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The 5-Minute Trick to Never Waste Another Morning

How a simple habit prevents procrastination and powers performance

Max N
2 min readFeb 12, 2024
Photo by Dapo Oni on Unsplash

Mornings are magical…or at least they could be if you stopped wasting them! Most ambitions for improved productivity, healthy habits and progress on passion projects go right out the window first thing. Despite our strongest night-before resolve to make tomorrow amazing, we snooze alerts, zombie scroll social media and putter aimlessly until suddenly hours vanish.

By the time caffeine kicks in enough to do focused work, half the day is gone and that familiar frustration returns. But what if just 5 intentional morning minutes could prevent sabotaging yourself repeatedly?

I recently discovered an incredibly simple habit that completely transformed how I spend my mornings. And I credit it for finally achieving goals that sat untouched for years. Interested to make every morning wildly productive too?

Here’s the secret:

Go “METAL” For 5 Minutes

Yep, metal music…sort of. METAL is an acronym for the 5 key elements to include in your morning launch sequence in order to activate your brain and body for crushing every goal daily with energy and inspiration to spare:

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Max N
Max N

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