7 Morning Habits That Lead You To Be More Successful In Life
Most of your reality is not a given.
It is shaped by your expectations, beliefs and thoughts you have formed about it.
A big chunk of these beliefs and expectations are encoded into habits you integrate in your
daily life.
Yes, some of these habits are formed unconsciously and can be counter-productive or limiting
but conversely you can consciously form positive habits that will transform and empower your
life significantly.
This is a powerful point of departure that more and more people are becoming aware of.
The most common trait of highly successful people is the recognition of the power they
have in co-creating their reality through changing the way they think, believe or expect
their reality to be.
One of the most effective ways of changing our belief patterns is through practising
and maintaining daily rituals.
Ancient traditions had clearly understood the power of rituals in reinforcing habits
and changing the way we see and create our reality a long, long time ago.
Once again, if you look into the life history of any highly successful individual, you will
find some form of ritual in his or her daily routine.
Some of these rituals may seem banal or eccentric but don't be deceived by appearances.
Rituals are one of the most effective self-empowering tools freely available at the practitioner's
disposal – that is, you!
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Below are some of the easiest yet life-changing rituals you can do every morning.
Of course, you can have your own afternoon or bed-time rituals but morning rituals are
extremely effective in empowering your day since they help you charge yourself before
it all starts.
1.
Gratitude
Feeling gratitude and appreciation for those little signs and moments of joy happening
in your life is probably one of the most overlooked or underestimated rituals.
It is a perfect morning ritual to start your day on a very positive key.
The real power of gratitude is that it makes you pick out and focus on what is working
in your life – what is in tune with your being as a whole.
It is selectively positive.
It reinforces happiness and positivity by shedding light on those awesome things, small
or big, that grace your every day living.
Quite often we just pick out the pain points, the problems, the bottle necks, whatever it
is that is not working in our life and causing friction, anxiety and unhappiness.
This is like constantly rewriting the script of your life with a negative or tragic overtone.
Your subconscious mind follows faithfully that script you write whether it is a negative
or positive one.
So feeling gratitude is undoubtedly an immensely empowering ritual.
Start your day by being thankful for those positive things that happened the previous
day or throughout the week.
It could be something really petty and small.
It doesn't matter.
You might be grateful for an unexpected visit from an old friend, a beautiful encounter
with a kind stranger, a new opportunity or whatever it is that shines your way.
Do it every morning and see what happens during the day.
2.
Writing down your most important tasks
This is a very practical ritual.
Start your day by identifying and writing down from one to three of the most important
tasks you need to complete during that day.
These tasks are ones which support important long term goals that are aligned to your purpose,
passion or general direction in life.
For example, if writing a book or building an online community are important long term
goals which are aligned to your personal growth, then an important task for the day might be
finishing off a particular page or two of the book or coming up with fresh content ideas
for the online community.
What is important with this ritual is that you identify these tasks and complete them
as early in the day as possible.
Of course you will have other tasks apart from the ones you will write down but these
are tasks which can be tackled later or batched up and carried out in one go.
Writing down your most important tasks in the morning, helps you focus your day and
life according to what is essential.
It helps you prioritise and manage your time better.
As a result, you simplify your life by applying your focus and energy on what really counts
for your overall life progress.
3.
Affirm your goals in writing or drawing
This is similar to the previous idea but different in its application and purpose.
Writing down your most important tasks of the day is a way to have a concrete structure
of action to follow.
Affirming your goals, on the other hand, is a very powerful way of crystallising your
vision and goals in life into your everyday mental space.
Writing down or doodling your goals on a piece of paper helps you externalise those goals
by giving them form.
In return they are reflected back in your subconscious mind thus reinforcing them and
integrating them more wholly.
An example of this would be writing down "I am achieving greater success in my career"
or "I am becoming healthier and stronger through my exercise".
Notice the present tense being used as a way to tell yourself you are in the process already.
Remember the life script we subconsciously follow?
You are basically modifying the script to be applied now in the present.
Drawing or doodling can be equally, or even more, effective (if you are more of a visual
person) as it summarises a graphical representation of your goals.
For example, if your goal is to build a new house or live in another country, you can
draw the house or draw things that symbolise the country you want to live in.
4.
Qi Gong exercises
According to Chinese philosophy, Qi (pronounced 'Chee') means the life force or energy
inherent in all things and Qi Gong is the practice to cultivate and circulate that energy
in your body.
This may sound esoteric or complicated but actually Qi Gong is really a set of simple
exercises aimed at increasing your health and vitality.
There are numerous forms and practices available for free through the online media.
As a morning ritual I recommend following these simple exercises by Qi Gong master Lee
Holden.
5.
Hot Water with Lemon
Simply add a slice of lemon in a glass of hot water and drink one every morning.
This is a very simple ritual I follow faithfully every morning.
Apart from being a good source of vitamin C and a great way of flushing out toxins in
the morning, it balances and maintains the PH levels in the body, reduces pain and inflammation
in joints and knees and helps nourishing brain and nerve cells.
Here are some more benefits of drinking hot water with lemon.
6.
Rise Earlier
The practical advantages of waking up early are obvious.
For example you gain more time for doing exercise such as walking, cycling or Qi Gong as suggested
above.
You gain more time to be with yourself to reflect, meditate or, more importantly, carry
out the other morning rituals!
So rising early can be seen as a foundation for all the other morning rituals.
Many, like myself, find that they are more productive in the early hours of the day.
Also, various studies have shown that there are many other benefits from waking up an
hour or two earlier in the morning.
For example it has been shown that sleeping early and waking up early helps the body attune
with the earth's circadian rhythms thus promoting more restorative sleep.
Other curious results from such studies show for instance that early risers tend to be
more optimistic and can anticipate and solve problems more efficiently than the norm.
7.
Listen to uplifting music
In itself this ritual is a no-brainer.
Uplifting music can have a direct impact on our mood especially in the morning.
It charges us emotionally and tunes us into a more positive outlook of the day ahead.
Most people wake up to music or listen to music as they commute to work.
Very often however they tune in to a radio or randomly pick a playlist from their device.
Being more selective and conscious of the music you listen to in the morning can have
a great impact on your day and life in general.
Try to listen to more uplifting music in the morning even if, or especially if, your mood
does not dictate so.
It's funny how we try to choose music according to our mood.
For example if you are feeling down or disappointed by something, you are more prone to listen
to music that reflects that mood, for instance blues, sad songs or downtempo music.
This has the effect of reinforcing that mood.
What you need to do is the exact opposite and retune your mood by listening to music
that beats to a different tune than that mood.
Well, that's the 7 Morning Habits That Lead You To Be More Successful In Life.
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