What Successful people Do Bright and Early

Wake up and seize the day


There are only 24 hours in day and some people wonder why the day escapes them so quickly without doing anything productive. There are morning rituals that we all have that may be holding us back or moving us in the right direction. 
THINK for a moment about your typical workday. Do you wake up tired? Check your e-mail before you get out of bed? Skip breakfast or grab something on the run that’s not particularly nutritious? Rarely get away from your desk for lunch? Run from meeting to meeting with no time in between? Find it nearly impossible to keep up with the volume of e-mail you receive? Leave work later than you’d like, and still feel compelled to check e-mail in the evenings? 

Do you have a routine? Should you build one?

Why you need a morning routine.
Ever notice how you brush your teeth every morning and evening? It just seems natural to you. That’s because brushing is part of your already-existing morning routine. And when you don’t brush for a day, something just—feels wrong. That’s because you have built a habit, and deviating feels unnatural.
So, why not do the same with the work you need to consistently do? If you can turn exercise, or writing, or whatever into a habit, it will become more difficult to not do it than to do it.
You already have a morning routine. All you need to do is choose a new task and link it to your old ones. For example, “after I shower, I will brush, and after I brush, I will write for 30 minutes.”
A morning routine will make your tasks become more automatic—and your productivity will skyrocket. Guaranteed.
The routines of successful entrepreneurs
Most successful entrepreneurs and writers have a morning routine that helps them get ready for the day.
John Grisham explained his ritual when he first became a writer: “these little rituals that were silly and brutal but very important. The alarm clock would go off at 5, and I’d jump in the shower. My office was 5 minutes away. And I had to be at my desk, at my office, with the first cup of coffee, a legal pad and write the first word at 5:30, five days a week.”

A few Famous Entrepreneurs morning rituals:


Stephen King. This famed writer keeps to a strict routine each day, starting the morning with a cup of tea or water and his vitamin. King sits down to work between 8:00 and 8:30 in the same seat with his papers arranged on his desk in the same way. He claims that starting off with such consistency provides a signal to his mind in preparation for his work.
Benjamin Franklin. Franklin kept to a tight schedule, starting his day waking at 4:00 am. Until 8:00, he would wake, wash, eat breakfast, and think about what he would accomplish for the day. From 8:00 to 12:00, he worked. Lunch was from 12:00-1:00, where he ate, read, or looked over his accounts. He then worked until 5:00. The evening was filled with dinner, cleaning up, music or conversation, a look back over his day, and then bed at 10:00.
Charles Darwin. In his middle and later years, Darwin stuck to a very rigid schedule that started at 7:00 in the morning with a short walk, then breakfast. He would then work throughout the morning. Lunch, at 12:45, was his biggest meal of the day. His afternoon was also scheduled and consisted of two walks, reading, and backgammon. Darwin could not tolerate much socializing, and kept it to a maximum of 30 minutes at a time.
Jean-Paul Sartre. In a letter Sartre wrote to de Beauvoir some thirty years before her recounting of her daily working routine, Sartre describes his days, which is noticeably similar to the pattern later described by de Beauvoir. Sartre writes about waking early and having coffee in a cafe, then reading, teaching classes and private lessons, then lunch. After lunch, he would do more reading and letter writing.
Zig Ziglar DAILY AFFIRMATION

Step #1:  For thirty days, first thing in the morning, last thing at night, by yourself, in front of a mirror, stand up straight, square your shoulders, look yourself in the eye and quietly, firmly say in the first-person present-tense:

“I, ________, am a person of integrity, with a good attitude and specific goals.  I have a high energy level, am enthusiastic, and take pride in my appearance and in what I do.  I have a sense of humor, lots of faith, wisdom, and the vision, empathy and courage to use my talents effectively.  I have character, and am knowledgeable.  My convictions are strong and I have a healthy self-image, a passion for what is right, and a solid hope for the future.  I am an honest, sincere, and hard-working person.  I am tough, but fair and sensitive.  I am disciplined, motivated, and focused.  I am a good listener and patient, but take decisive action.  I am bold and confident, yet humble.  I am an encourager, a good finder, and a forgiving person.  I am caring, unselfish and committed.  I am family-oriented, open-minded, and an excellent communicator.  I am a student, a teacher, and a self-starter.  I am obedient, loyal, responsible and dependable.  I have a servant’s heart, am ambitious and a team-player.  I am intelligent, competent, persistent and creative.  I am health-conscious, “balanced” and “clean.”  I am flexible, punctual and thrifty.

I am an honorable person who is truly grateful for the opportunity life has given me.  These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be and I fully intend to develop these marvelous qualities with which I have been entrusted.  [Tonight I am going to sleep wonderfully well.  I will dream powerful, positive dreams.  I will awaken energized and refreshed, and tomorrow is going to be MAGNIFICENT!”]

Repeat process the next morning and close by saying:
[These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be.  Today is the first day of the rest of my life and it is WONDERFUL!]

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar


So there is bold proof that morning rituals DO work and the most productive hours in the day are and always have been The MORNING! So get up make your To-Do list and productively live your life in Success! Follow the great ones!

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