What I've Been Reading

What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings--and Life by Laura Vanderkam.

The best morning rituals are activities that don’t have to happen and certainly don’t have to happen at a specific hour. These are activities that require internal motivation . The payoff isn’t as immediate as the easy pleasure of watching television or answering an email that doesn’t require an immediate response, but there are still payoffs. The best morning rituals are activities that, when practiced regularly, result in long-term benefits. The most successful people use their mornings for these things: 

• Nurturing their careers—strategizing
• Nurturing their relationships—giving their families and friends their best
• Nurturing themselves—exercise and spiritual and creative practices

I am morning person and I think, I have been trying to do the hardest thing (which requires internal motivation) in the mornings - namely meditation and brushing Max !! And yes, it works.

Ultimately the amazing thing about mornings—they always feel like a new chance to do things right. A win scored then creates a “cascade of success". Once your brain records a victory it’s more likely to take the next step and the next step. Believing that your actions matter is how the human mind learns optimism or, to use a better word, hope.