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Good Morning; How to Wake Up Ready For A Successful Day

“The early morning has gold in its mouth.”

Benjamin Franklin

Each day we are given an opportunity to start a new day. A new day means a new space where we can create something new. Lead us closer to who we aspire to become and achieve worthwhile goals.

A new day is a chance to renew, revitalize and act on our highest purpose. To make the most out of the gift of life. To harness the capabilities of your mind. The only freedom we have is the way we think which leads to how we feel and act moment to moment. Let’s take a look at some insights that will make each day optimized to its full.

1. Prepare the night before

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your morning routine starts the night before. Decide what time you shall rise. Keep your phone away from your bed so when the alarm goes off you will be obliged to stand turn the alarm off. If heading out on a walk prepare the shoes right by the door. It is called lessening the friction of the habits you want to form.

2. Eliminate Decision Fatigue

Each evening before going to bed do a quick assessment of where you are in your life. Identify your long term goals and short term goals. Decide on how you are going to spend the precious moments of your morning. Be specific on what actions you are going to take say between 5:00am – 7:00am. These 2 hours utilized with accuracy and consistency will bring you exponential growth. Much time and energy is wasted on decision making with questions like how I’m I going to achieve my goal? Rather, decide the night before and all you need to think about is execution in the morning. Deep intense focused work with your mind uncluttered is a sure fire way to go about what ever you are planning to achieve.

3. Quality Sleep

Quality of sleep doesn’t necessarily mean many hours of sleep. It means you sleep in peace knowing exactly what you are going to do as soon as you wake up. Avoid watching the news, other media and thinking of your problems. Clear the mind before going to bed by asking your subconscious mind to answer all of your questions as you sleep. The thoughts you think right before going to bed is what your subconscious will accept as truth.

“one should never go to sleep without requesting something to the subconscious mind.”

– Thomas Edison

4. 2 Minute Breathing

This can be planned the night before. Upon waking up, sit with your spine erect and just breathe for two minutes. This establishes a good relationship between your awareness and your mind. You will notice the minds non stop chattering and in this two minutes, establish your distance from the mind and carry that space all throughout the day.

“When life is foggy, path is unclear and mind is dull, remember your breath. It has the power to give you the peace. It has the power to resolve the unsolved equations of life.”

– Amit Ray

5. Hydrate & Change Environment

“If there is Magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”

– Lorn Eiseley

Your body uses up a lot of water while you sleep so hydrate immediately or after your moment of silence. Changing your environment like walking outside immediately gets you out of your head and into the body. Tuning yourself to the earth and provides clarity on your next moves.

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”

Mark Caine

Remember the last time you went to somewhere new? Your brain was induced with dopamine and you were excited like a child. Changing environment will give you freshness when you get back to deep focused work. So including a little walk to your morning routine will be beneficial.

6. Start with a Smile

The first couple of moments after you wake will set the tone of your whole day. Be intentional in smiling. Smiling provides relaxation and relieves tension. Don’t wait for something extraordinary to happen before you smile. Just start your day with positive expectancy, hope for the best, gently navigating your way as best as you can. Smile first, then the universe will provide more of what to smile about.

“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” 

7. Cultivate Gratitude

This can be done anytime of day. Close your eyes and think of three things you are grateful for. Gratitude celebrates what we already have and sets our minds to receive more. If we are thankful and tuned in to humility we tap into a power greater than us. So if you got your needs met, get happy now and don’t worry about the things you don’t have.

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

– Oprah

Try having a little notebook and make it your gratitude journal. Write on it whenever you feel grateful. It’s nice to look at it from time to time to remind us of the fullness of life.

“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.”

8. Tidy up

“Only by taking care of your immediate environment can you then move onto bigger challenges.”

– Jordan Peterson

Tidy up as you go. Cleaning and organizing your surroundings will get you more inspired and clear on what you set out to do. Clearing a small part of your room let’s say your desk has a tremendous impact on your overall mood and happiness. So as you go about your day, make it a habit of leaving things better than you find them.

