We all know the saying \u201cthe early bird catches the worm\u201d, but the most successful people over the years seem to rise early and make the most of their day by following a number of simple, but effective routines.<\/p>\n
Begin the day with some gentle exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n When you get up in the morning, you need to get your body kick-started for the day so a spot of gentle exercise can blow away the night cobwebs and get the blood racing around your body.<\/p>\n Some people might go for a 5 or 6 mile run while others might just do a set of gentle anaerobic exercises by the bed to banish the sleep from your body. In fact any form of stimulating exercise will begin the day better. If your physical state is refreshed and relaxed then your mental state will follow.<\/p>\n Eat breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day as it loads your body with the energy to keep you going all day and that is not a large cup of coffee and a quick bite of some sugary Danish pastry. No you should have some cereal with fruit or eggs with grilled bacon so you have a slow release of energy during the morning to enable you to work at full pace on your most important tasks.<\/p>\n Try and avoid heavy foods at this time as it will tend to slow you down later in the morning<\/p>\n Plan your day<\/strong><\/p>\n Before charging head long into what might seem like a never ending mountain of work, take some time to look at the various jobs and decide the importance of each and which completion will take you furthest towards your ultimate goals.<\/p>\n Only then should you start the jobs allowing yourself enough time to complete each before starting the next one, but making sure that the one big job, usually the one that you really don\u2019t want to do, is allocated the slot when you are at your best. By getting this job done, you will feel much better and be equipped to complete the rest of your tasks during the day.<\/p>\n Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n Many people are now taking some time out each morning to give themselves some spiritual awareness with a spot of meditation where they prepare themselves mentally for the day along with the more practical planning as mentioned above.<\/p>\n This ten or twenty minute slot can help you prepare yourself for the busy work schedule ahead by relaxing you and giving you a focus for the day<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So by getting into this simple, but effective routing each and every day, even at weekends, you will find yourself becoming a more effective and more efficient worker.<\/p>\n So will you be changing your routine or are your current morning activities creating the right framework for you to be successful? Please let me know in the Comments box below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We all know the saying \u201cthe early bird catches the worm\u201d, but the most successful people over the years seem to rise early and make the most of their day by following a number of simple, but effective routines. Begin the day with some gentle exercise When you get up in the morning, you need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davethomasonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}