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hey everyone and welcome to top thing
today we're going to learn about seven
things you should never do in the
morning now let's begin number one 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 a 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 number
two 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
number three 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 number four
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
number five 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 number six
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 number seven
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
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