9. Play Relaxing Music

You know that feeling when you enter a nice spa? There are certain tones and vibrations that shifts your mood instantaneously. Look into Solfeggio tones.

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.”

Haruki Murakami

10. Minimize your to do

Narrow down your activities to the bare essentials. Pick 3 things that must be done within the day. Narrowing it down to three increases the likelihood of it getting finished. The trick here is choosing what 3 key actions to dedicate your time on that helps your higher purpose. Maybe writing an article? Practicing an instrument? A exercise regimen? Set some bright lines and make it non negotiable. Put Important tasks first before the urgent.

  • Important activities have an outcome that leads to us achieving our goals, whether these are professional or personal.
  • Urgent activities demand immediate attention, and are usually associated with achieving someone else’s goals. They are often the ones we concentrate on and they demand attention because the consequences of not dealing with them are immediate.

Make it a point to prioritize the important before being too busy with urgent.

Hope these tips help you in achieving your perfect mornings!

4 Easy Simple Ways To Change The Trajectory of your life

“Life is C (Choice) between B (Birth) and D (Death).”

– Jean Paul Sarte

You design your life through the daily choices you make. Where you put your attention most of the time is what your mind gets molded into and is then transformed into who you are. Knowing this, we have the power to look at where we a lot our energy adjust accordingly, learn what works and let go of things that aren’t essential.

Your present condition is the sum total of all of your choices. Your choices are votes to what you are committed to. Also choosing not to choose is a choice, so maybe you’ll start to look at things that you used to ignore or take for granted with more attention.

I find this four way approach to be really helpful because it can be applied to your daily routine immediately. Let’s get to it.

1. Do More of Something

Take a look at the past couple of days. What activities have helped you in achieving your full potential? Have you been meditating, exercising, eating healthy with intention? Maybe try to do more of that. The secret here is making Simple Small Steps. For your meditation maybe increasing the time to another 5 minutes. With lifting weights, adding a couple of reps. For your health maybe adding more health foods into your diet like grabbing more blueberries and avocados while in the grocery. There is power in incremental increase and with consistency, you will benefit from its compounding effect. There is great power in 1 more no matter how small in the right direction.

Action step: What activity are you already doing daily that you will do more of?

Increasing the duration, frequency and intensity.

2. Do Less of Something

Ask your self what activities have you been doing that aren’t serving your highest purpose. It might be making you happy on the surface level but isn’t pushing the needle towards your highest good. An example would be time spent consuming media. Maybe you lessen your Netflix and chill time by 30 mins. You do not need to take it away totally for it is your way of decompressing and recovery which is vital too. The trick here is to asses what’s really important and prioritizing them. Less time allotted to what serves your lower end desires and more time allotted to your higher end desires.

“Easy choices = Hard Life, Hard Choices = Easy Life”

– Jerzy Gregorek

So make those seemingly hard choice of doing the right thing; (more exercises, be more positive, healthier diet, more creativity, more meditation) to improve your life in the long run. It is in the choices where you dedicate your time which dictates your outcome and direction in life. It is how you create and live your life after all.

Action step: What thing do you do daily that you will do less of?

Decrease its duration, frequency and intensity.

3. Stop Doing Something

As you start looking meticulously at your day to day, logging in your habits and watching yourself. What activities that aren’t for your highest good that you are ready to let go of? Maybe throughout your life some habits or frames of mind have proven themselves of no use to the person you are intending to become? Try letting go of them gradually leading up to totally. Doing less and less as we have discussed in Number 2. Then in this step you totally let go of them. Imagine them as your old garment that don’t suit your style anymore. Say “Bad habit of such and such, I no longer need you, thank you and goodbye”.

Action step: What bad habit that you are lessening and now completely letting go?

Acknowledge it, honor it and say goodbye to it!

