MBA2609 Q&A Wednesday: Can You Recommend a 5-Minute Morning Routine I Can Start?

0:00What if in just five minutes you can change your whole day and your business? You don't need a two-hour ritual. You don't need to overhaul your whole life. You just need a simple, intentional routine to set you up for a productive, focused, and successful day. Today's question is from Mary, and she asks, can you recommend a five-minute routine I could start? Yes, you can, Mary. And in this episode, I'm going to walk you through a super effective five-minute routine I personally use that will clear your mind, sharpen your priorities, and keep you moving forward. Let's get into it.

0:38Welcome back to the$100 MBA show. I'm your host, Omar Zinhome, where I deliver practical business lessons three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business. Just a quick reminder before we dive in, if you've got a question like Mary, head on over to 100mba.net slash Q to submit yours. We answer listeners' questions every Wednesday. I'm not a fan of long, complicated morning routines. I run a business. I'm busy. You're busy, right? You need something quick but powerful. So here's a five-minute morning routine I recommend to start your day right. My five-minute morning routine is called GPP, gratitude, positive input, and priority.

1:23Stay with me. Number one is gratitude. You're going to spend one minute on this, And what you're going to do is that you're going to write down three things you are grateful for. You can write them down. You can think about them. You can say them out loud. But I recommend writing them down because it's quite powerful. By the way, I got this from the 5-Minute Journal that you can buy and do this along with this morning routine. But basically, you want to just write down or take note of three things you're grateful for. It could be something as simple like the coffee that's in front of you that you're about to drink in the morning.

1:51It could be something like a supportive client that you spoke to yesterday. You're just grateful for that client. or the fact that you get to build something incredible every single day in your business. It can be something personal like your partner in life or maybe your kids. Why does this work? Well, it shifts your brain from scarcity to abundance, instantly changing how you approach challenges. It's very hard for you to be truly grateful and frustrated at the same time. If you are truly grateful, you will start to melt. You start to realize, hey, I can take on anything. It's okay. Number two, positive input.

2:24Again, you're going to spend one minute on this. Most people feed their brain junk the first thing in the morning. Social media, bad news, random distractions, your inbox. Remember, your inbox is other people's to-dos. Instead, I want you to choose one minute of positive input. This could be a quote or an affirmation you love. This could be a paragraph from a book that really inspires you. Or a quick, uplifting podcast snippet. For me, I watch about a minute of Jim Rohn. Jim Rohn's like the godfather of personal development. He just really inspires me. I love what he says. gets me in the right mindset.

2:56Think of this as the fuel for your mindset. What you consume shapes how you show up. If you consume negativity and stress, you will be negative and stressed out. If you consume positivity and motivation, you'll be positive and motivated. It's that simple. It's just how it works. All right, number three, the second P in GPP is priority. And it only takes three minutes to do this. So five minutes in total. And here's where it gets practical. Write down and really write it down. One thing you will complete today. The one action that will move the needle in your business. Not 10 things. Not your full to-do list.

3:36One thing. If there was only one thing you got done today, what would you want it to be? Then take a moment and close your eyes and visualize yourself completing it successfully. And write down, I will complete this today no matter what. I will tell you that this alone has helped me tremendously over the last decade. Where I write down, I gotta get this one thing done today. If I do, it's a win today. It's a successful day. And I will do everything I can to make sure I get it done before I go to bed. I don't go to bed until this is done and dusted. Now, the visualization part is important because is you actually have to believe you can do it, okay?

4:17They say, I'll believe it when I see it. Well, in business, it's actually, you'll believe it when you see it in your mind. So you gotta imagine it first and really visualize you completing it so that you're just expecting this to happen. Here's a bonus tip. Stack it with a habit you already have. Attach this routine to something automatic. Like when you're having your breakfast, this is what I do, right? When you're having your coffee, while your computer boots up, or after brushing your teeth. Just link it to something that will happen no matter what every morning. And the consistency really makes it easy when you link it to something like that.

4:52So for example, I link it to my morning coffee because I have morning coffee every day, no matter what I'm doing, where I am, traveling, not traveling, I start the day with coffee. So I know that that's when I do this routine. Mary, and everyone else who's wondering, it's not about having the perfect routine. It's about starting your day with intention, not reaction. making sure you are in control, you are choosing how you start your day. That five minutes, it's a message to yourself. You're in control. You got this. You can do this. And when you start your day like that, the rest of the day unfolds differently and with ease.

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