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What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam Reviewed by Meagan Church
Laura encourages her readers to set priorities and Mornings don’t have to be hectic, according to author be intentional about the way they start the day. Laura Vanderkam. In her book, “What the Most “The biggest question is what you want to do in Successful People do Before Breakfast,” Laura makes the morning. Long term, you’re just not going to get the argument that mornings “can be productive times. out of bed for something you don’t want to do. So Joyous times. Times for habits that help one grow into a the best morning habits are things that you truly better person. Indeed, learning to use mornings well is, want to do, but just aren’t in our distracted world, what separates achievement from “I pretty quickly saw a pattern that happening frequently in madness. Before the rest of people who made time for personal your life. That’s one reason exercise is so popular as a the world is eating breakfast, priorities in the middle of their hectic morning ritual. You really the most successful people lives tended to do these things first. do feel better and more have already scored daily victories that are advancing Mornings really are a great time for energetic afterwards!” them toward the lives they getting things done. This book is the In a fast-paced world with want.” result of that observation.” already hectic schedules, the thought of adding more Laura came to this conclusion to the day can be intimidating. But, Laura explained after spending years studying people’s schedules. “I that reprioritizing your morning doesn’t have to mean pretty quickly saw a pattern that people who made adding more. “You don’t necessarily have to add much time for personal priorities in the middle of their hectic more and sometimes you may need to subtract things lives tended to do these things first. Mornings really are from the current routine. If you’re spending a lot of time a great time for getting things done. This book is the on social media in the morning, you might want to result of that observation.” rethink that. That time may be better spent exercising or doing some strategic thinking about your career.
42 november 2013 | SASSY