Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? Author, Ken Blanchard, a perennial optimist gifted with a positive attitude suggests it be renamed an Opportunity Clock. Wouldn’t you prefer to be awakened by opportunity rather than an alarm?
Granted, some people like to sleep. Just like a new vegetarian’s willpower prevents them from indulging in an artery hardening but delicious prime rib, there are those who relish their slumber. They deeply value it. It rejuvenates them. They would never agree with statement, “There will be plenty of time to sleep when I’m dead.” (To be clear where I stand, I have no problem eating a steak at 11pm, but that’s another story).
Have you seen the sobering advertisements the state of Michigan tourist board have put out, that remind us, “25,000 mornings, give or take is all the average person gets.”
What percentage of those mornings have you hit the snooze button and decided to put off the day for a little while longer? I asked 235 people how often they hit the snooze button in the morning and here’s the results:
29% - Once
22% - 2-3 times
9% - More than 3 time
40% - Before it goes off
When you are living on purpose, you tend to wake up enthusiastically with the alarm, or one minute before it goes off. Have you ever experienced that? It’s amazing how you can program your mind that way. Unfortunately many do not. People who are not thrilled by the prospects of the day choose to snooze. Inevitably they then run late and compound their stress.
ACTION: Live on purpose and find your passion. Passion is easy to identify. It keeps you up late at night and wakes you up in the morning. It causes your heart to race, not with anxiety, but with anticipation. As Wayne Dyer has often said, “You can decide to wake up and get out of bed, open the shades and mumble, good lord, it’s morning. Or, you can wake up, get out f bed open the shades and declare, Good Morning, Lord.” The choice is always yours.
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