Establish A World-Class Pre-Sleep Routine | Robin Sharma

What else can you do before you go to sleep in terms of a nightly routine? Write in a journal. Martin Seligman, the pioneer of the field of positive psychology, did some research and what he found was people who recorded just a journal exercise, three good things that happened to them during the day that's just ending. By doing that little exercise, they promoted gratitude and felt much better over a period of weeks. And so another part of your pre sleep routine could be just before you go to bed, you pull out your journal and you ask yourself this question. What three good things happened to me during this day? And what that does, it fights your brain's negativity bias and it forces your brain to hunt for, for great things that happen to you during the day, even the hardest day. If you asked yourself that question, what are three good things that happen? You could say, hmm, well, I had some amazing coffee in the morning and my child laughed incredibly hard this afternoon. And you know what, I got a great piece of news from one of my favorite clients today. So make sure you get your pre sleep routine right, because that is really the DNA of a great morning routine. The larger point is really the second method that the superstars use to protect their energy is they sleep. And the final thing I want to say on that point is napping is one of my secret weapons. I learned it from my father, who was a family physician for 54 years. And I would see him get up early and I would see him, you know, working really hard, but he always came home for a family meal. And then after the family meal, he would in his suit and tie, very old school, he would take a power nap and then he'd go back to the office and work till 10 o'. Clock. I mean, my father worked so hard as a family doctor, but from him I modeled learning to nap. And I've done that for most of my adult life. And what that does is it brings a vigor and a freshness to your evening. Your willpower is a lot stronger. You have energy to be with your family or to work or to read, to do all of those things in your evening that sets you up for an even more epic, amazing, creative, productive and wonderful day.