{"id":7471,"date":"2018-12-14T08:58:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/?p=7471"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:29:23","slug":"workday-great-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/workday-great-start\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Make Your Workday Great from the Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>When you start your day on the right foot, you automatically set yourself up for a better workday. You start stringing those good days together, and you end up having great weeks. You do this for a month, or 12, and you won\u2019t believe how much your life can change just by taking a little time to get your mind right before you start each day.<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-Ways-to-Make-Your-Workday-Great-from-the-Start.jpg\" alt=\"Businessman in a suit having a casual conversation with a female colleague in an office.\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-Ways-to-Make-Your-Workday-Great-from-the-Start.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-Ways-to-Make-Your-Workday-Great-from-the-Start-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>1. Develop a Self-Centric Morning Routine<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A great workday starts with a great morning <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.trello.com\/best-productive-morning-routines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">routine<\/a>. You have the entire day to devote yourself to tasks outside of yourself. Start your day with you. Do something to help yourself get centered and ready to meet the day. This can be meditating, exercising, writing, reading or a creative side project. Try to avoid including news, social media, email or other tasks that focus on the priorities of others in your early morning routine. Once you find what works for you, commit to doing it routinely every day to reduce variables in one of the only parts of your day that you can control.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a simple act, but doing it the same way each morning habitualizes it\u2014makes it repeatable, easy to do,\u201d choreographer Twyla Tharp wrote in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/artlab.guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Tharp-2003-The-Creative-Habit-Learn-It-and-Use-It-For-Life.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Creative Habit<\/a><\/em>. \u201cIt reduces the chance that I would skip it or do it differently. It is one more item in my arsenal of routines and one less thing to think about.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>2. Invest in Yourself<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Successful investors are not devoting all their resources to just one investment. Rather, they generally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bryancollinseurope\/2018\/10\/16\/this-man-turned-30000-into-80m-heres-his-advice\/#3563dc33dd8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">invest in numerous assets<\/a>, ensuring that if one falls flat, their other investments will protect them from financial ruin. Your time, effort, talent and passion are your resources in the job market. Don\u2019t devote them all to the job you currently have, because nothing is a guarantee. Your department could face cutbacks, or the company could even go out of business.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Invest in yourself to be ready to meet the world on its terms no matter what the workday may bring. Developing skills in areas like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/en\/library\/6263\/computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coding <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/en\/library\/6883\/business\/soft-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">soft skills<\/a>\u00a0 can help you land a promotion at your current job or an even better job at another company.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Even if you don\u2019t have a great deal of time to invest each morning, it will add up. Plus, you can turn your commute into an investment opportunity by listening to audio books or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/en\/library\/6781\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tutorials<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>3. Prioritize 3 Tasks for the WorkDay<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Sure, you\u2019ll probably have other items on your daily agenda but restrict yourself to three to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amanet.org\/training\/articles\/want-to-accomplish-more-learn-how-to-prioritize-your-day.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prioritize<\/a>. Prioritizing more tasks can lead to feeling overwhelmed. Furthermore, you increase your chance of failure with each task that you add. Circumstances can and will intervene during the workday to prevent you from accomplishing everything you want. But you can generally manage to do three things no matter what. Once you\u2019ve finished your priority tasks, attend to other people\u2019s priorities or move on to other items on your to-do list.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>4. Start the Night Before<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As your workday winds down, set yourself up to hit the ground running the next day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bryancollinseurope\/2018\/12\/13\/how-to-feel-great-before-you-start-work-at-9-a-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check your calendar<\/a> to see if there\u2019s anything that requires preparation. If you\u2019re in the middle of a big project, organize your notes and resources so that you&#8217;re ready for the next morning. Ritualizing the end of each workday helps your brain know that it\u2019s time to switch off from work and remain that way by eliminating worries that you missed or failed to do anything.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>No matter how much you prepare, not every workday is going to go well. However, by getting into the habit of beginning each day on your terms, you create a frame of reference so that you can better control your own reactions to external circumstances and meet whatever challenges come your way.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you start your day on the right foot, you automatically set yourself up for a better workday. 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