the six morning habits of high performers : Best morning routine for success | Morning routines of successful people :

 

  we're going to learn about seven things you should never do in the morning now.

Ø  1: work straight away the morning plays an incredibly important part of your day and that first hour after you wake up should leave you feeling prepared and productive you should spend that time maintaining your physical health with exercise and nutritious breakfast. You should inspire yourself with books podcasts and other motivational media creating time for these healthy habits will work wonders for your self-esteem and self-discipline not to mention you'll feel more energetic than ever but the problem is most people don't make time for a healthy morning routine they wake up late they get lazy or they just don't realize how much good your morning routine can do for you so they skip their entire routine right after they wake up they quickly throw on some clothes and head straight to the office they're barely conscious on their drive to work and still groggy by the time they sit down at their desk. when you go straight to work you spend  your first hour of the day just trying to wake up which makes you slow inefficient and disorganized , but your productivity isn't the only thing that suffers going straight to the office makes you  more reliant on caffeine and too much caffeine will hurt your mood and your sleep schedule  leaving you feeling even more lethargic and to make matters worse it can also decrease your job  satisfaction when you rush to work in the morning you're not excited to be productive you're not  feeling inspired instead of loving your job it just feels like something you're forced to do  and that lack of enthusiasm will take a toll on your overall performance you're less likely to  put in the extra hours and go the extra mile so set aside more time for your morning routine ,even  if you feel like sleeping in to the last second that extra 30 minutes of sleep isn't doing you  any favors in fact it's draining your energy and  your motivation but if you make time for a morning  routine you can prepare yourself for a much more productive day.

 

Ø  2: Hot showers hey I mean who doesn't love a long hot shower when you're standing under that stream of warm water how it seems to wash your worries away but when you get out of the shower how do you feel energetic and refreshed or cozy and mellow. Well there's nothing wrong with taking a hot shower in fact it can  be a great way to wind down before bed but in the morning a hot shower can leave you feeling  way too relaxed you'll feel like crawling her right back into the bed you'll feel tempted to  ditch your morning routine and just enjoy being comfortable so while that hot shower might put  you in a good mood it's a big problem for your productivity, so if you want to get the most out  of your morning's you have to build momentum and that starts right after you wake up each part  of your routine should make you more motivated more energetic things like stretching running  and eating a good breakfast all push you in the right direction, but a long hot luxurious shower  it just stops you right there in your tracks it unravels all the positive momentum that you've  been building since getting out of bed even if  

you kept up with your morning routine a hot shower  will put you right back where you started so try a more energizing alternative the water doesn't  have to be freezing cold but you don't have to have a Jacuzzi either a quick lukewarm shower will  leave you feeling refreshed without slowing down  your morning momentum.

 

Ø  3: Improvise their  routine a morning routine should be set in stone it's something you do day after day week after  week it's a timeline of good habits that you've gotten so used to that you don't even have to  think about it once your morning routine becomes ingrained in your brain you can start reaping the  rewards but what happens if you try to improvise instead of planning there morning's many people  decide that they're just gonna wing it they do  whatever feels natural but when you improvise your  efficiency tanks the simple truth is you like most people make bad decisions in the mornings you  convince yourself that it's okay to slack off that it's not a problem to watch TV or just lay  in bed a little longer but a little laziness goes   a long way luckily planning your routine will  take the pressure off you don't run the risk of   making bad decisions if your entire morning is  already decided yeah I know it's tempting but don't make up your morning routine as you go.

 

Ø  4: Whine about work what's the number   one worst time to sit and complain throughout  the day yep you guessed it its first thing in the morning when you criticize your job or whine  about all the work you have to do your motivation just flies out the window and that infectious  negativity sticks around for hours afterwards instead of starting your day on a high note like  most successful people do you're taking two steps back by complaining about your work you're digging  yourself into a deeper and deeper hole obviously that bad attitude will have a huge impact on your  performance you'll look for shortcuts around every corner you'll make excuses and you'll lose faith  in yourself and once that happens you can kiss your productivity goodbye because the moment  things get rough you won't fight back you won't persevere you'll be the first one to wave your  white flag so why does complaining set you back so far well each time you complain you're changing  your mindset you're focusing all your energy on the obstacles and ignoring the opportunities  you're forgetting about the lessons that each  failure has to teach you and you're undermining  the self-discipline that you've been working on for months or even years complaining is a surefire  way to start your day off on the wrong foot so no matter how much you want to grumble and mow do  your best to be optimistic in the mornings.

   

Ø  5: mental clutter your morning is filled with  small pointless decisions you decide what you're  

going to wear what kind of workout you're going  to do what music you'll listen to on your drive to  work and by the end of your morning routine you've  already made a dozen decisions none of which really amount to anything all they do is weigh  down your brain so go ahead and cut these choices out of your morning's yeah many successful people  have reduced their mental clutter by incorporating them into their routine they wear the same clothes  they do the same workouts and they listen to the same music and that way their brain can spend the  morning on decisions that actually matter while this will boost your productivity that's not the  real reason why you should reduce mental clutter in the morning the real reason is you need to  warm up your brain imagine you're an artist who's working on some really intricate Commission you  have to be at the top of your game to pull this off  but if you start plugging away first thing in  the morning your work is gonna be sloppy you need to do some warm-up sketches you need that time to  make a few mistakes and get back into the swing of things otherwise you won't be able to perform at  your best when you give your brain more room to breathe in the mornings it has the same effect  on your work you'll make better more creative decisions because your brain had the chance  to warm up first.

 

Ø  6: hitting snooze the  snooze button is your worst enemy in the mornings  each time you hit that button you're making it harder and harder to be productive for starters  waking up every 10 minutes is terrible for you it leaves you feeling tired throughout the day  because 10 minutes isn't nearly enough time for your brain to get any deep sleep it will try its  best but when your alarm goes off 10 minutes later you'll feel even grow earlier than you did before  which means that you might hit that snooze button and by the time you finally get up your morning  gets smaller lazier and a whole lot more stressful you have to rush through your routine which means  you have less time for your healthy habits you may have to skip your workout or pass on breakfast  just to get to work on time and that creates a whole lot of unnecessary stress in your life and  it leaves you feeling flustered and foggy it'll take longer for you to concentrate and you'll have  a harder time staying motivated in the heat of the moment hitting the snooze button doesn't seem  so bad you'll convince yourself that you have  ten or twenty minutes to spare but that first  bad decision can easily snowball into a dozen more.

Ø  7: checking your phone what's  the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning you'd be surprised how many people  immediately reach for their phones the very  

  first thing they see in the morning is a text  of hosts on social media or even worse a   blank screen suddenly a flood of distractions fills your  brain instead of thinking about your  passions or  

 your work you're making harmful comparisons and  worrying about your social circle studies have shown that looking at your phone increases  stress and makes you more self-conscious some people fall into that vortex of social media  others sit there wondering why no one is message them either way your momentum is shot and your  mind is a million miles away hey thank you for watching top think and be sure to subscribe  because more incredible content is on the way English.