Friday Fire - The Game Changing Power of Establishing Personal and Business Routines.

Welcome back to another episode of the GMRT Experience! Today, Friday Fire we're excited to talk about the transformative power of routine—not just in your business, but equally important, in your personal life.

We delve into the concept of setting up routines that align with your personal goals. Having routines in place allows you to stay organized and focused on what truly matters. Whether it's hitting the gym, spending focused time at work, or serving at your local community, setting up a routine contributes to you functioning at your highest potential.

More importantly, having a solid routine helps you in becoming disciplined in saying 'NO' to things that may distract you from achieving your goals. It empowers you to navigate through the multitude of opportunities life throws at you. The objective is not to be a 'YES' man/woman, but to identify and prioritize tasks that truly align with your personal and professional goals.

We then dive into the importance of having designated morning and evening routines. This involves dedicating time to fill up your energy tanks through activities that resonate with you, whether it's Bible reading, meditation, personal development reading or simple solitude. A sound start and end to the day have been noticed as common traits amongst successful individuals.

Lastly, we share a powerful tool called the 'power list'- listing down five critical tasks every day that will move the needle forward for your business. The emotional satisfaction of crossing off tasks from your list has an amplified effect on your productivity and helps you stay aligned to your goals.

Each one has their own recipe of success, but the ingredient of setting structured routines is commonly found. So, are you ready to level up by establishing game-changing routines? Tune into this episode for your quick, straight-to-the-point wisdom fix.

Episode Transcript

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Music.

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Yo what it's up guys welcome
to another episode of the gmrt experience
we're back we're back we're
back with the friday fire i'm excited man just
to start bringing these again like i said if you don't remember the friday fires
they're gonna be 10-15 minutes of just short game for you guys we're gonna be

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dropping these every friday for you short format wisdom quick game right to the point.
So last week we talked about alignment through God. This week I wanted to make
it more, what would be the right word for this?
More what the importance of having a routine and not just a routine in your

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business, but also in your personal life.
So a lot of things as you start trying to make goals for yourself and really
get dialed in when it comes to your your personal goals, you have to have routines
in place. And what do I mean by that?
Something that I like to do is, for example, on Sundays, I like to come up with

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a list with what I have to do that week.
And, you know, I typically, I know, okay, I'm going to hit the gym in the morning
and then I'm going to get to work.
And then from this time to this time, I'm going to be locked in at work,
whatever I have, meetings, projects, clients, whatever that may be.
So I got specific hours for work and then other hours, I have that set aside

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for other stuff that's not even work related.
It's probably me serving at church or serving to my friends or people that are
around me. So the importance of having a routine, it will really get you locked in.
And what I mean by locked in is having those routines set in place.

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You already know what you have to do. It's easier to say no.
To things that will not serve your purpose, that does not fit on your routine.
Sometimes we get caught up and it used to happen to me all the time.
I will say yes to a bunch of things.
I will say, yes, I'll be there. I'll do this. I'll do that. And then I realized,
dude, I'm tired. My energy is slow.

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I'm letting some people down because I might have to cancel or not show up to
that thing or whatever that may be.
So I would encourage you guys as you start are really getting dialed in with
a routine, write it down.
Write down what time you're going to wake up, what time you're going to do your meditation,
your Bible reading, your personal development reading, the time you're going

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to hit the gym, the time you're going to start working, the time that you're
going to step out of work to do other stuff. Because this is another important thing.
Make sure as you schedule your day, you need to have things that you're serving
other other people, but you're not getting any money out of it.
I don't know if that makes sense, but you want to help other people and make

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sure that you stack your schedule properly.
So I want to tie this in with the importance of having like your morning routine and your night routine.
So for example, in my case, so I try to get to work around 10,
10 30 in the morning, but I wake up earlier than that.

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I probably wake up around 6.30, 7 in the morning and I'm doing my routine.
I'm doing what is going to fill up my cup. So when I step out into the marketplace
that I have to pour into my employees, into my clients, into the people that
are around me, I'm fully charged.
I'm operating at a high frequency because I've done the work in the back.

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I've done the work that it's just me by myself getting recharged.
And that could be a a bunch of things for you guys. And then I'll go through
all my day and then I'll do my night routine, which my night routine starts,
you know, sometimes based on the day, if I finish my day really late,
it starts probably around 9.30, 10 PM, which I'll usually go on a walk with my dog.

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And that's where I'm kind of like, I'll either be worshiping or listening to
an audio book or podcast.
And that's kind of where I'm going through, through what I went throughout the day.
And I also start working through some of the problems or situations that I may
be going through in my business, in my personal life.
So I use those times of isolation to help me really get recharged,

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to help me get locked in because,
you know, as we already know, you know, the world is heavy, man.
Like there's a lot of things going on.
There's a lot of like your phone might be ringing, you know,
you got emails, you got that there's always fires that you need to be putting out.
There's always something trying to get your attention. So imagine if you don't

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set a time aside just for you, a time that you're just, you know,
literally just getting locked in.
I'm just kind of explaining you what has worked for me.
And for you, it could be other things. You know, it could be painting.
It could be, I don't know, hiking.
I got a bunch of friends that love hiking. I don't really like hiking.

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But I know that for them, when they go out on a hike, it recharges them.
So I would encourage you guys, get serious with your routines. Have it laid out.
Have it laid out how you're going to start your day, how you're going to finish
your day. Because if not, you're going to be through all the daylight.
Things are going to be coming around and you're just going to feel like you
haven't accomplished anything.

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And this actually, this is a good point. Now that I'm saying this,
I'm just remembering this.
I do something, it's called a power list. And I picked this up from Andy Frisella
and what the power list is all about.
It's five critical tasks that you got to do every single day.
The way I do it is I have a notepad, which every morning when I get to work.

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I'm already writing five things that I got to accomplish. And it's not like,
you know, random things.
It's like things that are going to move the needle forward for my business.
So I'll write down, okay, for example, today, one of my critical tasks was to
shoot this Friday Fire podcast.
So it's on my notebook. So every day when I step into work, into the battlefield,

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I have five critical tasks that helps me stay focused.
And as you start writing those down, this is the cool thing when you write down
your your critical tasks is that as you get one done, you just scratch it out.
And there's something powerful when you get to like physically scratch something
out of your to-do list and then you go hit the second one and then the third one and so on and so on.

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And I know I gave you guys a bunch of things in there, you know,
this is just some of the things that have helped me out throughout my years.
You know, I'm, I'm about to hit year seven, I think seven, I think year seven.
And And, you know, I picked up a lot of things from different mentors, from different people.
And the recipe of success, and I've talked about this on the podcast,

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on the longer formats, it's different for everybody, but it's also not so different.
You know, there's certain traits that every successful individual,
whether it's a guy or a girl, they all do.
And actually, one of the most common ones that I see is having a very structured routine.
Routine make sure you guys have your routine in place make sure you're

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locked in make sure you're not saying yes to a bunch of things you should be
saying no to many things and only yes to a few things because that's how you
get ahead of the game that's how you actually start leveling up so anyways guys
i just want to give you guys some game some short quick game hope you enjoy
these and we'll see you guys next time peace.