Hello again!
Most everyone who knows me knows that I like to start almost every day with an early morning workout. But what many people don’t know is that my daily workout is about so much more than just my physical well-being. In fact, I would say that the physical benefits of daily exercise are only 50% of the equation. The other 50% is what that workout does for my mind…and no I am not talking about the quick high you get from the endorphins after you exercise. It goes so far beyond that – it’s about the clarity.
Think about it for a minute. Have you ever noticed that the first 30 minutes of your day can set the tone for your entire day? Picture this: You wake up 15 minutes late because you hit snooze one too many times. You take a quick shower, burn your toast, spill coffee on your clean shirt, yell at the kids (because you are late) and get stuck in rush hour traffic – only to discover that you left your laptop at home. What kind of tone does that set for your day? How many times have you had a morning like that and then said to yourself, “Wow this is going to be a great day!” It doesn’t happen. You’ve set the tone for the entire day before you even left home, because you were behind schedule before your feet even hit the floor.
The reality of life is that there are so many things in our day-to-day routine that we can’t control – the weather, the traffic or the toaster being on the fritz and burning your toast, but you can control how you start each and every day. So for me, my morning workout is my buffer – a buffer between the stresses of the previous day and the start of a new day. It allows me to start my day at my pace and on my own terms, and gives me time to mentally prepare for the day ahead. It doesn’t have to be a workout. Perhaps it’s quiet time reading or meditating, or it could be as simple as setting your alarm 15 minutes early and not pressing snooze (that’s the key). It’s really about whatever works for you.
I know many of you reading this are working ACN on a part time basis, which means you have to get good at juggling – juggling your full time job, juggling your family life and juggling ACN on the side. But the simple truth is that you can’t be a master juggler if you don’t have a little clarity in your life. So this is your challenge: Starting tomorrow and for the next five days, resist the urge to snooze just one more time and instead get up 15, 20 or even 30 minutes early. Use that time for yourself, to clear your mind and sort out your day. I can assure you those extra 15 minutes of sleep will be long forgotten (and definitely not worth it) when you are running late and stressed out. Then, at the end of five days, look back and ask yourself how those days were different than the previous ones. I’m willing to bet you had a less stressful week, with even more clarity than ever before.
Each morning is a clean canvas, an opportunity to start fresh – to do something more, different or better than the day before. It’s reality that many people start their day with an alarm blaring in their ears. Being startled from sleep – what a way to wake up! But that blaring alarm shouldn’t be what sets the tone for your day. Stop snoozing and start taking control of how each and every day begins.
Remember, if you aren’t controlling your day, your day will certainly control you.
Until next time,
Greg Provenzano
ACN President and Co-Founder
Thanks Mr Provenzano!
I love waking up and starting my day with my visualization process. It really sets me up for a great day a great life, and really helps me with my self healing process. Thankyou Mr Provenzano for your leadership, love and guidance, my life is so much better for the journey I am on with you.
I am up every morning at 4:30am to start my day with a workout, yoga, meditation, walk my dog, eat breakfast, make lunch and then plan my day…your words of wisdom are words I live by. But today…of all days…I slept in to wake up and read your message.
A gentle reminder to never let go of discipline!
So tomorrow morning before our Saturday training, I will be at it again. I feel like a professional juggeler but I now the rewards are on their way.
Dreaming wide awake!
Dawn
Makes perfect sense, thanks so much!!!
Your words are nuggets of gold. Thank you Mr. Provenzano.
Thanks Mr. Provenzano! I just read something very similar to this the other day! It’s all about “setting the stage/mindset”. And once you establish doing this for more than 3-5 days it becomes habit, so it becomes easier to stay on track
Great idea, thank you. From one of your newest IBOs….
CONGRATS!
Thank you Mr. Provenzano., Your words help me very much in my daily life…………Thank you ACN.
Thank you! This was a very helpful read for me!
Thanks for the inspiration and challenge. I will do it and record in my journal my thoughts and findings.
Thank you Mr. Provenzano i will follow your advice & will not hit snooze again & start using those 15 -20 minutes preparing myself to have a productive & positive day!!\
Why do you always have helpful ideas? Lucky to have your great leadership. Really enjoy reading your articles. I do learn things from them . Thank you!
Mr. Provenzano,
You are a blessing and always inspiration to hear and read from. Can’t wait to one day sit in your office and get to know you face to face.
Blessings!
¡¡Muchísimas gracias!! Me van a servir de mucho sus reflexiones!!
Is possibile translate in Other lenguage this blog? Thank you!!!!
So simple yet so true, merci!
Thanks Mr. Provenzano, I will do this for the upcoming week. I tend to hit the snooze button way too much.
I really appreciate your guidance. This a great reminder for self discipline. I will commit to not hit snooze for the next 5 days and see the outcome.
When I began reading your notes I said to myself, “Does he really know what my life is all about?” I’m retired – but I have to work and do have a full time job at age 71, a family with multiple needs, and all of the stuff that goes along with living in a world that seems to be going crazy. And with whatever time is left to my day, I am learning about ACN – what it is , what it can mean to so many people right here in Brooklyn NY – but especially for me and my family. By the time I finished reading I was very appreciative of your encouraging remarks. I’m looking forward to meeting you at the Convention.
powerful!!
I am a new ibo and going through the “downs and downs” of the business .. very appreciative of your words of wisdom, very encouraging!
Thank you Greg that is a great idea i will try that tomorrow morning. If nothing changes in your life you keep getting the same results. Time for s CHANGE
You are an inspiration! I set my alarm 30 minutes earlier for the rest of the week. I will post the results on Facebook.
thank you Greg!
I love Acn and i love the founder, ispiration, ethic end other. Persone veramente uniche con un cuore grande, siete un punto fermo per migliaia di famiglie nel mondo e noi ne siamo fieri! Grazie Greg!
Gracias Greg. To share this information hay que aprender de los que saben. Thanks so much.
I really appreciate those words. if eel the exact same way. For sometime now, I have always took the time to start my days fresh and begin new days with new and new beginnings. I think that the maintenance of the mind, as you put it, is a great thing to do on a daily basis. I think that it will allow us to ocintunue to control our days and not let our days control us.
Thank you for this good advice! It’s time to take control of my day and not let the days control me. I must admit that I’ve been an alarm buzzer offender in the last few years, and I realize that little bad habits such as this one, do accumulate and take a toll on you over time… Therefore, thank you for sharing post Mr. Provenzano. It’s another wake up call for me! I have no doubt, my life and days will change and improve significantly, starting tomorrow, by simply correcting, changing or adjusting what requires immediate attention from me.
Thank you!
Thank you,
Mr.Provenzano for Great and inspirational article.
Thank you Mr Provenzano. This was a good wake-up call
Before reading your blog, I lived a week as you recommended. It is true and empowering! A reminder to remember!
God bless you!