1. Creating Meaning ful & Powerful
Kyla Schneider
Sr. Consultant in LD & Executive Coach
Ratliff & Taylor
Creating Meaning ful & Powerful
Morning Routines

2. Benefits of an Early Morning Routine
Standardizing the first 30 minutes to two hours with a routine lets you arrive at your peak in the best possible mindset
Gives you something to hold onto —a sense of normalcy to root yourself
Helps you set your intention, your mood, and creates a deliberate mindset to limit wasteful time
Accomplish one small win to generate momentum, a fundamental part of human psychology
Benefits of an Early Morning Routine
“The way you start your morning sets the tone for the rest of your day. Building a morning routine that sets you up for the perfect day is one of the big “secrets” everyone knows but for some reason can’t pull off.” - The Morning Sidekick Journal

3. The Endowment Effect
Discovered by researchers Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
According to the Endowment Effect, if you’ve already started the day by moving your life forward, you have established positive momentum, and are more likely to keep doing positive things
Purpose of the morning routine:
You should get one “small win” to create momentum in each life domain that’s important to you
A small win is anything which creates momentum

4. Ben Franklin’s Morning Routine
Question: What good shall I do this day?
Rise, wash, and address Powerful Goodness!
Contrive day’s business, and take the resolution of the day
Prosecute the present study
Breakfast

5. 18 Best Practices for Morning Routines
What would my life look like if I had a morning routine filled with incredible habits every single day for the next 30 days?
What sort of ripple effect would a morning routine have on my work and other areas of my life?
What will I continue to miss out on if I don’t make needed changes?
Bonus Questions: What are the top hurdles I’m facing with getting to bed on time and mastering my mornings? What do I need to do to overcome these? What small positive change could I make in my night time routine?

6. 18 Best Practices for Morning Routines
Most important aspect is doing the routine daily
First determine your wake up time and then get to bed based on number of hours you want to sleep
Know what you want to get out of your morning routine
Exercise/Meditation
Read/Listen to Podcast or TedTalk
Eat a healthy breakfast
Knock out one home chore or work task
Write an appreciation note
Journal
Spend time with loved ones
*Set the time you want to spend for one or multiple activities
7. Keep a Journal for 66 Days
Most important task for today is….
One way I can improve life by 1% is….
Top 2 distractions to minimize tonight (before bed)
Magical Moment (s) I experienced today…
My morning ritual for tomorrow will be…. a) b) c) d)
Check off what you complete the next day
18 Best Practices for Morning Routines

7. 18 Best Practices for Morning Routines
Life S.A.V.E.R.S.
Silence (meditation)
Affirmations
Visualization
Exercise
Reading
Scribing (journaling)
Drink a glass of water each morning
Listen to upbeat, fast tempo music while showering and getting dressed
Turn your phone onto Grey Scale at night
Maintain consistency throughout the weekend
Each night before going to bed – select outfit, determine breakfast, get bags together by door, and set first “ritual” you will absolutely do
Include exercise to give you additional hours of productivity
Read a poem/spiritual/religious text
Find an accountability partner to review results each day on morning routine
Condition yourself week-by-week to wake up earlier
Create an “Affirmation” for your morning routine goals…
“I understand that to succeed,
I must utilize my life every day to its full potential”
18 Best Practices for Morning Routines

8. Moving Forward – Coaching Tips
Define the desired outcome you are trying to create, your environment and your resources
Choose a behavior that is likely to yield the result you are trying to attain
Choose a behavior you have a “fire in your belly” for
Design a simple, straightforward action plan
What you’ll say and do
When you’ll say and do it
The results you expect to see if you say and do it effectively
Ask for real time feedback

9. Self Exercise: Complete A Journal for Tonight & Tomorrow
Keep a Journal for 66 Days
Most important task for tomorrow will be...
One way I can improve life by 1% is….
Top 2 distractions to minimize tonight (before bed)
Magical Moment (s) I’ve experienced today…
My morning ritual for tomorrow will be (choose up to four from the 18 Best Practices)…. 1. 2. 3. 4.
*Check off what you complete the next day

10. Link desired behavior change to what will bring the greatest change to you
Generate curiosity and intrigue to enhance motivation
Try out the new “emotional intelligence” – increase your emotional vocabulary
Try the “Imagine yourself a year from now” perspective for entrenched challenges
Construct “If…then…” and “When…I will…” intention statements
Moving Forward

11. 2 x 2 Simple Development Plan
Goal One:
Goal Two:
New Behavior or Action
New Behavior or Action

12. Tomorrow, you will be exactly who you are today.
A Simple Idea:
Tomorrow, you will be exactly who you are today.
The rest of your life is a future projection of who you are today.
If you change today, tomorrow will (likely) be different.
If you don’t change today, the rest of your life is (likely) predetermined.

13. QUESTIONS & COMMENTS?