Dean Graziosi explains how reaching for your phone in the first five minutes after waking triggers stress and sets a negative tone for the day. He recommends waiting 30 minutes before checking it to protect your mental clarity and start intentionally.
Most of you lose control of your life in the first 5 minutes after you wake up.
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 and I'll get in my head.
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.
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 when I wake up, 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. 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. 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. 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.
