Struggling Founder
The founder is a very uncertain job, and they must have morning rituals.
Being a founder of an online food tech company, I dealt with a lot of stress every day; you need to overcome it. Before starting my entrepreneurial journey, I read a few books related to this field, which helped me, but problems insisted. But once I developed morning rituals, I became more strong in dealing with the public and day to day operations.
Here I am not talking to your fundamental and technical concept of your startups. You knew it very well and then any other third person. As a founder, you must have morning rituals like or what I followed every day.
Reading:
When I woke up in the morning, the first thing I used to do read; read at least 20 pages or 30 to 45 minutes. I also read 20 pages before going to bed every evening. Someday I cannot devote 30 minutes in the morning, and I used to make up in the evening. Still, I remembered till the age of 30 years old, minimum of 10 minutes I must read every morning its no matter where I woke-up, before COVID if I use to travel and woke-up in the train at least I must read 10 minutes. So I can not start my day without reading few pages in the Morning; It has become my first morning ritual.
Make-Bed: I Woke -up at 4:30, but my wife and my daughter, She is only 9 months old, both woke up around 5:30 to 6 AM in between, sometimes my daughters has no fixed time to woke -up in the morning. It is hard to adjust to it as a founder, but it brings me out of my comfort zone. And at 6 PM I completed my reading habit after that I used to make-bed. But 1 or 2 days a week, my wife also do this activity.
Actually, making Bed first thing in the morning gives you the ultimate satisfaction. It will only take 2 to 5 minutes; after that, I realise I have completed my first task. So it gives me getting things done satisfaction, and my mind becomes habitual to complete the next task too.
Exercising: It is my topmost activity in the morning. I never skip exercising. My exercising time is only 5 to 15 minutes. after that I used to go bath. If you are planning to build a Billion Dollar organization, As a founder or CEO, you must exercise every day; it strengthens your body and your company vision.
Writing: Write anything is better than nothing, but you must write at least one A4 page. Start with a to-do list if you are totally naive in writing and struggle to develop writing habits.
“ You can make anything by writing.” — C.S.Lewis.
Write your company vision every day; it's reprogramming your subconscious mind. It will also help you achieve your goal soon. Almost every millionaires and Billionaire write their goal every morning. You can write every day same time in the same notebook. Do not try to write in the digital notebook. Always write with a pen on paper it's better to buy a hard notebook for your daily journal. Amazon is the best source to find out the best journal 100 to 500 INR is enough.
Write your first lesson in your first startups, write everything that your ideas are, how to execute them, and explain them. Write with purpose with emotion, then anything could be possible, and you are no more struggling.
Conclusion: For all four morning rituals, you can not get the result in a month. At least you can continue the first 21 days without any single day discontinue, then the next 45 days, then the next 90 days. After 90 days, you have changed yourself. It might be your first startup failed, but you are mentally and physically fit as a person. And you are ready to bounce back with proper strategy and lessons from the first failure. Thank you for reading.