In Dutch there’s a saying “getting out of bed with the wrong leg.” This is used to describe someone who’s irritable, grumpy or who’s easily annoyed. As this saying implies: starting your day off incorrectly has an huge impact for te rest of the day. If you start your day healthy, with a healthy breakfast and exercising for example, you’re much more likely to make healthy decisions for the rest of the day. While if you didn’t start your day out eating healthy, you’ll more easily think “it doesn’t matter if I don’t eat something healthy now.”
Whatever your daily routine is in the morning, colours the rest of your day. Therefor, if you want to succeed in whatever it is you’d like to achieve or have in life, doesn’t it make sense to start getting out of bed with the “right foot?”
One of the most important things to do is setting the right mindset. Your mindset determines the decisions you make and actions you take, and leads to your success and happiness and create your character.
In that light, inspired by the book “Make Today Count” from leadership expert John C. Maxwell, here is my “daily review”:
Just for Today…
Just for today… I will choose and display the right attitudes.
Just for today… I will determine and act on important priorities.
Just for today… I will know and follow healthy guidelines.
Just for today… I will ground myself in strength and love myself and others.
Just for today… I will communicate with and care for my family.
Just for today… I will practice and develop good thinking.
Just for today… I will make and keep proper commitments.
Just for today… I will earn and properly manage finances.
Just for today… I will deepen and live out my faith.
Just for today… I will initiate and invest in solid relationships.
Just for today… I will plan for and model generosity.
Just for today… I will embrace and practice good values.
Just for today… I will seek and experience improvements.
Just for today… I will act on these decisions and practice these disciplines, and
Then one day… I will see the compounding results of a day lived well.
Change them to your liking that suits your purpose. My daily review shows up in my calendar daily at 08:00 on my iPhone and I take a moment to review them.
