EscoChico

Sales Representative

Any of you wake up at 4am , take cold showers or do any of that crazy s**t?

How do you start your day? What rituals/ habits do you do everyday that make you kill it! I seem to have some days I slack and can't get motivated and some days where they turn out great.

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InQ5WeTrust

Arsonist

No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL

I wake up at 6:30am
I leap out of bed with vigour
I do my daily affirmations on growth mindset and the hunter mentality
Go for a 5 mile run
I eat my overnight oats with additional vitamins
I pray to daddy Elon and Cardone to grant me many wins.
I then tape the phone to my head to increase efficiency.

In actuality I wake up at 7, shower, walk the dog for 15 mins and then chill.

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

Yea- Cardone is great. haha...

RealPatrickBateman

Politicker

🔪Amateur Butcher🔪

6:05am - wake up, tell myself not to be a little bitch (usually works) then Mindfulness exercise for 10 minutes focusing on allowing thoughts to flow like traffic, clears the mental queue from sleep and lingering thoughts.

6:15am - Shower with my morning playlist booming

6:30am - Get dressed and grab my cold brew + protein shake

6:45am - Read the morning M&A reports and Market outlook on Stonks/Crypto

7:00am - Answer emails and clean up tasks for the day

8:00am - Crush the Workday

1:00pm - Set the office on fire and walk out casually.

FattySnacks

Politicker

Senior Account Executive

Wake up and write something for 15 min (can be to do list, gratitude, plans, whatever), gym, sauna, cold shower, walk the dogs, food and then work. I’m adhd as all fuck so the strict active routine in the morning helps me settle in and get 4-5 hours straight of work done. The writing is something new I’m trying since everyone tells me “don’t check your phone first thing in the morning”.

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

I journal but at end of day, helps me with winding down and what worked and where I could improve.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Up at 5. Take adderall. Make a cup of coffee and stare into space for an hour.

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

lol-nice. I usually do the same around 7am minus the adderall.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Consider yourself fortunate that you don't need it.

dwightyouignorantsale

Politicker

Account Executive

you know this actually sounds kind of nice

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

I wait for one of my kids to jolt me awake well before the sun rises then I grumble about with eyes closed parenting, while I try and find coffee. It’s the key to my success. Gonna write a 7000 word description of this process for LinkedIn influencers.

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

You must live in my house somewhere.

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

It’s the best, but also I don’t want to be up before the sun.

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

My best days:
-wake up at 5:15
-Coffee was prepped the night before so I flip it on (stovetop)
-read with coffee
-head start on breakfast before the kids get up

My worst days:
-panic wake up after sleeping through the alarm
-wife downstairs scrambling to throw anything at the kids
-dishes weren’t done the night before because “we had a day”
-race out the door to get to the end of the street before the bus leaves

usually a 50/50 split. Feeling like tomorrow will be #2

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

Update. #2.

highlyinadvisable

Opinionated

SaLeS dEvELoPmEnT rEpReSeNtAtiVe

username appears to be accurate.

buy a used toyota or GMT400 suburban next time fwiw

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

The accuracy here.

hh456

Celebrated Contributor

sales

Shit and solo Dutch rudder.

Kirby

Politicker

Sales Representative

I meditate, do cold showers, stretch, read, do SMR, occasional red light therapy. I’m also fat and get up at like 10 AM everyday. Balance.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

I'll have to go to bed really early to start doing 4am. For the most part I'm just up around 8, since my day starts at 9.

WomenWantMeFishFearMe

Politicker

4:20 Wake up
4:21 Begin Grind
17:00 End Grind
17:01 Drink and blow down as many hard drugs as possible
22:00 Eat an entire half of beef
22:30 Approach women or fish, alternating days
3:55 Sleep

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

Wish I could drink and do blow. Parenting sucks haha..

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Up at 7, feed the cats, make coffee, check the calendar to make triple sure I am not supposed to be in a meeting, check email to make sure I'm not missing anything key, if something blew up, I'm carefully responding (but because I have not yet had coffee, I have to be very very deliberate in making sure I'm making sense), if nothing blew up, drink loads of coffee and shower, then to work by 8 feeling almost human.

Then there's the day I have a 5 am meeting and have to pretend as though I actually live on the East Coast and am coherent.

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Whenever I get up (2am, 4 am or 8 am), first thing I do it grab my phone and check though I know there are not surprises (this kills me not make me kill it :) But yeah my day starts with a small prayer and good breakfast

ragnarlothbrok

Politicker

Key account manager

heeeeelllllll to the no, no, noooooooo

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Love this damn song 🎶

UrAssIsSaaS

Arsonist

SaaS Eater

Dog wakes me up at 615, take him for a walk so he doesnt shit in the house take a shower and get rolling.

happyhunter

Politicker

spittin' sunshine

Why do you think you slack on some days and not others? Are there any behaviors/situations from the day before that impact you falling off that you could potentially tweak so you get onto a consistent routine?

I wake up at 5:30, straight to gym, make coffee/get my meal prep all packed up (I work in office), shower, meditate, journal, head to work. Once I get to work by 8, I give myself 5-10 minutes to look at my phone and personal shit like Instagram and texts, and then get after it.

I have been doing this consistently for almost a year now and I can tell you everything in my life has changed for the better by implementing these habits.

saasesforthemaases

Tycoon

Account Manager, West

I did this for 6 months and can validate that it is 100% the right lifestyle. This summer I stopped and started golfing a lot more for mindfulness after work or before work (joined a golf club). This winter I plan to get back to the above plan because it really does give you a different level of energy that is hard to describe.

