282: Jim Kwik's Morning Routine for Optimal Day

Self-love and self-care is not selfish, and you can't be really good for somebody unless you're being good to yourself, because you don't have any tea in your cup to be able to share with others. So, fill up your cup.

Take two minutes and make your bed, because that's a success habit. If we're talking about positive momentum, the science of momentum, getting things done, checking things off, doing it with excellence, then make your bed. It's worth the one or two minutes. Because, again, how you do anything is how you do everything.

I always do an early morning meditation. I do it for about 20 minutes ... Mindfulness is so important. So, I want to have a clear mind as I enter the day. And so, meditation puts me in that space.

The first thing I do when I wake up is I recall my dreams.

I just feel like that if I could get 3 of my work goals done on my to-do list and 3 of my personal things to do, then it's been a great day.

For most of you, you can actually finish 1 book a week just by reading 30 minutes a day, but you have to schedule it to be able to do it.