How Effective Leaders Start Their Day

Your morning dictates your day's results. Here's how to optimize.

Morning routines have been a part of leadership discussions for years. Everyone has heard about Tim Cook’s fabled 3:45am wakeup time, and books like Hal Elrod’s The Miracle Morning have convinced millions of leaders to change how they start their day.

You don’t have to wake up at 3:45am, or even 6:45am but you should put some structure to your morning routine. How we start our day invariably affects what we accomplish.

To illustrate this, picture two people: Emily and Frank. Both are managers who work from home.