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10 TWEAKS TO YOUR
MORNING ROUTINE THAT WILL

TRANSFORM YOUR ENTIRE DAY

Idon’t know anyone who couldn’t use a little boost in difficult and our mood sours.
their energy and self-control.
This exhaustion of self-control kills your productivity, and
Researchers at the University of Nottingham recently it makes the morning hours, when self-control is highest,
published findings from their exploration of 83 separate the most important hours of the day.
studies on energy and self-control. What they found will
change the way you start your day. But the trick isn’t just to spend your morning hours
working; it’s to do the right things in the morning that will
The researchers found that self-control and energy are not make your energy and self-control last as long as possible.
only intricately linked but also finite, daily resources that
tire much like a muscle. Even though we don’t always Read the article here:
realize it, as the day goes on, we have increased difficulty https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-tweaks-your-morning-
exerting self-control and focusing on our work. As self-
control wears out, we feel tired and find tasks to be more routine-transform-entire-day-bradberry/ handwriting-

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"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every
morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my
life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And
whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a
row, I know I need to change something."

– Steve Jobs