Successful People habits

Success leaves clues, as Jim Rohn famously stated. His argument was that if you want to achieve great things in life, look to the habits and routines of the world's most successful individuals. Then, specifically, emulate their behaviour. Most successful people start their day with a range of beneficial habits that set them up for the remainder of the day. So, to get started, in this post, we'll go over the 12 greatest morning habits you can employ to improve your attention, motivation, and energy for the remainder of the day.

We will present a comprehensive list of resources. As a result, you can quickly research them and include them into your daily routine. Now, make sure to read this post all the way to the conclusion because I'll go through the number one error that many individuals do when it comes to establishing a morning routine.

Let's get started talking about the VIP formula, which is how I categorised these habits. V stands for vigour, which are habits that will give you energy throughout the day, I stands for intellect, which are habits that will expand your mind and help you think creatively, and P stands for planning, which are habits that will help you identify the high-leverage tasks that are critical to your long-term goals.

1.     Surround yourself with natural light

Most people spend 90% of their time inside, getting as much natural sunshine as possible in the morning will offer you an immediate burst of energy. Morning sunlight will aid in the production of serotonin, which will improve your mood and make you feel more rested. It will also aid in the production of endorphins, the feel-good hormone, so open all your shades and blinds as soon as you wake up and let in the natural light.

2.     Get enough hydration

Do you want to improve your alertness, enhance your energy, and lose weight? If this is the case, drink a substantial amount of water as soon as you wake up. Our bodies are dehydrated after sleeping all night, according to a recent study. So, drink 32 ounces of water during the first hour of getting up, then refill the bottle at least once more and commit to drinking it throughout the day. To maintain a basic level of hydration, drink at least 64 ounces of water each day.

3.     Body movement

If you want to boost your attention, visual learning, and decision-making abilities, get exercising. Then, in the morning, get at least five to ten minutes of movement to wake you up by getting your heart pumping and providing you an adrenaline rush. It doesn't matter how you move because the best type of exercise is whichever 5-10 minute habit you can maintain. Stretching, yoga callisthenics, strolling, or using a programme like the 7-minute workout app are all examples of gentle activity.

4.     High protein breakfast

 Eat a high protein breakfast. If you want to experience a boost of energy in the morning, then suggestion is eating a protein rich breakfast to get started.

5.     Practice breathing or meditation

Meditation has more than tripled in popularity since 2012. What many practitioners have found is that the meditation habit will calm your mind and help you think clearly about what's important in your life.

To get started, spend five to ten minutes focusing on your breathing and calming your thoughts. If you want to build a simple meditation habit, then suggestion is what's called the five by five by five exercise. Just breathe in through your nose for five counts.  Making sure the air is going deep into your abdomen. Hold the air for just a moment before exhaling through your mouth for five counts. Contracting the muscles in your torso to release all of it. Then repeat this exercise five times to notice a substantial release of muscle tension.

6.     Express your gratitude

Gratitude is expressing your appreciation for what and who you currently have in your life. Research shows that practicing gratitude is the single most powerful method of increasing happiness, whether you practice gratitude through journaling or through affirmations, you will increase optimism, decrease stress and boost your confidence throughout the day. Now if you want some extremely easy way to practice gratitude, then just respond to this one sentence. That is “I am grateful for blank, because blank”.

7.     Journal your thoughts

Similar to talking to friends about your issues journaling will help you clarify your problems and come up with unique solutions for any you're currently facing. James altaker, an author and entrepreneur has a daily ritual of writing down 10 ideas. Just pick a specific topic and write down the first 10 ideas that pop into your head these could be new business ideas recipes to try or fun hobbies to explore.

8.      Practice self-education

In our era of diminishing budgets and increased resources available online, so many people choose to become self-taught on a variety of topics. If you want to maximize your morning time, then identify one skill that you want to build and then spend 5-10 minutes learning about this subject.

The world is so full of information, so it's not hard to educate yourself on any topic. You could read a book related to the skill listen to a podcast or audiobook, watch awesome youtube videos,  one to get step-by-step information or even invest in a course that you can find on platforms like masterclass, skillshare,  udemy or coursera.  

9.     Review your goals

One of the best long-term habits you can develop is to set clear goals in all areas of your life, with two simple guidelines as a proposal.

Number one: Create goals in 90 day sprints because, these will be relevant to your current life right. 

Number two:  Review these goals daily you can keep these goals anywhere you want like a journal, a sticky note, and whiteboard or on an app.

The only rule is to have a list of goals in a prominent place where you easily look at them also to get the full benefit of this habit. Look at your to-do list every morning and ask yourself how the tasks align with your goals, this can help you eliminate unnecessary tasks to help you focus on what's truly important.

10.          Review your day

A great habit to do is a quick review of your schedule.  This will help you align your goals with what you have planned for the day and identify any potential obstacles that you may face. If you don't focus on your goals it's frighteningly easy to get to the end of the day and realize you've achieved nothing of importance. So the suggestion is that you make a list in the morning of the specific tasks you want to complete by the end of the day. The key here is to be realistic about what you can actually accomplish and what's important in the long term success. Do those things and eliminate the rest

11.          Identify your three MITS

Some say this is the only productivity tip you'll ever need if you want to make the most of your mornings, then identify your three most important tasks or MITS and focus on completing them before doing anything else. Instruct that you break down your MITS into three areas.

• A task that is related to an urgent project
• A task that is related to your personal life
• A task that is related to an important long-term goal

12.           Start on your one thing

What is one thing you can do that will make everything else easy or unnecessary if you do it? The objective of the question is to look at your top goal closely in order to determine the most crucial habit. Then, once you've established this habit, set aside time to work on it on a daily basis.

It's preferable to do it after you've finished your morning routine. For example, if you are a writer, write for 30 minutes; if you are trying to lose weight, exercise; if you work in sales, phone or meet with potential customers first thing in the morning; whatever your one thing is, do it first thing in the morning.

Now in the introduction, i talked about the number one mistake that people make when it comes to their morning routine. That mistake is to create an hour-long morning routine crammed with as many habits as possible. Sure you might be able to stick to this routine for a few days, but eventually you will probably give up when you encounter a challenge or an obstacle. 

A better idea is to pick a few of the habits, that we just discussed about and build a simple 10 to 15 minute routine that focuses on these actions. From there, you can build up a longer routine once your morning routine becomes a permanent habit. Finally we have seen a lot about successful habits to level up your life on this article. Hope you enjoy reading.