5 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Morning to Have Your Best Day Ever; Every DAY.

by | Feb 3, 2015 | Personal Development

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Imagine waking up every morning and within the first two minutes having an absolutely fantastic day. How would that positively impact the rest of your day, your business, your relationships, and your life?  The key to having a great day is to start the day off “right” from the very beginning.  You can, and here’s how. 

How to have your best day ever, every day.

It is all a matter of mental focus. When you focus on great things about your life, you get to re-experience them, you enjoy them more, and as a result you get more of them.  It is a fundamental law of the Universe … You GET what you FOCUS on. When you wake in the morning, and immediately begin to think of all the great things that are going on in your life, you are by very definition having a great life, and more great things are likely to happen to you during the day. On the other hand, if you wake and focus on things that are going wrong in your life, things you are not happy about, or what things are going wrong in the world; you are by very definition having a “not so” great life. It is completely a matter of focus. What controls your focus controls your life, and you get what you focus on. Take control of your focus first thing in the morning.  Don’t leave your mental focus to “random chance,” or how you happen to “feel” in that moment.  Take immediate control by focusing on the great parts of your life, and more of them will show up for you.

Control your focus first thing in the morning by Asking great “Morning Questions.”

Questions control focus. When you ask yourself great questions, your brain will come up with great answers. If you ask lousy questions, your brain will come up with great answers to lousy questions. (Note:  You do NOT want this to happen. Just say “no.”)

By thoughtfully and deliberately asking yourself good questions, you control your focus toward the best parts of your life; and therefore, will get more of it.

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Ask the following questions of yourself first thing in the morning to start your day off right.  Come up with two answers to each.  They can be big or small things, just ask and answer to yourself, and really feel the emotion.  Some examples are included.

The 5 Morning Questions:

  1. What am I the most Grateful for in my life right now?
    • Examples:  I’m grateful I’m alive.  Grateful I live in a nice warm house.  Grateful I have eyes to see this beautiful sunrise.  Grateful I can hear these beautiful birds singing.  Grateful I get to live in this time and place in history with the miracles of modem technology.  I’m VERY grateful the coffee is ready.   Etc.
  2. What am I the most Excited about in my life right now?
    • Examples:  I’m excited I get to grow this great business.  I’m excited I get to love on the kids first thing this morning.  Excited we’ll be meeting some friends this evening.  Excited about this new project at work.  Excited it’s Super Bowl Sunday (it is).
  3. What am I the most Proud of in my life right now?
    • Examples:
      Proud I’m making great progress on my health goals.  Proud of the way I handled the kids temper tantrum last night.  Proud I have this great job.  Proud of my spouse and kids, and how well they are doing.
  4. Who do I love in my life?
    • Examples:  I answer this question a bit differently.  For me, when I think of the people I love, I think of hugging them; and that warm feeling of close connection.  For you, it may be something different.  It could be mentally saying “I love you” or perhaps visualizing them smiling.  For me it’s hugs, so I visualize the person and think of giving them a huge heartfelt hug.  Then I think of another person, and visualize hugging that person.
  5. Who loves me?
    • Examples:  As above, it will depend on what will make you feel the most loved in that moment.  Could be the image of a warm smile from that person.  Or them saying “I love you.”  In my case, I usually imagine hugs.  So I think about a person who loves me wrapping me up in a heartfelt hug, or a small child throwing themselves in my arms and hugging tightly.

Remember, they can be big or small things.  As big as “I’m grateful I get to live in this incredibly beautiful Universe.”  To as small as “I’m grateful I’ve got fingernails, those things are really handy.”  Also, you may “reuse” answers from day to day.  For example, if you think of one of your children for “Who loves me?” today, you can certainly “think of” that child again tomorrow.  Or of course, come up with even more people who love you today, and cycle back to that child next week.

The key to this is to really FEEL the emotion.  Let it flow over you, and through you.  Enjoy the experience and the positive emotions generated when you answer these questions.  NOW you are ready for the day.  You have probably just had a better day in the first 2 minutes of your day than most people will have in a week, and your just getting started!

Do this daily.  It only takes 1 to 2 minutes.  It has the power to completely transform your life.  By deliberately shifting your focus towards the positive, your mood will be elevated, and more great things show up in your life.