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Everyone
has their own unique daily routine—some favor long walks, others obsess over
the perfect cup of morning coffee, some jump out of bed at 5 AM, others slowly
warm up to the day with a bit of journaling.
But as
individual as our habits might be, that doesn’t mean that when it comes to
designing a productivity-boosting daily routine, anything goes. As much as
tastes vary, the truly successful use surprisingly similar principles when they
set up their schedules.
Exceptionally
productive people may disagree on details like coffee versus tea or morning run
versus afternoon gym session, but according to Jocelyn K. Glei, author of
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your
Creative Mind, almost all of them follow a few essential principles. According
to a post boiling down the wisdom of Glei's book on blog Farnam Street, these
are the five things successful people consider when building their daily
routines:
1. Do
Important Work First
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Your
brain is generally at its best in the morning. Successful people figure out how
to put that reality to use, doing their most important work when their mind is
firing on all cylinders. “Do your most meaningful creative work at the
beginning of your day, and leave ‘reactive work’—like responding to email or
other messages—for later,” instructs Glei.
2.
Jumpstart Creativity
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Just
like a little before-bed ritual can help your body start to wind down, a
pre-work ritual can signal to your brain that it’s time to gear up for
productivity. Glei suggests you “establish ‘associative triggers’—such as
listening to the same music or arranging your desk in a certain way—that tell
your mind it’s time to get down to work.”
3.
Take Breaks
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Humans
aren’t machines—our energy levels and output aren’t consistent over time, but
instead dip and rise. Highly successful people learn to work with that reality
not against it by taking regular breaks between surges of productivity.
4.
Incorporate Solitude
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The amount
of time may vary depending on whether you’re an introvert or extrovert, but
absolutely everyone who wants to do great work needs to find some time for
solitude in their routine. “Make a point of spending some time alone each day.
It’s a way to observe unproductive habits and thought processes, and to calm
your mind,” advises Glei.
5.
Show Up
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It is
perhaps the most profound principle underlying the routines of the most
successful. Sometimes you feel like working, sometimes you don’t. Those that
accomplish great things sit down at their desk either way. Glei stresses you
must “show up, whether you feel inspired or not.”
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