Consider your entire lifestyle. If you have an expensive lifestyle that consumes huge amounts of effort just to maintain, perhaps that time could be better spent doing more enjoyable things than maintaining homes, boats, cars, etc. Too cheap of a lifestyle has a similar result. If you spend hours negotiating the cheapest and the lowest rates, airfares, and gas prices, ask yourself if that is time truly well spent for what you managed to save.

Routines include setting time for family, for eating, for sleeping, for exercising, and anything else you do on a regular basis. Your morning routine should be so good that when you walk out of your house, you feel ready to tackle any problems the world throws at you.

We know that no activity is more important to ritualize than sleep. By setting a regular time for bed and rising each day (yes, even on days off!) you will find yourself getting more done and being more productive.

By fixing mealtimes and planning groceries in advance you’ll become vastly more efficient. You won’t waste time wandering around the grocery store wondering what to eat, or if there is already celery in the fridge.

Since exercise has such a powerful effect on brain energy and alertness, place your workouts at the times of day you most need them.