The Perfect Day Formula

Heed the most important lesson of this book: You control your behavior. Your success is your personal responsibility. Take action. Do the first things first. Do what matters even if you don’t feel like it. Get up and give your number one priority the focus it deserves for at least fifteen minutes every morning.

“Show your character and commitment through your actions,” Epictetus said.

It might seem difficult, but it is essential that you remove negative, stressful, and poisonous attitudes from your life. Cut the cord quickly.

“We all need a compelling future, something that will get us up and excite us. If you don’t have that, life feels very dead for high performers,” he has said.

Make an honest assessment of what will throw you off track. Identify these interlopers and banish them from your battlefield.

Action is the simplest way to avoid procrastination. Get up and throw yourself into the battle. Be clear about your number one priority and attack it with great energy.

To get more done and have your best days ever, it all begins the night before with creating a to-do list and scripting and scheduling your workdays.

End all work-related activities two hours before bed. No more taking phone calls, checking emails, reading reports, or thinking about tomorrow.

Schedule your number one priority first. Attack it immediately in the morning. Start there and you will win your morning hours and you will own your day.