When my day follows this pattern, I consider it pretty close to perfect:
| 5:00 | Wake without yawning… |
| 5:05 | Stretch without pain… |
| 5:10 | Wonder who’s aboard that far-off sounding train – wait, not a poem! |
| 5:15 | Read 15 – 20 pages of a business book, hopefully retaining even 20% of it. |
| 6:00 | 50+ minutes on the treadmill with CNBC’s “The Profit” (aka, Best Show Ever!) on the DVR. |
| 7:00 | Hot shower during which I remember to be thankful for things like hot showers. |
| 7:30 | Arrive at office in time for “Right Now” on KISS. |
| 7:50 | Deeply satisfied by “Right Now,” get focused… you know, right now! |
| 8:00 | First cup o’ coffee, focus seeming achievable. |
| 8:10 | Work on client file, return emails, unsubscribe from an email list that has proven meaningless. |
| 8:40 | Entertainment Update from my boy Billy Costa, who manages to avoid all things Kanye. |
| 9:00 | Make three phone calls, not needing to dial “at the tone the time will be…” to get warmed up. |
| 9:15 | Make a connection or referral for someone. |
| 9:20 | Try five minutes of mindfulness, quieting the clatter of the mind. |
| 9:20:43 | Wait, what? |
| 9:30 | Crunchy Nature Valley granola bar, and I’m having none of this “now easier to chew” nonsense. |
| 10:00 | Client or referral partner meeting at office. |
| 11:00 | Productive conference call with client and buyer prospect(s); no one drops and has to redial. |
| 11:55 | Chocolate milk, the great reward for a productive morning. |
| 12:00 | Lunch at desk; check box office receipts on ew.com (fight me – it’s interesting, okay?!). |
| 12:08 | Start catching up on all that damned water we’re supposed to be guzzling. |
| 1:00 | Webinar or some sort of ongoing learning thingy; stand/pace during it ‘cuz I sit too much. |
| 1:30 | Check snail mail, find check therein, deposit with handy virtual picture-taking banking thingy. |
| 1:32 | Move funds into Hamilton Tix Account (goal: family to affor- er, see sometime this decade). |
| 2:00 | Prospective client meeting, mind not wandering at all, one-call close – click boom! |
| 3:00 | Run errand, playing “same speed” which, for whatever reason, freaks other drivers out. |
| 3:20 | Run into someone I’ve seen recently; they somehow resist saying, “Hey, long time no see!” |
| 3:30 | Fruit: nature’s candy. |
| 4:00 | Check the closing bell, believing even a 2% drop in the market is nothing to fret over… right? |
| 4:02 | Finish a client file, hopeful they will react well to the results (not always pretty). |
| 5:00 | Speak with a genuine, respectful, and qualified buyer prospect, upholding my standards. |
| 5:20 | Receive a referral, the lifeblood of the business. |
| 5:25 | Celebrate by cranking one song from “Hamilton.” |
| 5:30 | Okay, one more. “I Know Him” just. will. not. get. old. |
| 5:31:37 | Work on blog. |
| 5:50 | Handwritten note to someone who’s helped me out recently. |
| 6:00 | Make a few new LinkedIn connections. |
| 6:05 | Crank through emails, leaving no more than five in the ol’ inbox. |
| 6:30 | Head home with Scott Pelley on WBZ. |
| 7:00 | Pig out – after all, I’ve earned it on this perfect average day. 🙂 |