不这样做，你的生活可能一团糟

领导力内幕网络是美国的一个在线社区，美国商界最睿智和最有影响力的一些大咖会在这里及时回答与职业和领导力有关的问题。今天为大家分享的是百老汇舞台（Broadway Stages）总裁兼CEO吉娜•阿尔真托在“你每天早上上班前都干什么？”这一问题下的回答。

找到适合自己的“晨间流程”对于保持一天的能量、健康和精力十分重要。我认为，保持一套固定的“晨间流程”，能够使你成为一个生活井井有条的人，并且提高你的整体效率。

我的“晨间流程”能够让我更好地了解我的身体和心理状态。如果我起床时有个良好的心态和清醒的头脑，我就会对即将到来的一天充满期待。如果某一天我起晚了，或是没有遵守我平常的“晨间流程”，这一天就会变得一团糟。

在工作日的早晨，我一般五点半就起床了（周末我会允许自己睡个懒觉）。首先我要去一趟健身房。在我看来，通过锻炼开启一天的生活是非常重要的，因为它能让我迅速恢复活力，并且缓解压力。运动也有助于真正地将我从睡眠中“唤醒”，为一天的工作提供额外的动力。这也算是早晨健身的另一个好处。

从健身房回家后，我会迅速地洗个澡。然后我要去孩子们的房间看看，确保他们已经起床了，并且做好了上学的准备。不过我的经验告诉我，你永远不要指望孩子们能自己起床，所以叫他们起床已经成为了我的“晨间流程”不可缺少的一部分。然后我要为他们准备早餐和在学校吃的午饭。大约7点45分左右，等我的孩子们出了门，我就可以把上班前的最后一点时间留给自己了。

查看电子邮件是我每天早上必做的一件重要工作，我得看看昨晚在我睡觉的时候是否发生了需要我紧急处理的事情。因为我运营着一家很大的企业，很多人的生计指望着我，在他们需要我的时候，我必须做出反应。另外，我也不喜欢在没查看邮件的情况下去公司，免得被一些意外的事情打个措手不及。

在收发邮件的同时，我会花上半个小时吃早餐。一顿丰盛健康的早餐是有很多益处的，它能让你在单位和在家里表现得更好，能提高你的能量水平，还能提高你的体力和耐力。只有全天都保持较好的耐力，你才能更有效率地开展工作。这一点对我来说尤为重要，因为我每天都要开很多会，还要参与好几个不同的项目，很少有坐在办公桌前休息的时间。

除了那顿饭本身，我之所以喜欢吃早餐，还因为它给我提供了一段宝贵的吃喝、休息和看早间新闻的时间。等我到了公司，我的时间就基本上都用来工作了。

在我出门之前，我还要最后回顾一下今天的工作待办清单——这张单子是我前一天晚上就写好了的，然后我会根据收发的电子邮件的情况，在单子上再添上几笔。我发现只要我像这样有条理地做事，设置每天的目标，我的效率就会明显提高。一旦我把今天的目标制定好了，把所有早间的任务都做完了，我的“晨间流程”就正式结束了，而我也就可以出门了。（财富中文网）

译者：朴成奎

The Leadership Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question, “What's your morning routine before going to work?” is written by Gina Argento, president and CEO of Broadway Stages.

Finding your morning routine is essential for generating energy, health, and focus. I believe that having a consistent routine allows you to stay organized and achieve overall productivity.

I do my routine to become better aware of the state of my mind and body. When I start my day with a fresh attitude and clear head, I’ll have a positive outlook for the day ahead. If I wake up late or don’t follow my usual schedule, my entire day becomes a mess.

I begin my weekday morning routine at 5:30 a.m. (but I allow myself to sleep in on weekends). My first step is getting ready for the gym. It’s so important to begin my day with physical activity so I can rejuvenate and alleviate stress. It also helps to wake me up in the mornings and give me that extra push I need to get started. Exercising helps reduce stress when I get to work too, so I look at it as an added bonus.

When I get home from the gym, I quickly jump in the shower. Then I immediately check on my kids to make sure they’re awake and getting ready for school. I’ve learned from past experience to never assume they’re waking themselves up, so this has now become part of my morning routine. I then prepare their breakfast and school lunch. Around 7:45 a.m., when my kids are off to school, I can focus on myself and finish up with my pre-work morning.

A crucial part of my morning is checking my email for any pressing matters that may have happened while I was asleep. Because I run a large business, I have many people that depend on me and I need to be available for them. Additionally, I don’t like to come to work without checking my email, so I’m not blindsided by surprises.

Once I’ve mulled through my emails, I give myself a half hour for breakfast. Eating a filling and healthy breakfast has many benefits: It helps improve your performance at work and home, boosts your energy levels, and increases strength and endurance. Sustaining endurance throughout the day allows you to work more effectively and increases your productivity. This is particularly important to me, since I’m always running around from meeting to meeting and getting involved with multiple projects. You’ll rarely see me at my desk.

I enjoy breakfast beyond the meal itself. It also provides me valuable time to eat, relax, and catch up on the morning’s news. I’ll have plenty of time to exert myself when I get to the office.

Before I leave to work, I finish my routine by reviewing my to-do list for the day—which I write the night before—and checking my email to make any additions to the list. I have found that being organized and setting goals for each day helps increase my productivity. As soon as my goals are in place and I have finished all my pre-work to-dos, my morning routine has officially been completed and I can head out the door.