having tons of regret and feeling like you just missed out on life, is to follow the

擁有許多後悔的事，還覺得自己錯過生命中美好的事，

steps of the average person.

按著平凡人的步伐前進，就會是如此。

Wake up, watch the news or check your Facebook while you eat your breakfast

起床後，一邊吃早餐，一邊看新聞或 Facebook，

(bonus tip: make sure it's something unhealthy and will drain your energy), than you get ready

(注意：是不健康又會消耗你能量的東西）然後你準備

to go to work or school, and while you dress up make sure to feel upset and angry

要去上班或上學，每當穿好衣服時，你會感覺難過和生氣，

because you hate going to work and also you hate university.

因為你討厭去上班，也討厭你的學校。

Then you mindlessly commute for around 30 minutes,

然後你盲目的花了三十分鐘的車程、

followed by 8 hour long hibernation at work.

八小時像是進入冬眠一樣的工作。

And before you know it you've spend more than half of your day on autopilot.

在你意識到這件事時，你已有半天的時間彷彿處於自動駕駛模式，

You get back home, and you have absolutely no idea what to do for the rest of the day,

你回到家，然後你完全不知道接下來要做什麼，

you've spent your morning whining and complaining about your work, checking Facebook

你在早上時已經抱怨著你的工作，查看著 Facebook

and literally having no motivation or purpose whatsoever.

但你卻沒有任何動機或目的。

You've done this in the past, I've done this in the past.

你過去曾這樣過生活，我過去也曾如此。

I know, it sucks.

我知道，簡直一團糟。

Imagine this instead.

來想想另一種方式。

You wake up, and you actually feel grateful that you're allowed to live one more day.

當你醒來時，你覺得非常的感恩因為能在多活一天，

You decide that you will make this day more efficient than previous weeks or months combined.

你決定今天要過得比前一周或前一個月還要有效率、有意義。

You read something uplifting or inspirational for 10-15 minutes,

你花 10 到 15 分鐘，閱讀一些激勵人心的書

maybe watch a motivational video.

或者看一部能鼓舞你的影片。

You eat a healthy breakfast that will boost your energy and prepare you for the day ahead.

你吃一頓健康的早餐，它能提升你的精神，預備迎接著接下來的一天。

You set your daily goals, you realize that it's really important that you know where

你設下每日目標，你發現這非常重要，因為能讓你知道

you are heading and what you expect from your day.

你該往哪裡去，以及你每天期待達成的事。

You commute to work or school, but you are in charge of your morning now.

你做車去上班或上學，但你已經知道早上該做什麼事了。

You decide to listen to an audiobook, you play it at 1.5 or 2x speed.

你決定聽個有聲書，用 1.5 倍 或 2 倍的速度撥放。

Congratulations that little decision to listen for 30 minutes in the morning,

當你每天聽 30 分鐘的書，恭喜你，這樣小小的決定

just made you read a book a week.

能讓你一週就看完 1 本書，

52 in a year.

一年便看完 52 本書。

You get to work but your morning routine made you realize that your days are limited, so

你要開始工作，但你發現早上規律的作息，讓你的時間也被限制了，

you decide to get the most out of your time while you're working.

所以你決定要好好利用工作的時間。

Suddenly you are THAT not bored anymore, you found your job a little interesting

突然地你發現你不再感到厭倦，工作好像有那麼點有趣，

and you want to outperform yourself from the past.

而且你想要比過去的你更進步。

You get back home and by now the snowball effect is just too powerful.

而你回到家後，雪球效應帶來的影響太大了，

You feel alive, and present in the moment.

你對此刻感到非常的開心、有活力。

All of that because you decided to start your morning where you are in control and not just

這全因為你決定管理好你早晨的作息，

reacting and mindlessly consuming whatever is available.

不再只是漫不經心地過著每一天。

Having a morning routine is one of the best things you can do to improve yourself

擁有一個規律的早晨生活，能使你的生命更加進步，

and achieve your dreams and goals.

並且讓你能實現目標與理想。

I was in the first category in the past.

以前的我也像第一種人，

I'am software engineer, working as a freelancer.

我是個軟體工程師，是自由工作者，

So each morning I would have 2-3 different Skype messages and the first thing I would

每天早上我都會有 2 到 3 則的 Skype 訊息，起床的第一件事就是

do is I'll check the conversations from my clients, I would check my email and sometimes

檢查客戶所傳來的訊息，或者查看我的信箱，

even forget to have breakfast or even wash my face.

有時候我就會忘了吃早餐，甚至是洗把臉。

I was reacting instead of taking charge of my morning.

