The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks Mel Robbins: “The Most Important Thing About Being Effective at Work is How You Start Your Day.”
Oct 27, 2025
Join best-selling author and motivational speaker Mel Robbins as she shares impactful tips for elevating workplace effectiveness. Discover the significance of morning routines and how successful CEOs leverage them. Mel discusses the science behind activation energy and the perils of starting your day with email. Learn how to reclaim valuable time, improve cognitive performance through better sleep, and kick the snooze habit for a more energized start. These insights will help you master your mornings and boost productivity!
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Morning Start Shapes Your Whole Day
- How you start your day determines your effectiveness and sense of control at work.
- Harvard research found happy billionaire CEOs use 30–90 minute morning rituals to plan before going to work.
Keep Mornings Meeting-Free
- Avoid scheduling meetings or phone calls in the morning and reserve that time for high-level thinking.
- Block mornings for focused work because your brain has peak processing in the 2.5 hours after waking.
Evenings Affect Daytime Performance
- Your cognitive performance drops when sleep-deprived and after long days, so evenings matter.
- Executives reported relaxing evenings as essential because you can't sustain high performance without sufficient sleep.