One Success Habit that many people sent me for my book (and I need more, so email me your Success Habits at jimestill at gmail) is Rise Early.
The problem is that another Success Habit is "get enough sleep" (not too much but not too little either). So if you want to wake early, you need to go to bed early.
I see a tendency among many people (myself included) to stretch the day by staying up. It seems many of us have a 25 hour clock - not 24 hours. If the sun did not tell us when we were supposed to be awake, we would continually progress an hour later every day. Shifting the whole day.
I wonder if there have been any studies done in caves to see if this is the normal cycle for people.
Tricks I use to get to bed earlier (note that I don't say early, since I still usually stay up later than many people).
- I have no TV. TV can be mindless but still stimulating enough to keep people awake.
- Avoid chemical stimulants. Caffeine is the obvious one to avoid - especially later in the day.
- I tell myself "it is only in the last 200 years that people have had light so if it is dark out, I need to consider sleeping". And a dark room to sleep helps.
- Exercise early in the day. I find it hard to sleep if I am not exercising or if I work out too close to bedtime.
- Just do it. I find if I go to bed, I do sleep. Getting there is the first step.
- I plan it. Just like anything. Planning helps to keep things on track.
I am always fascinated by marketing. I saw an
interesting YouTube video that has a lot of good Internet stats. It caught my attention as a great use of YouTube in a marketing campaign. I have long been of the belief that
marketing needs multiple media and YouTube would be just one of those. One I have not used much yet.
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