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

– John D Rockefeller

4. Start Doing Something

In studying these mental models, habits and self help articles, you now know that anything and everything can be started and it is up to you to head on out and do it. 100 push ups a day? Start with one. Writing a book? Start with 1 page. Learn an instrument? Book some lessons. One trick to starting is booking and investing time and money for it. Starting a blog? Invest in a domain and hosting. If you invest time and money, you are more likely to take it seriously. So ask your inner self through silent pondering and act on it.

“If you talk about it, it’s a dream. If you envision it, it’s possible. If you schedule it, it’s real.”

– Tony Robins

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

– Karen Lamb

Conclusion

  • What are you doing more of?
  • What are you doing less of?
  • What are you gonna stop doing?
  • What are you gonna start doing?

Reference: Jim Kwik

thanks for being here, Namaste 🙏

An Early Morning System to Practice Daily

Early mornings are the best for priming your mindset towards the day ahead. Making each day a success will get you closer faster to your desired outcome. It is the moment where your mind is at its most creative and not yet filled with urgent to dos.

The early mornings are the best time to accomplish your important tasks that lead to your higher purpose before the demand of the day takes your time and attention away from your dreams. It is best to have a habit of practicing this routine known as S.A.V.E.R.S. by Hal Elrod.

1. Silence

Upon waking, your brain is running on a lower cycle per second (alpha/theta). It is a state akin to sleep, where you are still hazy and just getting out of a dream. Do not rush to wake up and do not fall back asleep, find that sweet spot. Sit with the spine straight and just sit with silence, with the mind not yet bombarded with distractions, listen to the sound of silence. Just you breathing, maybe the sound of the wind outside and the birds. Observe profound insights that you may discover through silence. Make it deliberate, just three minutes of this will have a profound effect. Your mind is a receptor if tuned in to the divine will receive signals from the Akasha (Divine Intelligence or God). Imagine the mind like still water with the sediments settling at the bottom as you keep it undisturbed.


“Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself”.

-Mother Teresa

“Sit in silence and there is nothing you will not know”

– ancient proverb

2. Affirmations

Affirmations are repeated positive statements that affirm your power. They are suggestions to the subconscious mind. We use positive affirmations to immediately reframe the situation and how we look at a certain situation. After silence, recite your chosen affirmations. Here is a quick formula on creating your personal affirmation.

1.         Affirm your goal/commitment

2.         Ask yourself why it’s necessary that you achieve this and what it means for you

3.         Focus on the actions it will take to fulfill your affirmation

4.         When are you going to commit to obtaining it?


You can start with something simple such as

“Out of this situation only good can come, all is well and I am safe”

“I am Happy and Grateful Now that I am in the right place at the right time”

“I’m eternal, immortal, universal and infinite, the universe is abundant, therefore I feel abundant”

“God’s River of peace flows through me, enfolds me and enwraps me, I know God is love and I give thanks for my freedom”

3. Visualization

This step requires you to create a mental picture in your mind of the specific situation where you your desire is leading you. See in your minds eye doing the presentation, closing a deal, creating a performance, finishing a big project, as you visualize and imagine also capture the feeling that comes with it. The key here is feeling and believing. You believe and feel what you create in your mind first before it really gets imprinted in the subconscious. Everything starts within you. You are the director of your movie, the master weaver, the creator. So be disciplined in imagining the life you want. Imagine how your day will be. Do this consistently and observe the changes in your day to day.

4. Exercise

It doesn’t need to be intense or drastic. Do a standing jog, bang out some pushups, do some spine twists, walk around the block. Movement activates your proprioceptor, your awareness of the body in space. Through movement you induce natural happy chemicals from the brain. When you move you gain confidence that you move your life in the direction you wanted instead of you being moved by it. It is good for blood circulation, your nervous system, your muscles and overall positive outlook on life. So make movement a part of your morning routine. Do some zen swings, they are pretty fun.

5. Read

Now that you have primed and tuned your mind and body, it’s time to expand your knowledge. Play an inspiring audio book or read some inspirational quotes. Your input is your output so make sure to watch what you consume. You are doing a very good job being here reading this so keep up the good work.

