The #1 Hack for Being More Productive Tomorrow

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Feb 6, 2023

Unlock your productivity potential by mastering your evening routine! Discover how the choices you make before bedtime directly impact your success the next day. Learn about the importance of preparing your mind and body, and how to avoid revenge procrastination. Packed with research-backed strategies, this discussion reveals practical steps to elevate your nightly habits, ensuring you wake up feeling empowered and ready to conquer the day. It's time to take control and transform your mornings!

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ADVICE

Morning Routine Hack

Your morning routine’s success begins the night before.
Make decisions each evening to set yourself up for a win.

ANECDOTE

Old Mel's Evening Routine

Mel Robbins describes her old, unproductive evening routine.
This involved wine, procrastination, and late-night scrambling.

INSIGHT

Multiple Alarms

Setting multiple alarms reinforces negative self-talk.
It tells your subconscious that mornings and life are hard.

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In this episode, we are talking about the #1 thing you can do to make sure tomorrow is a productive and awesome day.

I’m sure you know the importance of a good morning routine.

But what you may not know is that a rock-solid morning routine – the kind that kickstarts you and your day for maximum focus and to feel more in control, calm, and like the rockstar that you are…

It doesn’t start where you think.

If you truly want to own your day, you must first own the night before.

That’s right.

Hours before you even lay your head on your pillow, your decisions have either set you up for success or they have set you up to fail.

Your brain is primed to be the most productive during the first 2-4 hours of the day. That’s why I want you to get serious about how you set yourself up the night before.

This episode is packed with research-backed tactics, specific advice, and the four science-backed components of the best evening routine.

And this is also one of those tough-love, hit you with the common-sense, friend-to-friend conversations that you know and love from me.

Xo Mel

Take my free 5-day challenge – The Wake Up Challenge – to walk you through getting started with these tools: www.melrobbins.com/wakeup.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1:30: Here’s where your morning routine should REALLY begin.
2:30: Are you losing your next day by revenge procrastinating?
5:00: Here’s what my evenings used to look like. Can you relate?
10:00: Not getting out of bed with the first alarm? Here’s what you’re telling yourself every time you hit the snooze.
13:40: The way your morning starts is the lead domino for your day.
17:00: The secret to having a great morning is this.
19:30: Rule #1: The 3-2-1 Method that will help you get a great night’s sleep.
21:30: Rule #2: The Mindset Flip. This is how you make your life easier.
22:15: I do this at night so I get to the gym in the morning.
25:45: Rule #3: Feel way more empowered about your day if you do this.
28:15: No more excuses. Do this tonight.
30:00: Rule #4: This is where most of us get our mornings wrong.
33:30: Flip how you think about the alarm and you’ll shift your whole day.
36:40: I feel so strongly about this last hack because you allow the world to steal your attention and you deserve better.
39:15: I got a little worked up here, but it’s because I have regrets.

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