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Summary of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast 

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See how successful people start their day and achieve so much. Find the morning routine that suits you most to improve your personal and professional lives and live with joy.

You’ll learn

  • Productive morning routines
  • Task prioritization
  • How to boost your performance at work
  • Why mornings are about self-care
  • How to find time for family and friends

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Have yourself a mindful morning

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Many of us often feel that our mornings slip away without accomplishing much. Laura Vanderkam acknowledges this state of helplessness, where we have our sights on the clock but tackle less essential activities, sidelining the important stuff.

Drawing from her personal experience, Laura Vanderkam cites the challenges she faces every morning while juggling her responsibilities as a mother and creating the right state of mind for the workday. Like her, we encounter the same problems daily. It is one thing to be out of bed early and another — to find a way around the numerous hurdles we might face before we start working. Even when we eventually get ourselves to work in one piece, it is common to waste time on less relevant tasks, like replying to emails or looking through shallow content online.

Instead of subjecting our mornings to mindless tasks, Laura Vanderkam lists three categories of activities that should define our mornings:
• Cultivate your career by optimizing morning culture.
• Engage yourself in activities we owe our family beyond the primary personal care.
• Seclude yourself to enjoy your hobby, meditate, workout, or pray.

Regardless of the combination of these options, this time frame is our “me time.” It goes a long way to defining our output.
When we stick to active early morning schedules, we will discover that our mornings can defy the chaos and unproductivity tags we give them.
More importantly, the most successful people know the essence of having a productive morning. To underpin this point, Laura Vanderkam highlights the examples of prominent individuals with morning habits that have seemingly propelled their high–achieving status. One of such individuals is Steve Reinemund, PepsiCoʼs former CEO/Chairman. He starts his day doing a four–mile run on a treadmill by 5:00 a.m., after which he embarks on a culmination of activities ranging from reading to praying or meditating.
Keep in mind that your morning rituals shouldn’t be of the self–flagellation variety. Choose things you actually enjoy. ~ Laura Vanderkam
There are many people who try to develop a routine but are unable to sustain it. The truth is that you can overcome that problem of inconsistency. The following chapters show how you can develop the willpower you need to pull this off.
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Your willpower is strongest in the morning time

Successful people divide their days into activities. Moreover, they know that morning is the most productive part of the day. In the lead–up to establishing the role of discipline in creating productive mornings, Laura Vanderkam outlined several factors in her daily routines that could derail her desired daily outputs.
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third key point

Begin your day by prioritizing the most important tasks and executing them

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Make it your habit to spend mornings on self–care and quality time with your family

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Keep track of time and visualize your ideal morning to achieve the transformation of your morning routine

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Do a reality check on the routine you visualized and start bringing it to life

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