Why That Worked #15: Morning Routines—The NEW Way To Create A Morning Routine In 2025

Apr 16, 2025

Discover how to craft an effective morning routine tailored for the demands of 2025. The hosts discuss why traditional routines often fail and offer a fresh approach focused on simplicity and intentionality. Gain insights on how to enhance creativity through commitment, boost productivity by reverse-engineering your day, and prioritize meaningful connections over mere tasks. Personal anecdotes and practical strategies make this conversation enlightening and relatable for anyone looking to improve their mornings.

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Donald Miller's Life-Changing Routine

Donald Miller shares how marriage and fatherhood forced him to create a more focused and productive morning routine.
He developed a structured, systematized routine that balances health, work, and family, improving efficiency drastically.

ADVICE

Go Pro with Routines

Professionalize your habits by showing up on a schedule rather than when you feel like it.
Start small with simple, consistent actions like a 15-minute workout or dedicated family time.

ADVICE

Create Life Vision & Rules

Define your life vision by writing out your eulogy to clarify who you want to become.
Break it down into values and rules, then schedule those rules to build intentional routines.

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If you followed every piece of advice out there about your ideal morning routine, you'd probably spend eight hours every day doing mindfulness excercises and supplements and journaling and workouts and cold plunges and more. But morning routines can be both easy AND effective if you identify the right mission for your life.

In this episode, Kyle Reed and Donald Miller break down a new way to approach your morning routine—one that actually fits the demands of 2025. Whether you’re a high-performing entrepreneur, a working parent, or just trying to get your act together before 9am, this conversation is packed with practical strategies, unexpected insights, and a fresh mindset shift. You’ll learn:

• Why most morning routines fail (and what to do instead)

• How to reverse-engineer your day for better mornings

• The role of intention, simplicity, and rhythm in a sustainable routine

• What Kyle and Don are doing differently this year—and why it’s working

If you’ve struggled with consistency, motivation, or just hate mornings altogether, this episode will help you build a routine that serves your real life—not some influencer’s highlight reel.

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