This simple morning practice will change how you work
A few months ago, I found myself sitting in front of a plate of shrimp tacos, at a table with 6 other entrepreneurs. To my left was our host for lunch, a coach that I later hired based largely on the impact of what he shared during our meal.
The conversation around the table kept circling around holding big, ambitious goals alongside big responsibilities. If I want to get there, should I start a YouTube channel? Hold an event? Double down on Instagram? Branch out into LinkedIn? Launch a new offering?
It can be hard to know what to focus on and what’s just noise.
It was against this backdrop that Darrell shared a simple morning practice I’ve been doing ever since. Here it is:
Take a deep breath, get quiet, and center yourself.
Open a Google doc or take out a sheet of paper.
Ask yourself these three questions, and trust whatever answers arise:
One thing I’m certain I should be doing that I’m not doing is:
One thing I’m certain I should not be doing that I am doing is:
What I want to do about it is:
Sometimes the answer is obviously related to work (Send that pitch email!), and sometimes it’s seemingly disconnected (Revive your meditation practice.)
To me, it’s another way to connect to the spirit of my business – something my friend Jenna Rykiel and I dug into on the most recent episode of her wonderful podcast, How to Quit Your Job.
Since implementing the morning questions, I’ve gotten a whole lot of clarity about what I should start doing, and, critically, what I should stop doing, and I can’t wait to finish building out the next phase of my business to share with you.
Hint: It’s all about taking you from “I could never do that” to “Holy WOW, this is my life!”
To that end, I’d love to hear: what’s percolating for you that feels out of reach right now? You’d be amazed what can start in motion simply by speaking (or writing) that to a supportive person. (Ahem, hi.)
Once you’ve done that, print out those three morning questions or drop them in your Notes app, and see what happens over the next few weeks simply by making the time to reflect – and then to act.
You got this.
