My Secret To A Winning Morning Routine

You've read it in books, you've heard it someplace. You've watched a video or a podcast. But what I'm going to ask you to do for the first time is actually listen and apply it. What if this was the time? What if this was the interview? What if this was the moment you said, I'm not just going to listen. I'm going to start to do welcome to the Dean Graziosi Show. All success starts right here.

Everyone needs to find a routine that works for them.

Yep.

And I like simple things. Sometimes people give me these, like, 19 steps. I'm like, you don't really do that.

In the real world.

You don't do these things. They sounded really good in your book. It was a hell of a speech. And everyone who knows you knows you don't do these things.

Oh, my God.

You've done each of them once.

Of the 19. Funny. I have three of my dear friends that are massive influencers that do that. And every time, I'm like, you're so. Holy shit.

No one does all that stuff.

I've hung out with you. I didn't see you do any of those. You got unfounded coffee.

I just think it's the most hilarious thing, so. It's so true, by the way, your morning routine, in terms of gratitude, I could do. And it works. Mine's about five minutes longer than yours, but I love what you do, and I love how you talk about reducing it. So just share with them what you do. This is awesome, you guys. You're gonna love this.

And I fail on this sometimes, too. If I don't do it, I honestly screwed up, but. But it's a consistent thing because I can do it in five to seven minutes. So the thing is, I used to, which probably a lot of people listening, and this isn't revolutionary. And the one thing I want to say, thank you for saying, I try to make things simple. And the one thing I'd love to say is, there's probably not much I'm sharing today you haven't heard before. You've read it in books, you've heard it someplace. You've watched a video or a podcast. But what I'm going to ask you to do for the first time is actually listen and apply it. And that's been my mission lately, is like, I know there's some of the things success principles are the same since the beginning of time, but when is it time to stop being inspired, stop just watching Ed, and start just doing what Ed does? Like, when is that time to stop looking for the next hit of a great podcast. The next hit of watching Tony or Dean or Ed or Andy or somebody watching Feeling Good and then going back to the same routine. What if this was the time? What if this was the interview? What if this was the moment you said, I'm not just gonna listen, I'm gonna start to do. And I didn't mean to get sidetracked on that, but it really. It's really different.

No, it is. And that's why I like what you do in the morning. Because, like, when I heard it, I went that I. Yeah.

So really quick. So for me, if I wake up and look at my phone, it's like Russian roulette, a deal I'm working on. If it's not going through, I'll get pissed. I'll get in my head. And for me, I just try to find ways to frame things in my life. For me, I kick ass during the day from playing offense. If I'm playing defense, putting out fires, I don't move forward. I just. I manage stuff. I didn't move the needle. So I want to play offense every day. So I framed it in my head. This is my way for offense. So when I wake up and I do not look at my phone, if I do, it's Russian roulette, it could be shitty. So first thing, I don't look at my phone. Second thing, I just find something to be grateful for. But if you've ever done a gratitude journal and you know you're three months in, you're like, I got nothing left. I said, my daughter 27 times, my fun, my son, 42. Like, you run out of stuff. So for me, I just want to be grateful for the little things. Like, I wake up and the sheets feel good. I'm like, wow, the sheets feel good. Or 150,000 people die a day. You didn't die. I'm grateful just sitting here with you right now. The littlest thing only, so it frames your mind in a gratitude space. I'm not talking about a long meditation. I don't have time for that. Maybe you do, and that'd be great. But I just think of something in that moment to be grateful for, and then in the next moment, I just think of one win from the day before. Because, listen, as entrepreneurs, if you're watching this, you want another level of life. You kick your own ass more than anybody could. You work a 16 hour day and you come home and you're like, I got nothing done today. You lie to yourself, you Beat yourself up. So it's a moment to go, no, yesterday. I closed that deal yesterday. I got to meet Ed, and I know he'll be a friend for life. Like just one thing. That's it. Seconds gratitude. One thing was a win yesterday. Then I think of one win for that day. What's one thing I want to accomplish? If I do that little tiny thing, it puts my mind in offense and I'm in a different space, man.

I want a second two things here, because this is so real and so good. Because, by the way, most of you lose control of your life in the first five minutes after you wake up. I talk about it in my book, and you begin to respond all day long. First thing is this. The hardest thing you will do and the thing that will change your life almost with the greatest impact, is to not check your phone for the first 30 minutes. You wake up in the morning, I'm telling you that it'll be.

Might be the biggest game changer.

It is the biggest game changer. For me, it was so difficult because so what I did is I moved it away from where I sleep. But I'm just going to say to you all, you think that's not a big deal? I got to check it. I'm telling you. If you could go 30 minutes, if you could start by going 10 minutes to begin your day, something where you do not check that sucker and react. And then what you say about the gratitude thing, that's profound for me, and it's a breakthrough for me. When you said it, I'm always kind of like, what are the big things? I'm grateful for God, I'm grateful for my kids. You reduce it down to just something. What's the smallest thing you could be grateful for? Right? I love that. Because there's always a small thing you can be grateful for. You know, I'm grateful I clipped my toenails yesterday, whatever it is, right? There's something. So I just want to validate how powerful I think both those simple tools, the simplest things, make the biggest impacts in our lives.

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