You can also read an article or two about industries that surround your goal. Look into biographies of people who inspire you.

6. Scribing

Have a journal wherein you write down your insights, inspirations and specific actions. If you put it on paper, it is immediately out of your head and it is permanently etched in the physical realm. Putting what is in your head to paper is the next step in manifesting your desires. From hazy wave state of thought to solid statement on paper.

Conclusion

Feel free to apply these techniques in your day to day, you can a lot 5 minutes for each of them or whatever works for you. Remember Systems work! If you do things daily with consistency and persistence you will be on your way to the best self that you dream of. That Future self is the real you. It is a version of you you have not met yet. With a little discipline, curiosity and courage, you will be unstoppable.

Thanks for being here!

Namaste. 🙏

Best Mindfulness Practices To Maintain Balance Daily

Mindfulness is a great practice to learn. It is the act of paying attention on purpose with no judgment. I have been fascinated with this modality for years now and here are some concepts that have greatly increased my peace, creativity and understanding.

Pick one thing that resonates and put it to practice. Reading and knowing is not enough, doing does the trick. So let’s get to it.

1. Have a set time for meditation.

Don’t get intimidated by the concept of meditation. Just like most things, it is really simple once you do it. Start small and easy, pick a time let’s say every 8:00am; sit with the spine erect and just breathe for 5 minutes. Observing the breath as it enters and exits the body. Notice sounds, feel the sensations of the hands, mind will wander but your awareness will bring it back to the breath.

Start with 5 minutes and increase that time in increments, like a muscle, your brain will develop and learn.

Track your improvements in the coming days.

“What you measure and record grows exponentially”

– Dr. Benjamin Hardy

“Wherever you are, be there totally.” – Eckhart Tolle

2. Watch Your Inner Speech

Become more aware of the quality of your presence. Kill the ANT as they say (automatic negative self talk). Negative self talk has been the default for the most of us but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Our subconscious might have been programmed when we were younger but with mindfulness we can easily discern what is good and what is bad, chucking the bad in the F$&* it bucket.

Become a selective sifter, only choosing what’s good and blessed.

Guard your inner speech, your self talk is limited to only what it experienced and therefore protective of its correctness. Listen to the deeper part of you, the Self, the Dao, your inner wisdom. Inner wisdom don’t chatter, it comes in whispers of acceptance, love and compassion. With deliberate practice, you will have a better relationship with the mind and inner voice.

3. Switch “I got to, to I get to”

If we approach our obligations and responsibilities with gratitude rather than complaining. You will have avoided lots of secondary suffering. The mind tends to inflate and exaggerate what really is and this habit of the mind causes the task at hand to be harder. But with a slight shift in perception like “I’m thankful that I’m bestowed this task of such and such that will help me in my growth” instead of “Oh geez, why do I have to do such and such I’d rather do this and that”.

“Wrapped in our nearest duty is the key
Which shall unlock for us the Heavenly Gate:
Unveiled, the Heavenly Vision he shall see,
Who cometh not too early nor too late.”
– GOETHE

So muster up the courage to wash the dishes and clean your room with no war in the heart.

4. See With Fresh Eyes

We tend to get overstimulated with our phones leaving desensitized. Use the tools but don’t let it use you. Taking things for granted, running on autopilot and constantly craving for low quality dopamine will leave you imbalanced and internally yearning for something real. Disconnect, practice silence and observe how you will see things anew. Maybe discover and rekindle those parts of you that were dormant until now that you looked at them with fresh new eyes.

5. Connect With People

We have learned how human connection is vital to our wellbeing. It increases Oxytocin in the body which is responsible for the dial action of blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. Make a habit of juggling your loved ones, hi fiving co leagues and maybe smiling and talking to your barista.

We all are so deeply interconnected; we have no option but to love all. Be kind and do good for any one and that will be reflected. The ripples of the kind heart are the highest blessings of the Universe.

