What Works: Want to own your day? Have a great morning routine

Those of you who have read my column for a while know I picked up a mentor in the last year named Brendon Burchard. If you haven’t heard of him, Google the name. I just returned from High Performance Academy and one small shift has transformed my productivity. No, I’m not following some new system or complicated technique. I just added a morning routine!

I will admit, I was rather proud prior to the conference of my ability to hide from the cold under my covers and check email. My phone was the FIRST thing I reached for every morning. I thought I was being productive. What I was doing was sucking myself down a rabbit hole filled with other people’s agendas. Before I knew it, hours had gone by and I hadn’t worked on any of my projects.

Your morning routine is uniquely yours. Choose a few things you can do that bring you energy, inspiration, and vision.
Here are my go-to morning activities.

Happy Alarm — You can go to the app Zedge and download ringtones that inspire and uplift you. My ringtones have ranged from songs from Moana, to Kanye West’s Stronger, to Worth It by Fifth Harmony. Choose something that inspires you to wake up to. If you are ever not “feeling” your alarm, change it!

Music — From my alarm, I now switch to Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us.” Just the fact that it talks about a new way to wake up in the lyrics is pretty cool. However, its also the song that Brendon Burchard comes on stage to. It takes me right back to High Performance Academy, Experts Academy, and World’s Greatest Speaker Training. It gets me right back in that mode. Waking up to a theme song will bring you energy up and keep it there. From there, I switch to Pandora. I choose “Fifth Harmony Radio.” Tune in to your own jam.

Tapping — I repeat the three words that call me into my best self and tap, with both hands, my eyebrows, my cheekbones, under my nose, my chin, over my ears, back of my head, and the top of my head. I do this three times. My words are Inspiring, Joyful, and Connected. During the day I make sure I’m being those things. The tapping exercise in the morning reinforces that.

Dance — I dance my way through my morning. I make the bed dancing. I shower and do my makeup dancing. I move my body and wake it up. For me, this also brings me joy.

Feed and Water — I feed and water my dog, but I also feed and water myself. Hydration is important. According the US News Health, half your body weight is the absolute minimum in ounces of water you should drink a day. There are so many diet options out there, and I am not a dietitian. However, I find that two to three single plate meals a day helps keep me energized.

Set Your Intentions for the Day — I usually set three to five intentions for the day, whether that consists of projects I want to complete or energies I want to bring to the day. Today, this column was on the top of my list since I was traveling on Monday and recouping over the past two days. I also have client follow up to do and some work to do on my businesses to help them grow. Setting your intentions and actions assures you start your day knowing what your agenda is. It’s harder to get derailed when you know what track you are on.

What’s your morning routine? I would love to hear about it! Think it. Say it. Live It! The floor is yours, Carson City.

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Diane Dye Hansen is the Chief Inspiration Officer of What Works Coaching, an individual and organizational coaching and consulting firm based in Carson City, Nevada. She has 20 years of experience working with top corporations, growing businesses, motivated entrepreneurs, and individuals hungry for a fresh start. She is also the creator of DOCS Theory, also known as The Theory of CrappertunityTM, a mindset and change theory which defines the moment crisis creates more opportunity than would have existed without the crisis.

Diane holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Marketing from Cal State San Bernardino and a Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of What Works Recruitment, a company which specializes in filling hard-to-fill positions and fitting talent with culture. Her column appears every Monday, and sometimes Tuesday, in Carson Now.