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a huge moment of power. You just woke up and now it’s time to shake up your
environment. 5- 4- 3- 2- 1. Remove the distraction. It really is that simple and the
rewards are powerful.

The harder and more powerful thing to do is to master the second type of
focus: big picture focus. There’s one thing that I’ve used the #5SecondRule to do
that has increased my big picture focus like nothing else—being a “boss” about my
mornings.

Own Your Mornings

Taking control of your mornings is a game changer for productivity. The way I
did it was to create a morning routine. Alissa found after she implemented her own
morning routine, she started to “rule” her days:

Just as Alissa said, when you create a morning routine and follow it, you “set
your intentions.” And over and over, you’ll trigger a chain of events that will shock
you.

I owe my morning routine to Duke University professor Dan Ariely. According
to Ariely, the first two to three hours of the day are the best hours for your brain,