– Amit Ray

6. Don’t Jump To Conclusions

Your mind is a time traveler and a constant predictor. It predicts what is going to happen next, it is a super creative imaginator, it imagines and conjures up mental pictures that aren’t real. It is a great gift to have this capability but we must know how to use it. Rather than training the mind you train your reactions to the mind’s nature to predict scenarios. Make it a habit to pause and let the moment just be what it is. Jumping to conclusions blocks new pathways for you to grow. Remember, you conclude and assume only from your past programming. Let go of the past and make way for the new.

In the space of a mindful pause, crucial information might rise up that will direct us in a more balanced direction. So take into account new information, cultivate a supportive growth mindset.

7. Smile Throughout The Body

It requires more muscles for us to frown rather than smile but some of us are more used to. Smile relaxes the face, brings forth relaxation all over the body and raises up the vibe of yourself and others. Practice intentional smiling, make it your default mode of being.

A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.

– Paramahansa Yogananda

Hope these simple steps help you in creating a more mindful day. May you be open to new things, ready for happy surprises carrying a bright smile along the way.

Thanks for being here! Namaste. 🙏

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Stay Strong and Resilient even through the Toughest of Days 

It is almost mid January and a time for a check in. Have you been committed to the things you promised yourself last New Year’s Eve? Here are some insights to keep you on track.

1. Commit to being Positive

Go beyond the common expression of “just be positive”, rather take a deeper commitment and be willing to see the “how this situation is helping me?”. The really good one I use is “How is this situation the best thing that ever happened”. Looking back at a hardship that you have overcome in the past, isn’t that the best thing that ever happened? Even though at that time it seemed unreasonable and unfortunate? Learn from the old Chinese proverb that said, it is northern a fortune nor a misfortune, it just is. Go to a neutral, non opinionated place then from there move up to the positive side. Being habitually positive, you will build resilience.

2. Seek the Challenge

Do you always play the game on easy mode? Well if you do you are missing out a lot. Getting used to being challenged increases your resilience. It creates new connections in your brain that creates new possibilities for you. A new skill, new creativity, new product, a version of you that you always dreamed of. Find that sweet spot of being challenged in the areas of your life you want to improve, fitness, family, social, financial or in the arts. Find flow, and as you do, you stack up resilience points that will bring you to the next level of your game.

3. Know your Moral Center

Companies and organizations have core principles and so do you. You need to manage and organize your self before participating in your external world. Identify what you are about, what is your mission? Macro and micro, from here you can easily design how you will show up to the world. In your silent meditation, asses who you are? A loving mother? A household owner? A ceo? A creator? A janitor? Wherever you are in your life right now is caused by your inner moral beliefs. Be the captain of your soul and chart your way to the life of your dreams. Staying true to your center also provides you with direction on where to go next.

”You don’t need to see the whole ladder, all you gotta do is take the next steps”

“ You can’t go wrong by doing the right thing,”

“Find your why, and the how will appear”

4. Remember your Lessons

Lessons are repeated until learned fully. Make time to be thankful for past mistakes and put them to use. Do not waste a good mistake, they are blessings and guide to your gradual becoming. Keep an open mind and be always ready to learn. Always remind yourself to be more bewildered than clever. The things you do not know yet holds the key to the world of your dreams. So be a diligent student and learn from past mistakes.

5. Be Flexible

You are not the person you were yesterday. Deepak Chopra said life is more of a verb. You are constantly changing at a cellular level with every food you eat, thought you think and feelings you feel. Nothing is solid, all is made of tiny balls bouncing off of each other. Nothing of your problems are solid. So be flexible with tools and skills to apply in overcoming a challenge. Be flexible in seeing ways to approach a certain problem. A good trick is to reframe a situation as “how is this problem the best thing that ever happened?”. Being physically flexible can help a lot too.

6. Nurture your self

Putting yourself first positions you in a place of centeredness, groundedness and stability. Enough sleep, healthy diet and exercise sets you up to be able to handle challenges and with your brain in tip top shape, you will be calm and be seeing things from the bird’s eye view, carefully planning and deploying your moves.

