From the course: Recharge Your Energy for Peak Performance
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Prime your brain to perform
From the course: Recharge Your Energy for Peak Performance
Prime your brain to perform
- What's the first thing you think about when you wake up? Okay, let's not get too personal here. I just want to check and see where your mind goes when you first realize it's time to start the day. Do you feel inspired, motivated, or excited? Or are you fatigued, overwhelmed, or exhausted? If you're like most people, you're jolted awake by an alarm that stresses you out enough to propel you out of bed fast. Your brain's job now is to decide if you need to stay in this high-alert stress mode or if you can shift into a more calm, focused, and productive mode, which means that what you do right after you wake up is a critical step in setting up your day for better or worse. Now it's important to try to hold off on checking email, social media, or any media for that matter, right when you wake up. Although it's tempting to check in right away, please try to make it wait so that you can fuel your brain with something positive, inspiring, or energizing first. Your sensitive brain just…
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