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This is what my morning routine looks like as the CEO of a multi-million dollar company. So, I've distilled my morning routine into eight steps. And the first step is the night before. So, I look at the magnesium that I take. So, I make sure that I get a good night's sleep. One of the games I play is how many pills can I swallow in one shot. I do a calendar review so I know what my next morning is going to look like. If there's any critical things that need to be cleared out, we take care of those. Then, I dump my mind into my journal so I don't have any open loops running that might cause me to toss and turn. And I just write 10-15 things and then tomorrow morning this is actually what I start with to sort into my other stuff.
So what happens is most people can't go to bed because they toss and turn because they've got a lot of open loops. These are my open loops and I'm writing pen to paper. I always do it pen to paper, not on my phone. That way in the morning I have a hit list of things that I need to then chunk together. So finance stuff, team stuff, phone calls, and then I put them where they need to go to actually get work done. Then after I put the kids to bed, I usually hang out with my wife and that's our personal time. So usually I talk to my wife because she's there because she's not there because she doesn't want to be on the internet. And then afterwards I watch comedy so that my brain turns off and I'm not thinking. I definitely don't read super productive business books. And the comedy usually Kill Tony allows me to just kind of slowly relax and sleep within 10 minutes at the most.
The second step is I wake up at 4 in the morning. I try to get up around that time. I don't use an alarm, but I've been doing this for so long that that's usually the time for me. I just checked my aura score, which crushed 87-88 recovery, which is awesome. But I also go to bed early, so I always get about 7 to 8 hours of sleep at night. If I was you an alarm, I never snooze. Snoozing is the devil. It's the thief of productivity. It's a bad habit to get into. Do not snooze.
And then I go into my bathroom and I get my multivitamin. So I take them next to the sink so they're always there. I never forget them. Vitamin D because that's one of the deficiencies if you live in a place that doesn't have a lot of sun. Usually do about three of these, 3,000 IUs a day. I do my NMN, which is really good for pulling vocabulary and recall. So NMN is a precursor to NAD+. So it helps with pulling vocabulary. Very important because I do a lot of speaking and talking. And then a very high quality multivitamin so that I've got any other nutrients that I need to collect in my body available in that decision. Multi-millionaire who drinks out of the tap with his hands. I'm not a biohacker. I'm a "how does my body feel? Let's get done" kind of person.
Then I go and I have my clothes ready to go. I don't have a lot of clothes. I wear the same thing every day. These are my pants which I got about seven options. These are the shirts that I wear 90% of the time. And then I only wear one brand to keep it simple, which is Kitten Ace. And this closet is about 10% Dan and 90% Renee. So it's a lot of Renee. And then I go downstairs and I walk right outside and I take a photo of my view and I share on social media because I like to share my process, share my path. When the morning, when the day.
The third step is hydration. I go into the pantry. I grab my water bottle. I drink a full liter with electrolytes. What I have is these cool BioSteel electrolytes. Chug it. So I get that in my body to kickstart the day. Then I get the coffee made because everybody needs some caffeine to kickstart the day. Now my coffee is ready and I feed my mind.
The fourth step is I go to my chair and this chair is an anchor for me. It's where I do my best creative work. I always start by reading 10 pages of a non-fiction personal development book so I can ramp up my mind. It feeds me and it sets the context. Then I start creating. So I usually do some kind of diagramming on my iPad. I'm designing. I'm solving problems. But I always create connected to my creator. It's just like I create in the morning because I'm connected to my creator. So early in the morning when it's quiet, I mean, nobody else's lights are on in the houses and I'm sitting here and I'm like thinking of ideas, me, myself, and my thoughts and I'm downloading. And then the boys wake up and this is probably one of my favorite parts where they come in all sleepy eyes and give me a hug. And I never let them go until they tell me they're ready to move on. And I will cherish those moments until they get and they're almost there where they're too big for them to be able to even lay down and hug me.
