Ask Clay Anything: What Should My Morning Routine Look like If I Want to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Business?

Audio Transcription

Are you feeling a burning desire to start a business? Check out this segment of the Thrivetime Show where business coach Clay Clark will tell you how he gets his days started and what drives his success.

Show Notes:

NOTABLE QUOTABLE – “Control your own destiny or someone else will.” – Jack Welch (Former CEO of GE who grew the company by 4,000% during his tenure)

NOTABLE QUOTABLE – “I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” – Steve Jobs (The co-founder of Apple and the former CEO of PIXAR)

Weekdays:

1. 3:00 AM Wake up and create business plan sketches for new clients.
2. 3:40 AM Leave to for the gym.
3. 5:10 AM Return from the gym.
4. 5:10 AM – 5:25 Work on business plan sketches / designing my day
5. 5:25 AM – 5:40 Take a shower while listening to TD Jakes
6. 5:40 – 6:00 Drive to work while calling office to check-in and listening to TD Jakes
7. 5:50 AM – Call Shelby at the Radio Station to Check-in
8. 6:00 AM – Staff training / coaches meeting to clarify business plans for new clients and answer coach’s questions

NOTABLE QUOTABLE – “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Benjamin Franklin (the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author and the guy who invented bifocals, the Franklin Stove and the man on the $100 bill)

NOTABLE QUOTABLE – “What gets scheduled gets done.” – Lee Cockerell (The former Executive Vice President of Walt Disney World Resorts who once managed over 40,000 cast members)

NOTABLE QUOTABLE – “Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solidthinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Weekends:

1. 3:00 AM Wake up and contrast where I am versus where I want to be in the areas of:
   1. Faith
   2. Family
   3. Finances
   4. Fitness
   5. Friendship
   6. Fun
2. 3:30 – 6:00 AM – Work on meta time work:
   1. Print pieces
   2. System creation
   3. Process refinement
   4. Radio show outlines
3. 6:30 AM – Record podcasts / radio show