7. Keep moving

Be persistent and consistent with developing problem solving skills. Keep moving physically, mentally, stacking up your strengths and course correcting along the way.

Hope these things gave you a boost of confidence knowing that you can be resilient. Have a growth mindset and an attitude of gratitude. Here’s a good one; Switch your “I got to” to “I get to”, this immediately switches your perception of a situation.

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8 Inspirational Quotes to Start & Win the Day

“Aim above the mark to hit the mark”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Set audacious goals and workout a plan on achieving it. But as you take steps be not attached to the fruits of your labor. Stay flexible on ways on getting to your destination and be open when plans change. Your goals may change too, so be attentive modifying your goal and ways to get there daily.

“Yesterday’s home runs, don’t win today’s game”

Babe Ruth

Most people self sabotage during their peak. Notice if you are getting complacent. Today, you do your best and you might achieve such great heights, but know that tomorrow is another day.

“We Can Complain Because Rose Bushes Have Thorns, or Rejoice Because Thorn Bushes Have Roses”

Abraham Lincoln

It is not the thing itself but how we perceive the thing. Make a commitment to see the good side of things. Beauty is always there for those who have the eyes willing to see. As you think so you become. So think good thoughts so more of it comes.

“The only place where success comes before work is the dictionary”

Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon revolutionalized women’s hairstyles in the post-war years and created an international hair-products empire which proclaimed “If you don’t look good, we don’t look good.”

Get clear on what you want to achieve within a timeframe. Alot a certain amount of hours each day dedicated to achieving that specific goal. Be open to plans changing and the goals changing. Success is the progressive pursuit of a worthy ideal. Be careful in obsessing and feeling that success is outside of you. It is not the achievement of the goal that makes you successful but the person you are becoming as you are in pursuit of something worthwhile. So get to it, the moment you put in the work you are already successing!

“If you start to think the problem is “out there”, Stop yourself, That thought is the problem”.

Stephen Covey

As within so without, never blame situations that are outside of you. Take responsibility and be accountable for where you are right now. Nobody else put you there but you. Quit stinking thing and always affirm the good and observe positive change.

“Be like the duck, calm on the surface but paddling hard underwater”

ancient proverb

Work in secret, let the results of what you do tell the story. Bragging about working hard is unnecessary. Results are what matter. We can take inspiration from nature, it always does a good job without bragging, complaining or opinions.

“A calm sea doesn’t make a skilled sailor”

Franklin Roosevelt

Are you getting too comfortable? Start the day with hydration and immediately changing your environment. If you are seeking to being a high performer you must deliberately get out of your comfort zone. You need not to go out in a stormy ocean. A nice brisk walk will do the trick.

“Do what you love, it is the best way to relax”

Christian Loubotin

Make time to create and design the life that you want, design your environment, neglecting to do this you’ll end up with the environment designing you. Find that noble thing that stirs you up, nurture your curiosity and once you find that thing, go all in.

Hope these quotes got you inspired and fired up to make the most of everything that you got right here, right now.

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Ditch Resolutions; Set Up Habits Instead

Resolutions don’t work. This year will be different, you are now equipped with experiences and knowledge from the past couple of years that brought forth resilience in you. This year you have a clearer sense of what you want in your life and practicing these habits will be of great help in your growth if commitment is applied.

1. Get Specific

The starting point of your transformation is definiteness of purpose. “Without purpose, people perish”. Start the habit of writing down specific things you want accomplished this 2023. If you want to get in shape be specific on how much weight you wanna lose, if you want to be an early riser, set a time, if you wanna accumulate money, write down the specific amount. What you measure and record grows exponentially. So practice writing things down and committing to it. Here is a good framework for you. 1 goal = 90 days, 2-3 actions = 1day, 10 minutes each action. You are the designer of your life so we are free to set our own goals. Just make sure that these are intrinsically motivated rather than extrinsic, meaning you are you are motivated in accomplishing such goals from the inside and not on the outside. This is the year you put your blinders on and get focused on yourself and will not be affected by people around you.

