence before sitting, especially if you are going to meditate first thing in the morning. 

If you find you don't need to warm up, that's fine too.

Writing is a way of communicating. When you use clear, credible and persuasive language, you don't have to worry about a beautiful sentence or fancy words.

• If you are not clear from the start, you will end up wasting a lot of time clarifying your message. Aim to get it right from ...