Kindle Notes & Highlights
by
Curtis Leone
morning routine keeps you organized. It makes you disciplined. It builds mental resilience because if you can make the choice to get out of bed at 5 am when everyone else you know is still asleep, you can do anything you set your mind to.
Success Isn’t Luck, It’s Routine
Tru dat
you’re leaving with a sense of accomplishment.
Each day shud feel accomplished.
Your morning routine can be anything that gets you pumped up and excited to face the day ahead. It could be anything from spending a couple of minutes meditating in the morning, reading a motivational quote or chapter of a book, listening to an inspiring podcast, even spending several minutes in quiet contemplation reflecting on everything you should be grateful for.
having a routine in your life keeps you sane.
ABSOLUTELY!!
But the truth is, we need structure, and we need predictability,
To have a sense of control of life
gives you perspective in your life and helps you shape the decisions that you make from this point moving forward.
slept 5-hours each night. Once
Thats not good, right? Only 5 hours?
Warren Buffett Buffett prefers to start his day reading, and he recommends reading at least 500 pages a day. Preferring to rise at 6.45 am, Buffet makes sure that he gets a full 8-hours of rest every day.
Sounds like me. A very decent idea.
to himself. During this time, he thinks about how grateful he is, prays, meditates, and visualizes. During his gratitude sessions, Robbins commits
Gratitude, according to Robbins, is your way of creating the highway to happiness.
begins his day by making his bed as soon as he wakes up. Ferris believes completing this one very simple task first thing in the morning will set the rest of the day up for success. He then spends 20-minutes meditating and writes in his journal.
I should take up writing too.
still in bed, is to pick up his phone and go through his emails. Preferring to get the stressful things out of
Not a good habit. Shouldnt be encouraged.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Every morning, Johnson rises before dawn at 4 am to work out before he begins his day. Johnson has reportedly said that he prefers to wake up at
Magic Hour.
Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.
The outcome of your day, your week, and your entire life is the result of the sum of all the decisions you’ve had to make in your life.
make decisions quickly, you eliminate worry, confusion, and doubt in the process.
The Magic Number of 5 - Do 5 things every day that are going to lead you one step closer to your goal.
To be noted.
noted.
Do what you need to do, relax, recharge, and then revisit the choice once more with fresh eyes and a more open perspective.
If you find yourself overthinking and can’t seem to break out of the cycle, then you need to put your decision on hold until you can do something to break yourself out of that cycle.
Every day is a brand-new day, a new chance, and a new opportunity to seize the moment and make it the best that you
Focus and discipline.
Incorporate a morning routine into your lifestyle that is going to help you clear your mind, stay focused, stay optimistic, and mentally prepared for the rest of the day.
Meditation and the act of being mindful give you a greater appreciation and understanding of the present moment.
Positive affirmations can be such a powerful yet simple tool. They can help us to improve our mood, decrease negative thinking, improve self-esteem body image, decrease worry stress and anxiety, and even help us to bring on a more positive and optimistic outlook. People undermine positive affirmations because it
They work at a subconscious level to re progrm the mind.
training yourself to think in a healthier way.
Now, mental fitness is like physical fitness. The more you do it, the stronger your mind becomes.
Agreed.
you need to begin emulating what the successful people do, and affirmations are a good place to start.
Starting the day with a solid workout leads to better diet choices, a faster metabolism, more energy, and a sense of accomplishment.
There are no limits to the knowledge you can gain through the reading, and if you want to start your morning strong, start by making a commitment to read at least 10 pages per day.
PREACH!!
To change where you are in life, you need to change who you are.
One of the greatest advantages of reading is that you get to take lessons that may have taken somebody else decades to learn.
You’ll be unrecognizable. There’s a famous quote that says: “You are the direct result of the five people that you spend the most time.”
Yep.
wisdom
1. Silence/meditation
2. Affirmations
3. Exercise/workouts
4. Reading
5. Being grateful/writing /loa
Making steady, incremental adjustments give your body and your mind the time it needs to adjust to the new routine,
Affirmations, meditation, and reading.
changing your mindset.
Books are like a portal that connects you with people, both past and present. When
Sighs in agreement
Our minds need to be exercised the same way our bodies do, and books are the best mental gym equipment you could ask for.
It’s because they make it a habit to read a lot,
Every new bit of information you acquire creates new pathways in your brain, which strengthens the existing ones too. The mental stimulation you get from reading books could slow down the possibility of Alzheimer’s or dementia in later years.
Reading is the seed of inspiration, and what better way to start the morning strong than by reading several pages from inspiring authors every day.
The perfect antidote to combat stress.
Now that you know the three best things you can do for yourself mentally, let’s look at what can be done physically:
can benefit our bodies by stimulating blood circulation and boosting the metabolism too. But
Happiness is at the heart of everything we
A morning routine is the first stage is getting to that state of lasting happiness that we all want deep down.
Life is all about love.
Love other people. Don't always be selfish. Be kind. Be non judgemental.
“Love is not everything. It is the ONLY thing,”
