So have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up late, can't find anything,
running out the door, spill coffee all over yourself, then you get to your car you can't
find your keys, when you do find your keys, your car doesn't start.
Then, all I mean it's just like everything is going wrong.
It's the wrong day to have this happen because you've got that big presentation at work.
In today's video, gentlemen, I'm going to talk about morning mistakes that men make
and how to avoid them.
Mistake number one.
You're not jumping out of bed.
So, how often do you hear the alarm and you hit snooze multiple times?
You want to get up at 6:00 o'clock, but you end up really getting up at 7:00 and your
whole day is running behind.
What don't you jump out of bed?
Part of it is motivation because when I was a kid and it was Christmas morning.
I remember my parents could not keep me in my room.
I was sneaking out at 4:00 o'clock, 3:00 o'clock in the morning trying to see if Santa Claus
came, whatever it is Disneyland.
Do you remember those days you had that great motivation to jump out of bed?
You need to find that, you need to find something that's driving you.
I know and it can be actually relatively small.
For me, I have a very nice coffee in the morning, I'm not afraid to spend a little bit of money
and I kind of treat myself.
But here's the deal is I've got a window in which I'm allowed to have that treat and to
be able to enjoy.
And, if I don't wake up, I can't enjoy it.
And, within that window, I can have as many of those coffees as I want.
So, by setting up that system I can tell you I'm excited to get up in the morning because
I love to have my coffee.
Find what's going to work for you and implement it.
Mistake number two, gentlemen.
You don't give yourself enough margin.
Margin is the time between events.
And the problem is we fall into this trap whenever we have a perfect morning.
Let's say you get up at 7:00 o'clock and you're at work by 7:50, ten minutes to spare, wow.
Everything went perfect that morning and you think I only need to wake up at 7:00 because
it takes me fifty minutes to get dressed and get to work.
The problem there is on average it actually takes you sixty minutes and you keep falling
in this trap thinking you only need fifty minutes and if you get up at 7:00 and you're
always wondering why am I always so close and then, life happens to you.
You have things that just, you know, you get more responsibilities, you ended up getting
married, you have kids, you still only give yourself that one hour period and you start
wondering why am I two minutes late, why am I five minutes late, why when something unexpected
or just crazy happens I am fifteen minutes late, stress builds up.
Gentlemen, make sure that you're honest with yourself and you give yourself enough time
to get ready.
I'm not going to say you need to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning, but I am going
to say that you need to be honest and give yourself enough margin.
Morning mistake number three.
Not having things prepared.
So, have your clothing laid out the night before.
Make sure that your car, make sure you fill it up on the way home from work not in the
morning when you're going to be more rushed.
When you go in to actually shave to get ready in the morning, make sure things are there.
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Morning mistake number four.
Not having a routine.
So, if you don't have a routine, you are doing things randomly.
The problem with random is it can't be improved.
So, it's better to have a bad routine than to have no routine at all because a bad routine
if you recognize it as such, you can start to make improvements.
Things start to get better, you start to, hey, I if I make this adjustment and do this,
you then have a good routine, then you have a great routine.
And when you have a great routine, it sets your entire day on schedule, guys and it's
the best way to start your morning.
Mistake number five.
Skipping breakfast.
So, many of us have heard breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
That, some people are debating that, there's different views out there.
But, what I think you can debate is if you make a simple meal at home, you're going to
save time, you're going to save money, and if you've got a family and you have breakfast
with them, it's probably one of the best times of the day to actually talk to your kids.
I've got four young kids and I can tell you they're grow they are growing so fast and
breakfast is one of the only times when I can talk to my son ask him what he's going
to do today and how he's how, you know, how is he feeling how is the day before.
Sometimes I work late or I've got something going on and I don't see him in the evening,
he is busy with his friends, so for that reason I love breakfast in the morning.
Another bonus, whenever I'm filming video, if I don't eat breakfast and maybe you guys
have heard it on some of my other videos, you can tell because my stomach starts to
growl, so, guys, that's why I don't skip breakfast.
The next morning mistake I want to talk about is you don't give yourself time for personal
development in the morning.
So, when you first wake up maybe you're a bit groggy, but then five, then minutes after
that especially if you engage in physical exercise, you are sometimes at your best,
your mind is just firing off on all cylinders.
You are ready to learn, you're ready to engage in exercise, you're ready to have good conversations.
So why wouldn't you use this time maybe wake up a bit early.
You're having trouble with your wife, let's just say that your relationship is on the
rocks, how about setting aside twenty minutes, fifteen minutes in the morning to have coffee
with your spouse with your partner with that person that you want to build your life with.
You can take these small steps even if you're setting aside fifteen minutes to do some reading,
maybe to listen to an audio book as you're doing some cleaning in and around the house
early in the morning.
The key point here is that you're taking that self-development because when you find that
it starts to work, you're going to improve you're going to open up and then you're going
to start to do more.
The final morning mistake is not having a place where you put things the night before,
so you can easily find them in the morning.
I don't know about you guys, but I have a designated spot for my keys, for my wallet,
for my phone.
I don't have multiple chargers around the house that I can plug anywhere even though
that sounds nice, I have one place where I always charge my phone, that way I know it's there.
If it is not on my person, that is where the phone should be.
The same thing, I mean how many times if you had to get ready in the morning get out the
door and you can't even find your car keys.
Have a valet have a place where you put everything so you can find it when you need it.
All right, gentlemen, now it's your turn.
I want to hear from you down in the comments. What did I miss, what would you have added
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Take care.