Having a solid morning routine for business owners has changed somewhat since selling my construction business. But the main parts remain the same and always will. What does a morning routine have to do with growing a business and business coaching you may ask..
And my reply would be absolutely everything!
My morning routine has evolved and been altered over the years. But I would credit it, more than anything, with changing the landscape for my whole business back in the day. (I sound like an old man now, I get it.) Without it, I am certain I wouldn’t have managed to take my business all the way to exit.
It started something like this
My morning routine for business owners while working in the business
5am — Work ON the business. This involved putting in systems I had been working on with my business coach. It also meant working on the website (self-taught, as I couldn’t afford a web developer). It covered recruitment, procedures, and other ways to automate the business and save time.
**Please note unless I finished the above before 6.30am I never worked IN my business doing things like quotes, emails et
6.30am – Walk, Water, Audi. For the next 30 minutes I would be out walking and exercising. I’d listen to an audiobook on whatever I was working on, such as recruitment. I would normally do around 3km walking or running, whilst drinking a litre of water. So come 7am I had exercised, had fresh air, learnt something through the audiobook and hydrated by body.
7am — Quick shower and a quick nutritional breakfast (to give me energy throughout the day), then away to work. I would sometimes not have breakfast, which was a mistake.
My morning routine for business owners since selling the business
Since selling the business, the above is still the same. But I have added cold showers, breathwork, journalling and a steam room to the habits. On the mornings I am not coaching I will play golf (normally 9 holes if alone, 18 if with a friend), and I will always now have a nutritional breakfast. I am not a massive exerciser but I do have the peleton and a rowing machine – I hang my jacket nicely on these (ok I’m ‘half’ joking I ‘try’ to use these twice per week – I prefer golf!
The majority of morning this is all completed well before 8am though and I am ready for my day….
Cold Showers – F-That I hear you say, I WISH I had stumbled across this whilst in business. Aside from the health benefits of a cold shower business can be stressful, let me tell you this – if you can jump in a cold shower at 6 or 7am and stand there for 2-3 minutes freezing then you can handle anything an annoying client or disruptive staff member throws at you that day…
Breathwork
– Breathwork is a great way to get the blood moving through your veins, it can help with breathing and stress and really it just relaxes you and makes you present for 3-4 miniutes in the morning.
Nutrition
– It never occurred to me before, eating healthily in my eyes was for posh people, I just eat when I can and what I happen to be around (greggs, mcdonalds, sometimes even just a packet of crisps I had grabbed on the way out the door) these type of foods were given me little nutritional value yet I wondered why I felt lethargic throughout the day or slightly grumpy!
Hydration – Hydrating your body is vital for numerous reasons and especially in the morning to effectively waken up your organs it can play a vital role in your health and wellbeing. These days if I feel light headed, sore head, tired, lethargic my first question is ALWAYS ‘have you had enough water today’ and the answer is often no when i feel this way – it works!
Building your own morning routine for business owners
If you have managed to get to the bottom of this page (trust me 80% won’t) then well done — you clearly want to improve yourself and your business. Why not start implementing even 1-2 of these things into your day? For more on building habits that support your business, see our business tips for trades business owners.
What harm can it do…..
