Jim Kwik recommends journaling three goals when you wake up, then waiting to check your phone until you've completed at least one. Brendon Burchard calls the inbox a "convenient organizational system for other people's agenda for your life." Starting your day on someone else's terms kills focus before it starts.
When I wake up in the morning, I will journal. I'll write down 3 things I want to achieve personally and work. And I don't check my phone until I do one of those things. Just one. I have a friend named Brendon Burchard. He said, your inbox is nothing but a convenient organizational system for other people's agenda for your life. If you pick up your phone first thing in the morning, it's the first thing you do. You're not doing deep breathing, you're not saying hi to loved ones, you're not hydrating or anything. You pick up your phone. One text message, email, voice message, whatever, could just ruin your whole day.
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