Stop Doing These 10 Things Every Morning

If your day feels off, it probably started here.

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Mornings are leverage points.
The first 90 minutes of your day determine how the next 9 hours unfold.

If you wake up reactive, checking notifications, rushing through routines, and drowning in noise, you’ve already lost control of the day before it’s even begun.

High performers don’t necessarily work harder than others, they simply build better mornings.

They eliminate the friction, the noise, and the thousand tiny habits that destroy focus before 9 a.m.

So if your day feels off, it probably started here.

Below are 10 things you must stop doing every morning if you want to operate like the top 1%, the executives who own their time, not the ones constantly chasing it.

1. Stop waking up straight into chaos

Most executives start the day like firefighters , phone buzzing, inbox exploding, brain already on fire.

It’s a terrible way to live.
You wake up reacting instead of leading.

Every notification hijacks your dopamine and floods your brain with cortisol. It’s why so many high performers feel…