The fifth step is I go into my office and I do gratitude journaling. I use this great journal called the 5-minute journal. It's all about not only being grateful for things and kind of using that as the glue to set the day, but I also look at the intentions I want to create for the day and the affirmations of who I want to become. And then I work on the Mendy app. It's a brain training app that helps me work on pulling vocabulary. It's got sensors on my brain. I'm going to start this and I don't want to up my score. Okay, I'm a little competitive, but I will show you. If I don't pay attention, the ball will drop. Some people think this doesn't work. I'm going to show you. So, you look now, see you even standing there me up, dude. Cuz I'm like, oh, I've got pressure. I just need to become one with the ball. Okay. One of the most important things that I do is train my brain so that I can be more productive, focused, and creative in the meetings that matter most. Especially when we're making big decisions, only one or two big decisions I have to make per day. And I use the brain training app Mendy, so that I can get the focus I need to make those decisions. Yeah, that's a score.
The sixth step is working out. So, I go downstairs. I have a gym in my house. Anybody can do this. You just need a couple weights to make it happen. But I exhaust the body to tame my mind. Think about that. I put my body through stress, what I call eustress, stress on myself, so that I don't have to deal with distress or disease in my body. So it's this concept called sweat every day. I go downstairs, I sweat every day. And it could be as simple as just going for a walk. It doesn't matter what you do. Just put some weight on in a backpack, go for a walk. But this is where I ramp up. Oh, you taking uh this off? No. TRT. Yeah. 43 though. 43. 44 now. All natural. All natural. Somebody left comment on my YouTube. They're like, "All natty?" Made my day. To get my body ready. And when I'm done that, I always go outside for a cold plunge. If you want to be a billionaire, you have to do a cold plunge. Cberman said when you get in you got to put your face under the water. It activates the mammalian dive reflex. Whatever that means. What's going through your mind right now? It's how beautiful the view is. When you're in the cold plunge, how do you usually I don't really think about it. That's the whole point. I think sometimes you have to turn off your brain. Yeah. When I'm doing ultras and Iron Man, when you're in the pain cave, you just got to settle in. Yeah. Turn off the brain. Stop talking to yourself. You can't get out if you're not negotiating. Sometimes the best move is to just do just to move, just to work. Sometimes I do countdowns from five. Just go five more seconds. Just go five, four, three, two, one. I do another 5 seconds. How long do you usually stay in the cold of four? Uh, depends. 3 minutes. If I'm rushed, I'm going to do two. I think two minimum. The data shows that you want to do at least kind of 12 minutes per week to activate the benefits.
Number seven is I go upstairs and I have breakfast. Now, I like to eat similar things pretty much at every meal. That way, I don't have decision fatigue. I don't have to overthink it, and it hits my macros cuz I track all the food that I eat. We're going to do start to finish. Nothing's prepped. And I'm just going to time it. All righty. Watch this. Boom. So, I have this really cool, beautiful egg white protein bread sandwich with Sriracha and some barbecue sauce to make it sweet and hot. And I do it all while I'm getting ready. So, I set it up. I go upstairs. I get ready. And when I come down, it's almost ready to go. I can do it in about 3 or 4 minutes cuz it's net time. No extra time required. It's set it, forget it, go. And it's delicious. And I eat it pretty much every day.
The eighth step is I review my goals three times a day. Usually when I sit in my office at the studio, or I get into my car, I always pull out my phone. I have my major goals for the year pinned in my notes app and I review them and I visualize and I think who do I need to become to achieve those goals? Because what I want to do is I want to pull the future forward into my current reality. And the only way to do that is to know what you're aiming at. Most people don't have a primary aim. I use that review process to always have my goals front and center and use my calendar to prioritize what activities I'm doing to make sure I hit my goals. So, that's my morning routine as the CEO of a multi-million dollar company. Now, if you want to learn what my full day looks like, click the link and I'll see you on the other.