2. Delay Intake Of Caffeine

Upon waking, rehydrate and sit still for 5 minutes. Wait at least 90 mins before consuming caffeine. When you wake up Cortisol spikes up and peaks for about 2 hours and gradually declines. Cortisol is important because it is responsible for blood sugar regulation, metabolism and alertness. Caffeine works by blocking Adenosine which causes drowsiness. When we increase caffeine while cortisol is peaking it dilutes its potency, we end up being more dependent on caffeine rather than our naturally produced hormone cortisol. Delaying consumption of caffeine will be effective in managing your energy, preventing sooner crashes within the day. Find out more. Here: https://hubermanlab.com/using-caffeine-to-optimize-mental-and-physical-performance/

3. Practice A Morning Routine

Pick a framework that works for you. Here are some helpful tips. Your morning routine starts the night before. So before going to bed, get clear on what time you wanna wake up. This imprints the Sub conscious mind and you will be surprised on how you will naturally wake up at the time you decided the night before. Pray or connect to higher power for 3 minutes. Do what suits you, it can be just silence noticing the breath, or praying to Lord God, what have you, this is the time you connect to a higher power, just knowing that there is a higher order going on and you are just a part of it helps all through out the day. This doesn’t need to be a whole mass, it can just be 1-3 minutes of sincere connection. If you give 5 minutes of your time in the morning for that higher power, the rest of your day will be guided. Next is hydrate, maybe instead of coffee, drink an electric of water, apple cider vinegar, pink salt, ginger, turmeric, lemon pepper. Change environment, get vitamin D from the sun, get sun in your system. Walk around the block, ground to the earth, look up to the sky and become one with its vastness. Plan your key actions within the day and a lot time in finishing them. Block your time and make sure you insert some movement snacks instead of junk food.

4. Memorize Affirmation

Affirmations are statements of Truths. Repeatedly internalized and felt will have a tremendous effect on your external world. The sub conscious mind doesn’t choose, it just accepts what the conscious mind believes to be true. And we all know the Subconscious mind brings forth in your life things that can’t be explained logically. Learn more of this through the Power of the Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy. So affirm only the good. One of my favorites and most simplistic ones are. “I am grateful and happy now that I am healthy in mind body and spirit”. “This is my day, I accept complete responsibility for my life for I know that I am power”. “Out of this situation only good can come, everything works out for the best and I’am safe”. Feel free to write what works for you. Make sure that you affirm life, abundance, strength and the well being of all. Memorize one that you can recite while in line at the grocery or stuck in traffic or anytime you get impatient.

5. Learn The Skill of Savoring

One of my favorite books is titled “Where ever you go, There you are”. Savoring the moment is being completely here in the present moment. Step back from your mind’s chattering and just sit. Notice how immense the energy around you is. Notice how you are connected and at one with this energy. Notice and appreciate where you are in your life and the completeness of just this.

6. Commit To Seeing The Beauty

It is not the thing that we are looking at, it is how we look at that thing. How you look at things becomes your reality. There is always a positive side to everything. Make this commitment and always remind yourself that whenever I catch my habit of criticizing, immediately switch to the thought there is something beautiful here that I am missing. What is this situation trying to teach me? Maybe this time I am willing to learn. Look into the law of Polarity.

7. Learn To Cook

One of the greatest joys in life is to cook up a nourishing meal. Learn how to cook here https://www.makepurethyheart.com. Your kitchen can be a place of mindfulness and creativity. Keep your kitchen in order and practice cooking simple tasty meals and provide joy to yourself and people around you.

8. Stretch

A mind that has been stretched to a certain extent cannot turn back to its original form. Stretch not only your body but the mind. There is a thing called neuro plasticity where in you expand your capabilities and turn into a person that you are ought to be. Your full potential, your future self now. Keep an open mind on what you can be. Have a plan and stretch out your being. You will be surprised if you stay consistent.

