Shanli Liu, a CPA, argues that elaborate morning routines with cold plunges, red-light saunas, and gratitude journaling are largely superstitious and waste time entrepreneurs could spend working. She says entrepreneurial success doesn't depend on perfect rituals, and one missed routine won't determine your outcomes.
There was a guy messaged me, he's like, dude, I'm doing my morning routine. He's like, and I have a cold plunge, a red light sauna, I ground outside, and then I do my gratitude journal. It was taking him like 3 hours to get his routine done or whatever in the morning. And I was like, you know, you could just not do that and work for 3 more hours every day. I was like, I'll bet you'll make more money. And so I think there's a lot of superstition around, especially in the entrepreneur space around routine as like, if I don't get my morning routine in, I'm just useless. And I'm like, man, I'd love to compete against you. It's like you have one bad night of sleep and you're fucked. I was like, success doesn't really care.
