Brian Tracy offers a concise, personal routine for staying motivated and positive throughout the day. He emphasizes a high-protein breakfast (no bread/pasta/muffins), daily goal-rewriting, planning/prioritizing tasks and working on the top priority first, regular exercise, and listening to positive audio while driving — framing mental inputs as "mental food."
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People always ask me why it is that I'm so positive and cheerful all day long, which I am most of the time. And so the question is, how do you keep motivated? And what I have found that what really works for me is very simple. It's just if you eat a really healthy breakfast, you're going to be feeling more energetic and positive and stronger all day. If you eat a poor breakfast or, or you don't eat breakfast at all, you're going to be weak and irritable. It's the same thing with mental food. So you take in a really good breakfast. And what I do is I have a good high protein breakfast, but no carbohydrates, no bread, no pasta, no muffins, no rolls, no bagels, just eggs, really high protein, and maybe orange juice. Now, with regard to your mind, I rewrite my goals every morning, which sort of sets you off positively because whenever you think about your goals, you become positive. Then I plan every day in advance. I make a list of everything I have to do and set priorities. And then I start in on my most important tasks and I work at my most important task in the morning until it's complete and then go on to task number two. The next thing I do is I listen to positive audio programs in my car. Now this is so important that when you feed your mind with positive material as you're driving around, you tend to be a more positive person. So if you do those simple things is get up in the morning, eat well, I always exercise, as I told you before, eat a good breakfast, rewrite your goals before you start, plan your day in advance and start on your top priority. And when you move around, listen to audio programs, the combination is like a rich mental feast. It keeps you positive and energized all day long.