Monday 12th February 2018
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 152
Title: 10 Highly
Essential Ways To Prepare For A Successful Day
As we all know, to be
successful at anything requires work and effort; therefore to really have a
successful day will always require a good dose of effort and some proper work.
Here's my list of how to
prepare to have a successful day
1. Get An
Early Start
It used to be said in the
days when we were young that "early to bed and early to rise makes a man
healthy wealthy and wise" I don't know if it is still a popular saying
these days but the words are really apt.
Your early start is
totally dependent on what time you have to report at your work place. If you
are a Nigerian and you are employed, the chances are that you work from 8 am to
4 pm, to be able to get to your work place by at least five minutes to 8 o'
clock, you would need to be out of bed by at least 5 am; so that you would be
through with your morning functions before 7 am and have an ample time to have
your breakfast before heading out (and this depends also on whether you drive
yourself or you are driven by others)
2. Do Your
Morning Routine
It is advisable to have a
morning routine to follow in order to have a really good day. And the morning
routine I mean here is not about taking your bath, throwing some powder on your
face and rushing out like there is fire on the mountain.
The morning routine I am
referring to here includes, drinking at least 2 glasses of warm lemon fused
water, having a quiet time or meditation or devotion, doing at least a 20
minute exercise, now the exercise does not have to be something strenuous -
brisk walking or jogging around the neighbourhood, is good
enough, emptying your bowel, bathing, bonding with your family members are all
part of the morning routine.
3. Visualize
The Desired Result
Take a sneak preview in
your mind's eye of how your day is going to be. And call it into being.
Remember that we make our day the way it is, if you want to have a successful
day, then you need to call it into being by doing the things that would make
your day successful and this includes, being early at work, being friendly with
your work mates and colleagues even if they are not disposed to being friendly
with you, being in very good terms with your Boss or immediate Supervisor, not
getting into quarrels or fights with anyone around you e.t.c.
4. Prepare A
To Do List
Well, this actually is
supposed to be done the day before but however some people get so caught up
with activities that they forget to do that. So prepare a to do list for your
day. Write them down, don't just keep them in your head hoping to remember, you
will forget. What's the project you are working on right now? What's the task
that you did not finish the previous day and which has to be finished? What's
that thing you have conceptualized but have not yet started? Write your to do
list and stick to it like a bee to the pollen
5. Have A
Healthy Breakfast
Some people argue that
they have no time to eat breakfast and so they prefer to skip it and eat a
heavy lunch.
Well studies have shown
that the best meal of the day is breakfast. And it's not just any type of
breakfast, eating eba and egusi soup in the morning is breakfast alright but
that would send you back to sleep rather than energize you for the work to be done
for the day.
The breakfast that makes
sense is the one that would supply you the calories you need to be active
enough to see your work through before the noon lethargy sets in and that
breakfast is protein based.
6. Be The
First To Arrive In Your Office
Make great efforts to be
the first to arrive in your office even if you are the Boss. This gives you
ample time to prepare to take on the day head on; gives you room to take a
second look at your to do list and then get to work on them.
And if you are an Employee,
being the first to be at your duty post every morning would definitely speak
well for you before your Boss and your Supervisors and get you into their good
books, you never can tell when you shall need a favour from them. Aside
pleasing your Boss, it is also for your own good mental health as you prepare
to become your own Boss sometime in the future
7. Break The
Hard Task Into Actionable Bits And Kick Off
The advise has always been
to do the hard tasks first in the morning hours because that is when the brain
has enough sugar supply to be able to concentrate on any serious work.
And to help you not to
procrastinate over that hard task, the advise again is to break it down into
little chunks that can be easily worked on.
So go ahead and break that
hard task into actionable bits and then kick off without looking backwards
8. Practice
Healthy Working Habits
This is very essential, if
you want to have a successful day. Healthy working habits include maintaining
your sanity even when all around you are losing theirs, to do this, you have to
make a conscious effort to be at peace with all your work mates and colleagues
including those who want to war with you.
Speak ill of no one,
gossip about no one and definitely not about your Boss or immediate Supervisor
(they have moles in the office, who bring in reports to them and you never can
tell if the one who wants to open your mouth to speak ill about your Boss is a
mole)
Remember to treat your
spine and waist very friendly
Do not sit at that
Computer for a long time, take breaks in-between jobs to allow for blood flow
Drink lots of water while
in the office (not coffee or carbonated drinks)
As much as you can help
it, avoid fast foods and junk foods
9. Don't
Leave Any Work Undone Which Is Supposed To Be Done
If you stick to your
to-do-list, then you surely would be able to finish all your tasks for the day.
It is important to remind
you that procrastination is leaving undone what needs to be done for the day;
so don't procrastinate over any job that needs to be done, do it and get over
it, that's the way to have a successful day
10. Don't Take
The Office Work To Your Home - Practice Being Present When You Are Home
If you had a job that came
in late (close to closing time) and you were unable to do it, then leave it on
your table and mark it as important to be treated first thing in the morning
the following day but never take any office work back to your home.
When it is said "give
unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's" this is part of it. Leave office jobs in the
office and do them there; and when you are home, do the home jobs.
Be physically and
spiritually present at home when you are home. It helps to build a solid home.
There you have them, my 10
highly essential ways to prepare for a successful day.
Put them into practice and
I guarantee you that you would come up shinning.
Until I come your way
again, this is #MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst
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