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

Do you keep the energy through out the whole day or do you need a nap in between? I've woken up early like 5am and I need a nap by 12 or I just feel burnt out.

happyhunter

Politicker

spittin' sunshine

Honestly I used to need naps when waking up this early (power nap in my car in the office parking lot wooo) but after waking up consistently for almost a year now no naps are needed. Just need to give yourself a solid few months of being consistent and you'll be good. I also am asleep by 9:30-10 so that makes waking up a little easier

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

Nice! Thanks for the feedback.

happyhunter

Politicker

spittin' sunshine

Also ayoooo we are neighbors @EscoChico ! I'm in SD

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

@happyhunter SD in the house!

SaaSyBee

Politicker

Founder

Tapping in some Wim Hof pros. I know @Stuntdude lives that cold shower life and @powerhour is trying to get into it.

Stuntdude

Personal Narrative

Head of Sales

That cold shower life is the life for me.

Kirby

Politicker

Sales Representative

Helll no. I wake up at 9:45 AM because my first meeting is usually at 10 AM. I don’t go to sleep until like 2 or 3 AM most nights.

Mothy

Politicker

Account Executive

Wake up between 6:30-6:50, make a cup of tea, bang the phone starting at 7:00.

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

Green tea? I wake up roughly the same time. Bang out call closer to 7:30-7:45.

Mothy

Politicker

Account Executive

Generally black tea. I have a few that I cycle through regularly. Green is good as well though. Antioxidants and such.

AnchorPoint

Politicker

Business Coach

Up by six... in my home office by 7... meditate and read... into work plan by 8am...

whosthatgirl

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

My ideal day (don't always hit it, but most of the time):
- Wake up around 630
- Walk the dog (~1 mile)
- Meditate (10 mins), stretch (20 mins), journal (15 mins)
- Sometimes eat breakfast, sometimes fast until lunch
- Crush the day using Pomodoro, short breaks throughout

EscoChico

Catalyst

Sales Representative

I started using pomodoro too. It helps a lot.

HappyGilmore

Politicker

Account Executive

I get up at about 5am, go workout for an hour and a half or so, eat breakfast and roll into the work day.

FormerStartupJobHopper

Tycoon

Daily standup at 8:30. Wake up at 8:29 and login to the call on my phone with camera and mic off and stare at my manager going over whatever for about 10 minutes as I wake up. Chime in only when directly addressed.

8:40 go fire up the laptop and the Keurig while I brush my teeth, coffee and laptop and myself ready to go at about 8:45 right as the meeting ends lol.

I am a massive night owl. I like my job but the one part of my day is hate is simply waking up. For the first 30-45 minutes of the day I answer emails, sip coffee, scroll LinkedIn, answer texts. Then at about 9:30 I'm ready to dive in.

I have no guilt about this. Inbounds doesn't pick up til about 12, and I usually stay on til about 6. I actually don't have myself book-able before 9:30 am because I won't be at all helpful til then. Even then I honestly prefer no earlier than 10 for external calls.

dwightyouignorantsale

Politicker

Account Executive

I have problems sticking to a routine. Some days I’m into it, some I’m not. When I am, I’ll wake up at 6:30, go to the gym, come back and take a warm shower (because absolutely fuck the cold shower nonsense), make breakfast, look at personal emails or social media for 20 minutes, then get into it. But some days I wake up at 7:30, make a cup of coffee, and then stare at my computer for an hour before I do anything worthwhile. It’s called *balance*

AutoSmiler

Arsonist

Account Executive

I woke up at 4:30 once, and had the audacity to go back to bed! (quota was attained that month, obviously)

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Up at 6:30am
10 Minute meditation
45-60 minute gym session (building's gym)
Smoothie with protein
Cold-ish shower
30-45 minute dog walk
Green tea and start the workday

Try and read for a couple of minutes but often doesn't happen. (Daily Stoic)

Mothy

Politicker

Account Executive

Daily Stoic is great. It’s truly changed how I look at most situations in life. I need to get Meditations by Marcus Aurelius next.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Totally agree.

And I picked up a pristine copy of Meditations at a used book store between lockdowns last year but haven't jumped in yet.

LordBusiness

Politicker

Chief Revenue Officer

I am a naturally early riser (4am - 5am) but I don't do anything massively "productive" during this time except drink my coffee in silence and respond to WR posts I find interesting.

Crispy

Opinionated

Account Executive

I wake up at 4am in a cold sweat from stress dreams.

I immediately go back to sleep, wake up around 7:30ish, and get to work between 9:00 or 10:00.

sellingsellssold

Politicker

SDR

Not the cold shower part but wake up at 4:30 for the gym, shower, eat, and head to work for the day. I find that waking up a good couple hours before you start the work day makes you more productive.

TechSalesQueen

Executive

Sr. Enterprise Account Executive

Wake up around 9-9:30. Laptop open and working by 10. Usually finish between 8-9pm - sometimes as late as 1 or 2am. I’m a night owl. I avoid disruption by working off hours. Top producer. Know what works best for you and just stick to it. Tried the 6am thing for years. Was a miserable betch. Still miserable. But less than I am waking up before the sun rises when I don’t have to.

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EscoChico

Any of you wake up at 4am , take cold showers or do any of that crazy s**t?

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