We all want to be more productive right? What is it made you a better money manager or if it improved you income? What if I said: “If you wake up 1 hour earlier, you will make more money?” Would you do it?

Well, if you remember 2 weeks ago I set out to become an early riser. I set out with the premise that if I could become an early riser I would be more productive. I would increase my personal discipline which in turn would help me to be a better business owner and a better financial manager.

I’ve committed to trying this for 30 days.

Here was the commitment that I made to myself: “From December 5th until January 4th I will get up at 5am. Because of this I will be more productive and I will make more money.”

Here’s the update: [Read more →]

We all want to be more productive right? What is it made you a better money manager or if it improved you income? What if I said: “If you wake up 1 hour earlier, you will make more money?” Would you do it?

Well, if you remember 1 week ago I set out to become an early riser. I set out with the premise that if I could become an early riser I would be more productive. I would increase my personal discipline which in turn would help me to be a better business owner and a better financial manager.

I’ve committed to trying this for 30 days.

Here was the commitment that I made to myself: “From December 5th until January 4th I will get up at 5am. Because of this I will be more productive and I will make more money.”

So far….I’ve halfway kept my promise.

Here’s the update:

• Tuesday, December 5th – I’m up, it’s 5:07am and I’m preparing to write the introduction to my challenge. It wasn’t too terribly tough to get up, in fact it was rather nice. We’ll see if this continues. [Read more →]

As you can see from the time stamp on this post, it’s way too early. My alarm went off at an astounding 5:00am (yawn.)

Normally I am a night person. If I didn’t have a job I would probably stay up until 2:00 or 3:00am every night and sleep in until noon. However, I’ve discovered that that schedule doesn’t really work in the ‘real world.’ So here’s the plan…

I intend to learn how to become an early riser.

I guess this is a little off topic from my usual financial articles, but I think it’s important nonetheless. Financial freedom goes hand-in-hand with personal discipline. So here’s my theory, if I can become an early riser I will be more productive, if I’m more productive I will stay caught up with everything that I have to get done, if I’m caught up with everything that I have to get done then I’m less stressed, if I’m less stressed then I will be less inclined to make those ‘feel good’ shopping trips, the ‘I’m to tired to cook’ food runs, and my most used excuse ‘I worked all day and the last thing I want to do is update my finances.’ [Read more →]