Category: Morning Rituals

Why do I need a morning ritual?

Why do I need a morning ritual? It’s likely you’ve heard from others that everyone needs a morning ritual and that is true, but why?

Why do I need a morning ritual?

Morning rituals are important because they help get your day off on the right track. They prepare your body and mind for having a happy, productive day. They ensure that your mindset is right. They give you a sense of purpose and ensure that you have a plan for your day.

This routine doesn’t have to be complicated or take hours of your day. You can accomplish a lot in just an hour and some days, even less can be beneficial.

Begin with Gratitude

Your morning rituals should begin the moment you wake. Immediately be grateful for the fact that you woke up this morning and you have another day of life. Not everyone was so lucky.

Express your gratitude, as you crawl out of bed, by repeating to yourself, Thank You! Thank You! Thank You?

Next proceed to list as many things as you can that you are or could be thankful for. Say to yourself “I am so happy and grateful that I …. ”

Ask Empowering Questions

You might also continue on by asking a series of empowering questions. Here is a list of empowering questions that Tony Robbins asks each morning:

  1. What am I most happy about in my life now?
  2.  What am I most excited about in my life now?
  3.  What am I most proud about in my life now?
  4.  What am I most grateful about in my life now?
  5.  Who do I love? Who loves me?
Other Empowering Rituals

Your morning routine can incorporate any number of additional empowering rituals.

Once you are up and moving, you might try these.

  • Exercise
  • Eating a healthy breakfast
  • Reading
  • Meditation
  • Reviewing your top goals
  • Visualizing your day
  • Priming your brain with affirmations
Summary

Each of these small steps mentioned above will help get your day off to a good start.

Doing them will ensure that you are living by your highest values and taking care of the most important priorities first. Once off to this good start, your momentum is likely to keep you on a positive track.

What is one ritual that are willing to commit to starting tomorrow morning?  Enter a comment below and let us know.

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The Importance of Our Self-Talk

Much of what we feel, understand and accomplish every single day happens as a result of our self-talk. Our ability to work, solve problems and respond to our environment is controlled by this self-talk and the questions we ask ourselves consciously and unconsciously. It is critically important that we understand the importance of our self-talk.

Importance of Self-Talk

The basic purpose of our brain is to help us make decisions which keep us alive and self-talk plays a major role in this.

When you ask yourself a question, your brain searches until it finds answers that are acceptable to your conscious mind. What is acceptable is determined by what you have been conditioned to through language patterns, experiences and repetition over time. You can ask yourself any question and your brain will automatically find an answer.

How Questions Work

Questions, according to Tony Robbins in his quintessential book, Awaken The Giant Within, accomplish three things:

  1. They immediately change what we’re focusing on and therefore how we feel.
  2. Questions change what we delete. Often, we feel bad because we delete all the reasons we could be feeling good.
  3. They also change the resources available to us.
Questions can be Empowering or Dis-empowering

The questions we ask ourselves can either be empowering or disempowering. You can ask disempowering questions that make you think about things that make you feel bad and block you from taking action. Or you can ask empowering questions that make you feel good and motivate you towards achieving your goals.

For example, what is more empowering?  Asking what will happen if I fail or what will happen when I succeed?  Pretty obvious isn’t it.

Results of asking better questions?

As you get used to asking yourself better questions, doing so will become  more and more automatic. You will begin to ask yourself better questions, even without knowing it.

When you learn you to ask yourself better questions,  gradually over time, you will find that you are making better decisions. Additionally, you will feel more positive, motivated, and confident.

Empowering Questions that Tony Robbins Asks Each Morning

Some of this self-talk  can be routinized and given structure. Here is a list of questions that Tony Robbins asks himself each morning:

  1. What am I most happy about in my life now?
  2.  What am I most excited about in my life now?
  3.  What am I most proud about in my life now?
  4.  What am I most grateful about in my life now?
  5.  Who do I love? Who loves me?
Problem-Solving Questions

Here are some additional  questions that Tony Robbins recommends for dealing with problems that arise throughout the day.

  1. What is great about this problem?
  2. What is not perfect yet?
  3. What am I willing to do to make it the way I want it?
  4. What am I willing to do no longer do in order to make it the way I want it?
  5. How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary to make it the way I want it?

What new empowering questions are you going to ask yourself?  Let us know in the comments below.

Your Morning Ritual: Setting Your Mindset For The Day (Updated)

It’s important that you get your day off on the right track and that is where  your morning ritual comes in. It prepares your body and mind to have a happy productive day.

This morning routine doesn’t have to be complicated or take a lot of time.

In fact, you can accomplish a lot in less than an hour and some days, even a few minutes can be beneficial.

Gratitude as part of your morning ritual

Your morning ritual should begin the moment you wake and gratitude is a great start. List as many things as you can for which you are grateful

  • Immediately be grateful for the fact that you woke up this morning and have another day of life. Not everyone was so lucky.
  • Do you have family and friends? There are many lonely people in this world.
  • Are you enjoying a warm, nutritious breakfast? Again not everyone is so lucky.
  • Do you have a job and an income to support your family?And that is just a  start. Most of us could go on for hours listing all the blessings we have in our lives.
Empowering Questions

Next, ask yourself a series of empowering questions.

Here is a list of questions that Tony Robbins asks himself each morning:

  1. What am I most happy about in my life now?
  2.  What am I most excited about in my life now?
  3.  What am I most proud about in my life now?
  4.  What am I most grateful about in my life now?
  5.  Who do I love? Who loves me?
Other Morning Rituals

Once up, there are any number of additional empowering rituals that you might incorporate into your morning routine.

For example, as you crawl out of bed, repeat to yourself, “Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!”

Other morning rituals to try include.

  • Exercising
  • Eating a healthy breakfast
  • Reading
  • Meditating
  • Reviewing your top goals
  • Visualizing your day
  • Priming your brain with affirmations
Conclusion

Each of the rituals listed above will help get your day off to a good start.  Doing them will ensure that you are living by your highest values and are taking care of the most important things first.

Once off to this good start, your momentum will keep you on a positive track.

What is one ritual that are willing to commit to starting tomorrow morning?  Enter a comment below and let us know.

Gratitude Rituals

Perhaps the most important morning ritual you can incorporate into your life is Gratitude.

People who practice gratitude, on a daily basis, are healthier, happier, more effective, and more resilient. They report better physical and psychological health, they engage in more healthy activities, and they are more willing to seek help for health concerns than individuals who do not consciously practice gratitude.

Additionally, if you believe in the Law of Attraction, the more you are grateful for what you have, the more you will have in your life to feel grateful for.

The moment you wake, immediately feel grateful for the fact that you woke this morning and have another day of life. Not everyone was so fortunate. Then, silently say “Thank you” at least ten times to place yourself in an even more grateful state of mind.

Next, write down everything that you can think of to be thankful for.  This might include things like family members, friends, your job, good health, opportunities, a car in good condition, a roof over your head, food to eat, clothes … the list is endless.

Begin each sentence with “I am so happy & grateful that I ….” or something similar. As you do this, truly feel grateful.

You should shoot for no fewer than ten things that you feel grateful for and with time you will be able to fill pages. The more you write, the more you’ll feel any negativity melt away.

Try it today and let me know your results.