by Case Lane

When you set out to take control of your life, by starting your own business, there are two things you are trying to do at the same time – transform your life to the routine you really want, and start a business.

These ambitious plans and activities should not be taken lightly.  To accomplish this major rewiring of your attitudes and your actions, you need to wake up ready to go.  Each morning has to be about jumping at the chance to put yourself exactly where you want to be.

But at the same time you’re facing your reality – going to a job you might not like, family demands, financial issues. You need to psyche yourself up for the amazing plan you have to get to lifestyle freedom.

Set Your Reason for Getting Up

First and foremost, you want to control your own life – your working life.  You want to be your own boss, do work that you really value, and bring your ideas forward into the global marketplace.

To do that, you want to start your own business.  You want to become an entrepreneur, be that person who takes the risks, but reaps the reward of doing something unique.

Given that goal, you need your energy, perseverance and courage to make the changes you need to make to be where you want to be.   You need to wake up ready.

Value Yourself

You must believe in your personal value, and your contribution to the world because when you do – you wake up with a smile on your face, ready to roll.

When you value yourself, each day is about achieving more, challenging yourself and embracing opportunity. Your ability to be ready is tied to your own vision of why it’s important for you to be ready. 

You have something to offer.  An idea for a product or service that the global marketplace wants or needs.  And you are willing to take the risk to bring this product forward so that you can help people solve a problem.

Give yourself all these great reasons to wake up in the morning? To jump up and get on with the job.  You have a clear purpose.  But just as important, you know you are the person who can fulfill that purpose.

Picture Your Entrepreneurial Life

Have a clear idea in your mind of exactly the life you are trying to achieve.  Not just in a general sense of a product or service you know you want to deliver.  But the entire picture.  What does your perfect life dream look like?

Make sure you know your own vision.  If you wake up thinking about your plans, you can give yourself the spark to get to work immediately on making the dream a reality.  Fall asleep with your goals too.  And wake up ready to implement.

Someone once said ‘it doesn’t matter where a girl comes from, as long as she knows where she’s going.’  That’s a great phrase.

Have a Morning Phrase

Give yourself a morning phrase – a summary of your intention. Pick a line like the one above and repeat it.  Make sure it’s a phrase that gives you confidence to get things done.

Establish a Morning Routine

Create a consistent morning routine. Hal Elrod’s best-selling book ‘The Miracle Morning‘ is a great place to start. Hal took six commonly known self-reflection activities – reading, mediating, visualization, affirmations, exercise and writing – and developed a process for you to do all six each day with intention.  The key to getting the activities done is to get up earlier, and make the routine the first thing you do each day.

TMMers (that’s the community built around the book) recognize that the early start to specifically focus on having a great day – sets up a great day. Not all advice fits every lifestyle, and the six practices can easily be modified or adapted to suit a particular lifestyle.

But the basic concept remains the same. But the key is to give yourself something to do immediately when you wake up.

You may even prefer different activities like – sing a song, cook, check the stock market figures – any consistently done morning activity gives you a reason to get up and start your day.

Know Your Daily Goals

Know the key activities you want to accomplish each day to advance your business.  These goals can be set and reset as often as needed, and can be tactical activity in support of larger annual or monthly goals.

You want to give yourself designated activities to do every day. Daily goals include activities you want to be doing consistently.

Also keep a goal to review all goals on a regular basis so you are adjusting to the changing reality of your situation.

Summary for How to Wake Up Ready

You are working on transitioning to the life you really want by becoming an entrepreneur and starting your own business.  To wake up ready every day…

• Start by valuing yourself.  When you wake up knowing that you are a valuable person with a contribution that must be made, you can instantly put a smile on your face and a spring in your step
• Have a clear idea of the life you are trying to achieve.  Go to bed thinking of the world you are building for yourself and others, and wake up each morning with that vision ready to set you up for the day
• Give yourself a morning phrase – what can you tell yourself each morning to keep yourself on track
• Have a morning routine.  When you wake up and you instantly have something to do, you prompt yourself to act immediately
• Set and review your goals.  If you have daily goals already set, you can look at them the night before, and be ready the next day to execute on exactly what you need to do

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