hey everyone and welcome to top think today we're going to learn about seven things you should never do in the morning now let's begin number one work straight away the morning plays an incredibly important part of your day and that first hour after you wake up should leave you feeling prepared and productive you should spend that time maintaining your physical health with exercise and a nutritious breakfast you should inspire yourself with books podcasts and other motivational media creating time for these healthy habits will work wonders for your self esteem and self discipline not to mention

you'll feel more energetic than ever but the problem is most people don't make time for a healthy morning routine they wake up late they get lazy or they just don't realize how much good your morning routine can do for you so they skip their entire routine right after they wake up they quickly throw on some clothes and head straight to the office they're barely conscious on their drive to work and still groggy by the time they sit down at their desk when you go straight to work you spend your first hour of the day just

trying to wake up which makes you slow inefficient and disorganized but your productivity isn't the only thing that suffers going straight to the office makes you more reliant on caffeine and too much caffeine will hurt your mood and your sleep schedule leaving you feeling even more lethargic and to make matters worse it can also decrease your job satisfaction when you rush to work in the morning you're not excited to be productive you're not feeling inspired instead of loving your job it just feels like something you're forced to do and that lack of enthusiasm will take

a toll on your overall performance you're less likely to put in the extra hours and go the extra mile so set aside more time for your morning routine even if you feel like sleeping in to the last second that extra 30 minutes of sleep isn't doing you any favors in fact it's draining your energy and your motivation but if you make time for a morning routine you can prepare yourself for a much more productive day number two hot showers hey I mean who doesn't love a long hot shower when you're standing under that stream of

warm water how it seems to wash your worries away but when you get out of the shower how do you feel energetic and refreshed or cozy and mellow well there's nothing wrong with taking a hot shower in fact it can be a great way to wind down before bed but in the morning a hot shower can leave you feeling way too relaxed you'll feel like crawling her right back into the bed you'll feel tempted to ditch your morning routine and just enjoy being comfortable so while that hot shower might put you in a good mood

it's a big problem for your productivity so if you want to get the most out of your morning's you have to build momentum and that starts right after you wake up each part of your routine should make you more motivated more energetic things like stretching running and eating a good breakfast all push you in the right direction but a long hot luxurious shower it just stops you right there in your tracks it unravels all the positive momentum that you've been building since getting out of bed even if you kept up with your morning routine a

hot shower will put you right back where you started so try a more energizing alternative the water doesn't have to be freezing cold but you don't have to have a Jacuzzi either a quick lukewarm shower will leave you feeling refreshed without slowing down your morning momentum number three improvise their routine a morning routine should be set in stone it's something you do day after day week after week it's a timeline of good habits that you've gotten so used to that you don't even have to think about it once your morning routine becomes ingrained in your

brain you can start reaping the rewards but what happens if you try to improvise instead of planning there morning's many people decide that they're just gonna wing it they do whatever feels natural but when you improvise your efficiency tanks the simple truth is you like most people make bad decisions in the mornings you convince yourself that it's okay to slack off that it's not a problem to watch TV or just lay in bed a little longer but a little laziness goes a long way luckily planning your routine will take the pressure off you don't run

the risk of making bad decisions if your entire morning is already decided yeah I know it's tempting but don't make up your morning routine as you go number four whine about work what's the number one worst time to sit and complain throughout the day yep you guessed it its first thing in the morning when you criticize your job or whine about all the work you have to do your motivation just flies out the window and that infectious negativity sticks around for hours afterwards instead of starting your day on a high note like most successful people

do you're taking two steps back by complaining about your work you're digging yourself into a deeper and deeper hole obviously that bad attitude will have a huge impact on your performance you'll look for shortcuts around every corner you'll make excuses and you'll lose faith in yourself and once that happens you can kiss your productivity goodbye because the moment things get rough you won't fight back you won't persevere you'll be the first one to wave your white flag so why does complaining set you back so far well each time you complain you're changing your mindset you're

focusing all your energy on the obstacles and ignoring the opportunities you're forgetting about the lessons that each failure has to teach you and you're undermining the self-discipline that you've been working on for months or even years complaining is a surefire way to start your day off on the wrong foot so no matter how much you want to grumble and mow do your best to be optimistic in the mornings number five mental clutter your morning is filled with small pointless decisions you decide what you're going to wear what kind of workout you're going to do what

music you'll listen to on your drive to work and by the end of your morning routine you've already made a dozen decisions none of which really amount to anything all they do is weigh down your brain so go ahead and cut these choices out of your morning's yeah many successful people have reduced their mental clutter by incorporating them into their routine they wear the same clothes they do the same workouts and they listen to the same music and that way their brain can spend the morning on decisions that actually matter while this will boost your

productivity that's not the real reason why you should reduce mental clutter in the morning the real reason is you need to warm up your brain imagine you're an artist who's working on some really intricate Commission you have to be at the top of your game to pull this off but if you start plugging away first thing in the morning your work is gonna be sloppy you need to do some warm-up sketches you need that time to make a few mistakes and get back into the swing of things otherwise you won't be able to perform at

your best when you give your brain more room to breathe in the mornings it has the same effect on your work you'll make better more creative decisions because your brain had the chance to warm up first number six hitting snooze the snooze button is your worst enemy in the mornings each time you hit that button you're making it harder and harder to be productive for starters waking up every 10 minutes is terrible for you it leaves you feeling tired throughout the day because 10 minutes isn't nearly enough time for your brain to get any deep

sleep it will try its best but when your alarm goes off 10 minutes later you'll feel even grow earlier than you did before which means that you might hit that snooze button and by the time you finally get up your morning gets smaller lazier and a whole lot more stressful you have to rush through your routine which means you have less time for your healthy habits you may have to skip your workout or pass on breakfast just to get to work on time and that creates a whole lot of unnecessary stress in your life and

it leaves you feeling flustered and foggy it'll take longer for you to concentrate and you'll have a harder time staying motivated in the heat of the moment hitting the snooze button doesn't seem so bad you'll convince yourself that you have ten or twenty minutes to spare but that first bad decision can easily snowball into a dozen more number seven checking your phone what's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning you'd be surprised how many people immediately reach for their phones the very first thing they see in the morning is a

text of hosts on social media or even worse a blank screen suddenly a flood of distractions fills your brain instead of thinking about your passions or your work you're making harmful comparisons and worrying about your social circle studies have shown that looking at your phone increases stress and makes you more self-conscious some people fall into that vortex of social media others sit there wondering why no one is message them either way your momentum is shot and your mind is a million miles away hey thank you for watching top think and be sure to subscribe because

7 Things You Should Never Do in the Morning