Daily habits of high performers1/13/2024 ![]() I’m a big fan of Grant Cardone and the success principles he shares. I then head over to my couch where I grab a blanket, turn SportsCenter on TV on mute, and read for as long as it takes me to drink one cup of coffee (typically 30-40 minutes.) Speaking of the coffee, one thing I do to make the morning easier is the night before I set out my coffee mug, fill up the water, and put in the K-Cup (I use a Keurig.) That way all I have to do is push the button to get my coffee. Since I just woke up and I’m still a bit groggy drinking a coffee while reading is a low impact way for me to gradually wake up while also stimulating my mind at the same time. You can check out my best books of 2017 HERE and 2018 HERE. Because of this I am looking forward to reading, which has allowed me to read over 200 books. In terms of the books I read, I choose something that I want to learn and is interesting. No matter what else happens today, I know that I am better today than yesterday. As long as I read from a book every day then I got smarter. (If you want to create a reading routine here’s my breakdown of how to do it.)Īlso, one of my goals every day is to make today better than yesterday. ![]() That way there was never an excuse for why I couldn’t do it. ![]() If something is important enough then you’ll always find time to do it so I decided that I would start reading first thing in the morning. Knowing this I had to find a way to implement reading into my morning routine. I share more about this in a LinkedIn video I created.Īs I was auditing what other successful people were doing a common thread kept appearing. To help combat this I consciously think to myself right away “Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day” to help get a positive mindset going. Getting up at 5:22 am is not easy for me. Also, waking up at 5:22 am is closer to waking up in the 4’s than it is the 6’s. Because of this I decided to wake up 1 minute earlier, which aggregated over the course of the year would give me an extra six hours of productivity. Why 5:22 exactly? Because I used to wake up at 5:23 am (I don’t like setting things on 0’s or 5’s, plus 23 pays homage to Michael Jordan) and then I created The Do One More Challenge. Here’s the CliffsNotes version: I would wake up 2 or 3 minutes earlier every week (you don’t notice missing 3 minutes of sleep like you would if you tried cutting out 2 hours of sleep.) After a few years of chopping a few minutes off that became 5:22 am. I didn’t always wake up this early but I life hacked my way to get to this point. That removes the “I don’t have enough time excuse.” If you want to accomplish more in your life then you have the self discipline and self accountability to find a way to make it happen. ![]() Success doesn’t care if you are a morning person or not. Let’s break this down for how and why I do these things and you can too. I’ll give you the summary of my morning routine and then a more detailed description for those that want it.ĥ:22 am – Wake Up, Say to myself “Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day”, Brush Teeth, Bathroomĥ:26 am – Make Coffee, Read a book on the Kindle until the coffee is doneĦ:05 am – Write out my life goals & targets for the dayĦ:10 am – Write out things I am grateful for that happened yesterday plus read 16 things I am grateful for in my lifeĦ:15 am – Write out Morning Pages (aka journaling)Ħ:37 am – Set my emotional intention for the day by reading the 10 scrollsĦ:38 am – Re-read book notes from one book I previously readĦ:48 am – Check my fantasy basketball/baseball team, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, email.ħ:03 am – Go to the gym, make 10+ free throws in a row, liftħ:45 am – Shower at home (including 7 seconds of cold water where I yell “COURAGE”)Ĩ:40 am – Start working on accomplishing my goals for the day I wanted to share my morning routine so it could be a positive inspiration to anyone who wants to have more control over their mornings, and add more positive vibes and high performance to their life. I started to compile and implement many of these tactics into the morning routine that you see today. One thing that continually came up was how these high performers started their day. If it works for them then it can work for me. I didn’t want to look back 20 years later and say, “Damn, if I had only had more time then…” Because of that I adopted a mindset of learning as much as I could from as many successful people as possible. When I started Bacon Sports 5.5 years ago I knew I couldn’t have any excuses for why I didn’t succeed. One of the biggest things I attribute my success and positive mindset to is the way I start every day (aka my Morning Routine.) The way you start your day sets the tone for how the rest of it will go.
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