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Step 1: Start your morning: Start the day right! Well, not literally. You don’t have to wake up digging, but it’s good to have a morning routine.
Use the early morning hours to prepare your brain for a productive day. That means no more mindlessly scrolling through Twitter or messages – save it for later. A great way to start is with meditation or exercise. If you are above average, try to make time for both. This will also boost your positive thinking.
Trust me, once you get the hang of the routine, it will probably become one of your favorite times of the day. When I was younger, I slept away in the morning, sometimes until the early afternoon – shhhh. I woke up groggy, wrinkled and a complete mess both mentally and physically. Not a good look (or feel)! By implementing a morning routine, I now feel like a freshly ironed linen blouse and I would never go back to my old self.
Step 2: If you can see it, you might be it
One thing I always recommend is to spend 3 minutes visualizing your day.
Imagine a perfect day of success. Go through all important tasks and meetings in your mind and follow through with the positive outcome you want.
Here’s why – visualization taps into your subconscious and sets you up for a more predictable outcome. It’s like deja vu where you’ve already seen success so it’s easier to make it happen.
The more details you add to this exercise, the better. Look at what you’re wearing, how you’re standing, how the room looks, how the other person reacts to you.
Step 3: Brain Power Diet
Eat light at lunchtime – many suggest just fruit for lunch (I’m no health expert though) – but I can tell you the lighter the lunch, the better you feel.
I only learned the concept of fruit by noon from energy powerhouse Jesse Itzler. Have you heard of him? He is the husband of the woman who keeps our bellies in check, Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx. When you hear Itzler talk, you wonder, has he found a natural form of crack? It turns out he’s incredibly disciplined about conserving his brain calories.
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Wondering how boosting his brain’s superpowers has benefited him? Well, he’s a rapper, record producer, co-founder of Marquis Jet and Zico Coconut Water, which is just the beginning of his many accomplishments. Itzler says your best bet is on yourself, so make sure you optimize who you are by using the steps suggested in this article!
Step 4: Control from your genius zone
Here’s the big deal:
Spend as much time as possible in your Zone of Genius (ZOG). Your ZOG is what you are gifted or skilled at without much effort and what you enjoy. A good ratio is 80/20. A better balance is 100/1 – but do your best!
Here’s why – controlling with your skill set helps avoid brain power vacuums. Have you noticed how mentally drained you feel when you’re working on something you hate or aren’t naturally good at, maybe it’s taxes or writing? That’s because it burns your brain’s calories. Unfortunately it doesn’t correlate with your passport!
I remember once trying to understand some instructions from Ikea on how to assemble a table. It should have been so simple, but I couldn’t figure it out. I spent an hour and a half reading the instructions only to realize that I could have paid someone $20 to do it instantly. In this case, my genius zone should have directed me to open my wallet.
Step 5: Systemize:
A Game Changer for Empowering Your Brain’s Potential
Imagine trying to do anything without a system. Even brushing my teeth would be a disaster. You know to open the toothpaste, apply it to the brush and start brushing. It’s the same with everything (except you don’t have to rinse or floss). The more project systems you have, the smoother life will be.
Create a detailed ‘System Action Plan’ for as much of your routine work as possible so you know what to do next without thinking. Examples of plans you might want to have a process for: blog writing, marketing, sales, office management, etc.
For a deeper dive into systemic action plans, check out The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber. Use these systems to help delegate to others—especially tasks that aren’t in your ZOG.
Once you get your bad brain-boosting self going, you’ll wonder how you ever lasted this long without doing all these simple implementation strategies. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’m going to brush my teeth (and floss!). Follow:
