My Morning Routine: How To Start Your Day Off Right

Q: What do your mornings look like? I want to create routines to start my day off right. The most successful people in the world get up early in the morning. Studies show that getting up early increases positivity, improves your outlook, and gives you more energy throughout the day. Check out these statistics* on the benefits of waking up early: Harvard biologist Christoph Randler discovered in 2008 that early risers are more proactive. They were more likely to agree with statements like "I spend time identifying long-range goals for myself" and "I feel in charge of making things happen." Randler&research also revealed that "morning people" are more likely to anticipate problems and minimize them efficiently, which leads to more successful in the business world. Early risers report using their morning quiet time for organization, goal-setting and planning out their days and weeks ahead. Various studies have shown that morning people exhibit character traits like optimism, being agreeable, satisfaction and conscientiousness. Night owls, while linked with creativity and intelligence, are more likely to exhibit traits like depression, pessimism and being neurotic. Early in my career, I studied successful people that I admired. I noticed they all had one trait in common: they got up early and had a morning routine. I decided if I was going to be successful, I needed to get up early and so I trained myself and I&been doing it ever since. Now, I&an early bird. I beat my alarm.