to one important task in my office where there is no phone, no email or text
messages, and no opportunity for someone to pop in to see me.
I have not used an alarm clock for the last 25 years, because I go to bed at a
reasonable time and have clearly in my mind when I want to start the next day. I
wake up fully rested, spend 30 minutes in meditation, and then go to my workout
area. While working out physically, I take advantage of the rich audio programs
available so that I fill that 45 minutes with physical exertion combined with
mental input and expansion. I never check the news or look at my iPhone first
thing in the morning, no matter how important it may seem to know the latest
news. The news is filled with rape, murder, pestilence, and heartache, and that is
not the input I want in my brain. Later in the day, I can scan the news for
anything related to my areas of interest and quickly sort through what I need.
But I carefully protect that first hour of the day, making sure that all input is
positive, clean, pure, creative, and inspirational. Many of my most creative ideas
have come from this protected time of the day, often when I am in a full sweat.
By 9:00 AM I am invigorated, motivated, and ready to face anything the day
may bring.
Dan Miller is the author of the New York Times
bestselling 48 Days To The
Work You Love, No More Dreaded Mondays
and Wisdom Meets Passion
. Over
130,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter, his 48 Days Podcast
consistently ranks in the top 3 under Careers on iTunes, and the 48Days.net
business community is viewed as an example around the world for those seeking
to find—or create—work they love.
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