Waking up early is an ultimate lifehack to create time for what matters most

"The early morning has gold in its mouth." — Benjamin Franklin

Morning Routine

Tip #29: Put Yourself Under Time Pressure

“Zeitnot” is a German term commonly used in chess to describe severe time pressure or “time trouble”, where a player has only a few seconds or minutes remaining to complete their required moves. In zeitnot, your body and your mind draw on immense internal energy to get through it.

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Tip #26: Ask Someone Who Wakes Up Early To Wake You Up

If you are lucky to have friends or relatives who wake up earlier – ask them to wake you up.

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Tip #25: Start Slow But Start Now

Some people can’t decide to change a habit because they put too big and too challenging a goal ahead of them. Somehow no one expects to learn a foreign language in one session, yet most people think they should change their wake up time once and forever.

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Tip #24: Outrun Your Thoughts

One of the primary reasons why most people fail to wake up early in the morning is that once they wake up and turn off the alarm clock, they talk themselves into going back to bed again.

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Tip #21: Wake Up With the Sun

Do not worry, this tip is not about waking up at 4 a.m., so keep reading…

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Tip #18: Wake Up And Smile!

“Wake up and Smile? And what then?” – you’ll ask. That’s it! Just smile, and see what happens.

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Tip #17: No Snooze Ever!

This advice on how to get up early comes from Ralph Jean-Paul as found on his Potential2Success blog.

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Tip #16: Start Your Day Well

I’ve been reading Robin S. Sharma’s book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari – a wonderful story full of insights and ancient wisdom on how to open your life to success and happiness. One of my favorite authors writing on productivity and personal development, Brian Tracy, said about this book:

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Tip #15: Wake Up From The Inside

Alarms are “external irritants” that make you wake up. When the wake up alarm goes off, your mind wakes up but your internal organs keep “sleeping” for some more time.

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Tip #14: Put Your Alarm Clock Far From Your Bed

It’s simple advice yet many people don’t use it. They keep turning the alarm off while being semi-asleep and then wonder how come they couldn’t wake up and missed an alarm…

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Tip #8: Have Important Things Planned for the Morning

If you want to wake up earlier, make sure you have something important planned for the morning—something that you really want to do first thing when you get up, and something more important than taking an extra hour of sleep.

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Tip #4: Let the Music Wake You Up

Did you know that the NASA program has a long-standing tradition of greeting the crew each day during a mission with an appropriate musical interlude? It’s time for you to join the space crew!

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