我專注在自己的直覺反應，但卻沒有管理好早晨的時間。

I had no plan for the day, no idea for the bigger picture or where I want to be in life.

對於每一天的生活我沒有計畫，對未來沒有更大的目標，也不知道我要的生活是什麼。

But all this changed when I started reading books

但改變的發生，從我開始閱讀書籍，

and when I created a morning routine for myself.

並且為我自己創造一個規律的早晨生活。

My morning routine changed over time, but here are a few things

我的早晨常規有改變過，但有幾件事情

that remained the same and are part of my current routine.

是一直保持，並也成為我現在的日常。

First I express gratitude for my day.

第一件事情就是，我對每一天都充滿感謝。

Your days are numbered, they are like a gift and you don't know when you'll stop receiving

你的日子是被編號的，他們就像一個個禮物，而你不知道什麼時候不會再收到

these free gifts, but for sure one day that will happen.

這些免費的禮物，但是確定的是有一天必定會發生。

So why not feel grateful for this day, a day that you can spend however you like.

所以為什麼不對這些你能隨心運用的日子表達感謝呢？

Next after I fill my mind with gratitude and positive thoughts,

接著我會讓我的心思充滿感謝和正面的想法，

I write down my goals and plan for the day.

我會寫下這一天的目標與計畫。

It doesn't matter if you have the fastest car or the biggest plane

即便你有一台跑車或大飛機，

if you don't know you are going.

但如果你不知道要去哪，那也沒有意義。

Just like that, you need to have a specific goal or destination of where you want to be

你必須要有一個特定的目標和想去到的地方，

in life, otherwise you will wander around and get nowhere.

否則你只會四處漂流卻不知道該往何方。

After that I watch something inspirational or motivational.

接著，我會看一些能激發我靈感的東西，

Instead of filling my head with useless stuff from the internet,

不是讓腦袋充斥著網路上無意義的事情，

I watch something inspirational while I eat my breakfast.

而是我選擇邊吃早餐，邊看一些有啟發性的東西。

And yes it's the same breakfast everyday, Granola bar, followed by Muesli

而且每天我都吃一樣的早餐：燕麥棒、堅果

and Skimmed milk.

配上脫脂牛奶。

Someone will argue and say that you should change your breakfast,

有人會不認同甚至叫我早餐換吃別的，

but this works for me.

但這對我很有幫助。

It is one less decision I have to make each morning.

這是每天早上我需要做的一個小決定。

You can check my video about the Paradox of Choice and how it affects your life.

你可以去看我一部有關於選擇悖論的影片，也能知道這如何影響生活。

And finally I read for about an hour.

最後我會閱讀大概一小時。

In the past I thought reading was stupid, I couldn't see myself sitting down for an

過去我覺得讀書很愚蠢，我沒有辦法坐著看

hour reading, it looked really boring to me. But luckily that changed,

一小時的書，因為對我來說真的很無聊。

At first I started only with audiobooks then gradually switched

一開始我只聽有聲書，但漸漸的我

to reading books and actually enjoyed it.

開始看書也享受在其中。

Now I listen to the audiobook and also read the actual book at the same time.

現在，我可以聽有聲書，同時也可以閱讀實體書本。

But It doesn't matter what your method is, what matters is that each day

不管你的方法是什麼，重要的在於你每一天

you learn something new and you expand your mind.

都有學到新的事情，能擴張你的思想。

If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got.

如果你做著過去一直做的事，你也會得到你過去所得的。

You can't be serious if you expect something to change in your life

如果你的知識一直沒有增長，

if your knowledge remains the same.

就別太期待生命中有什麼改變。

Like seriously that's dumb.

這樣的想法是愚蠢的。

And after that I usually jump into the most difficult task for the day, after you finish

之後我會去面對一天中最困難的任務，當你完成它後，

your hardest task everything after that will only get easier and easier.

往後的每件事情都變得簡單許多。

I know a lot of you will just forget about the advice after you stop watching the video,

我知道大多數人在看完這影片後，會忘記我說的建議，

but for the few that are willing to try it, write down your routine after this video,

但有幾件事情必須去試試看，就是看完影片後寫下你的日常，

and do it first thing tomorrow morning.

然後明天早上從第一件開始做。

If you want to change, you have to do.

如果你渴望改變，你就必須行動。

Knowledge means nothing if you don't act upon it.

知識若沒有付諸行動，就沒有意義。

Anyway I hope you found this video helpful, and as always thanks for watching

無論如何，我希望這影片對你有幫助，也謝謝你的觀看，

I'll see you next time

我們下次見。