9. Learn to Deliberately Calm Down

Easily access joy. Learning how the mind works and how to react to its nature is the key. Find the tool that works for you, it can be deep breaths, practicing mindfulness, exercise. If you approach complexities in your mind and surroundings with an intention of groundedness and harmony, you will get to know Joy, peace love and acceptance with what is. Become more intentional in the quality of your presence, welcome every thought with no judgement. You are more bewildered than clever.

10. Listen Better

When in a social gathering, meet someone new and be genuinely interested in the person rather than being clever. In listening you enter a new world of information that opens up creativity and collaboration. Let the other person shine and be ready to be surprised that this particular meeting has a rippling effect. Incorporating ideas make a powerful force. Try to get used to focusing your attention to what you do not know yet. Paradoxi right? But that’s how new things come to be. So get used to the unknown and listen more and better.

Clarity of Purpose & how to attain it

What does Clarity of Purpose mean?

This means that you know exactly what you want. It is not a vague and unclear goal but a clear, detailed, and specific one. Only by knowing exactly what you want can you achieve it.

You will not be able to achieve your goals if you don’t make them clear enough. Or, you may get close but not what you wanted.

Your goal or dream must be clear and specific. It should not be vague.

It’s great to fantasize about becoming wealthy and successful. But you must know what you want and how you will get there.

For any success, whether losing weight, buying a car, or traveling abroad, clarity of purpose is essential. How can you achieve what you do not want?

Clarity of purpose is the key to knowing what actions to take.

Clarity of purpose allows you to focus on your goal without wasting energy or time. Clarity of purpose is similar to focusing strong light on your goal so you can see it.

Clarity of purpose is crucial.

1. Clarity is a way to get to the destination you desire.

Once you have a clear vision of what you want, you can create a solid plan and then take the appropriate actions to achieve it.

Assume you are playing football. There is no goalpost on the football field. What do you think is going to happen? You and the other players will race up and down the field chasing the ball, but they won’t be able to score until there is a goal post.

It’s the same with life. You can be busy and run but not know what you want.

If you want to be successful in your life and achieve extraordinary results, then you need to know exactly what you are looking for. You need to know your destination to create a map/plan to get there.

2. Clarity is the absence of distractions

Once you have a clear vision of where you want to go, it is easier to focus your efforts and energy on getting there.

It’s similar to shooting an arrow. It’s like shooting an arrow. Once you have a target in mind, you can focus on that target and eliminate all distractions. It doesn’t matter what others say or do; you must focus on your target and work towards it.

You may be surprised to learn that Warren Buffett is considered one of the most successful investors in the world. One of the reasons he is so successful in investing is his ability to “disconnect” himself from the rest. He can also stick to his investment decisions.

3. Clarity is proactive, not reactive.

Yes. When you have a clear purpose, you can be proactive. You will make things happen rather than waiting and reacting to what comes your way.

When you know what you want and have an action plan, it is possible to work on your plan to achieve the desired results. People who don’t know how to get extraordinary results in their lives are the ones that procrastinate. Many people don’t know what they want.

It is crucial to have a clear purpose.

You should now be able to see the power of clarity of purpose. But how do you get it?

How to attain clarity of purpose

• Find out exactly what you want.

• Note down what you would like to accomplish.

• Find out why you want to reach your goal and what you can gain from achieving it.

• Make sure you are genuinely determined to reach your goals.

• Learn about your goal. It may require some knowledge or skills. Find that knowledge and learn how to improve your skills.

• Take photos of your goal. These could include photos of the car you desire, the house you want, the job you are interested in, or pictures of the country you’d like to visit. These photos should be viewed every day.

• Visualize your goal clearly to achieve it.

• See all details in your mind.

• Specific details about the color, size, quantity, shape, and place of what you are trying to achieve or get.

• Focus your attention on your goal.

• Get rid of clutter in your life.

• In your daily life, show perseverance and self-discipline

• Be clear about your goals, what you want to achieve, and the things you plan. These actions can be small and daily, as well as medium and large goals.

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