Find out how these five-morning habits will make you highly productive. If waking up at 4 in the morning isn’t for you, there are alternative ways to get off to a quick start. Would you like to start your day off right and maintain a high level of productivity throughout the day? Consider this before you begin your workday at your usual earthly time:
Many of the world’s most successful founders and CEOs. Apple’s Tim Cook has an advantage since they begin their days while the rest of us are still asleep. How early are we talking? As I already stated, 4 a.m. Because there are fewer distractions before the sun rises. No one is emailing or messaging you, and there is less to see on social media, this could be the most productive time of day.
If you find that objectionable, there is another method to get things started so that you may be busy all day long before distractions mount and you have to put out fires.
Follow these morning habit steps to control the remainder of your day.
- Meditate
Take 15 minutes alone practicing deep breathing and meditation. Start with five minutes if 15 minutes feels too long. Cutting-edge brain research confirms what monks have long known: Meditation helps to calm the mind and improve attention. It can also enhance gamma waves in the brain, related to attention, learning, memory, enjoyment, and those “a-ha!” moments when we realize a complicated connection.
- Get insight and discover something new.
Spend some time each morning reading the news, listening to a podcast, or reading a book to get insight into the world around you. According to psychologist Dacher Keltner, the most influential people in organizations takes time to listen to and learn from others because these behaviors foster trust. Starting the day with learning broadens our knowledge and prepares us for this listening-learning mindset.
- Have a productive “starting work ritual.”
After you’ve finished meditating, taking care of your physical needs, eating a nutritious breakfast, and learning something new, your opening ritual is a good time to plan out the first 30 to 60 minutes of your workday. Examine your weekly schedule, update your to-do list, list your top priorities for the day, clean your desk, and get organized. Consider what you need to accomplish to start the day and how much time you should devote to each task.
Then do everything in your power to avoid things that sap your productivity.
- Stay away from morning distractions, such as email.
Accessing your email is the last thing you want to do. Because it’s over the moment, you open your inbox. You may likely become trapped in the demands and “urgent” requirements of others and never complete your solemn opening rite. So, check your email after you’ve planned out your day. Eliminate any further morning distractions as well. Do you need airplane mode on your phone? Are notifications disabled?
- Cancel the morning meeting.
So, now that you’ve mastered the art of managing your mornings holistically and are ready to begin your day at work be mindful of what saps your energy and focus the moment you open the laptop. One of the most prominent ones? You can often derail your productive morning flow by attending inconsequential or repetitive meetings that you may reschedule for midday or later; this is aggravating and demotivating for folks whose creative juices and high-octane productivity usually release in the morning.
Leaders need to understand the value of arranging meetings during slower work periods and give employees the freedom to use their mornings by their preferred work methods and brain-functioning patterns.
