 Hey, what is up Electric Academy? This is episode one. I've been promising it. Sorry. It didn't happen last night I had a few technical issues my internet went down so I couldn't get it up That's not as bad my internet went down so I couldn't broadcast So today we're gonna be I'm gonna be giving you four tips to my morning routine Why I think they're important and why I think you guys should consider them to F Yeah, not if I so here we go I just for those of you who don't know me. My name is Chad Flynn I am an electrical instructor as well as an electrical contractor So I've got my hands in both things I love teaching and I have been teaching now for it'll be eight years in the September. I cannot even believe it Hey, Matthew, I can't even believe that it's been that long But it has been amazing and like I tell all my students who've had me that I'll be dragged kicking and screaming from teaching. It's something I'm passionate about but I also love being an electrician So I decided to marry the two things together and start the electric Academy I've been running that now for two years and it's been going pretty good. I've been really enjoying it So hopefully you guys been enjoying it, too Yeah, so I also teach an entrepreneurship course for trades So if you're ever interested or have questions about that sort of thing about how to start up a trades company I am your man. I also have another page called app to CEO So you can check that out. I also have a Facebook group. This is going through my Facebook Fan page, but there's a Facebook group, which I will send the rebroadcast to so you can check that out there So let's get started I had a podcast or had I have a podcast and I thought I have a lot of fun with these Facebook lives And why not kind of marry the two of them together? So I had one more podcast to go in my first season I've promised ten episodes in I'm at ten episodes as of today because what I'm going to do is I'm going to Take the audio from this and turn it into a podcast. It's just amazing time. We live in So enough about that. Let's talk about our morning routines and why it's important as electricians and as Students there are electrical apprentices out there. You guys know that it's important Or you should know it's important because there's two scenarios that can happen Now if you get up in the morning and you set your alarm to the as late as possible You're going to find that you are darting out of bed. You are running to get your keys and stuff You're wondering where things are you're feeling rushed and out of sorts by the time you get to school or to work You still feel kind of out of sorts because you haven't had time to Get things figured out and you are not loving it So that's one situation one scenario the next scenario Could be that the night before you get everything ready You get your coffee kind of ready to go in the automatic mode I don't know if some of you know that your coffee maker does have an automatic mode So you can set it to that You get your keys found you get your wallet found you get your lunch made so that when you get up in the morning You know where everything is at and you can have a nice leisurely breakfast if you choose But at least you know where your work stuff is and then when you're going you're not dashing around now I used to be just so bad for that. I used to be running around the house I would always lose my keys or not remember where I put them. I would always lose my wallet I would never have my lunch made I would just feel absolutely stressed out by the time I left for work And by the time I got to work because traffic is not easy here in the lower mainland of bc I'd be just as stressed out So that's where I started coming up with my morning routine and why it's important So number one the tip number one and if you guys are tracking with this If you can hit a like down in the comment hit the like button there That'd be great or any comment along the way there Especially I know some of you guys are going to be watching the replays So you can check that out and you can still give me likes and I'm going to put this on youtube It's going to be everywhere. So first thing And you're going to notice I'm going to be looking at my notes once in a while because I prepared for this Is your night or your day begins your morning routine starts the night before so the first thing I do Before I start any night or morning routine is I get it ready the night before so the night before I always make my lunch I always get my coffee ready. I get my backpack ready. So if I'm going to school I make sure that my laptop's in there. I get it all sorted out I get my tools ready if I'm going to work I get those all sorted out. I find my work boots all that fun stuff I get my clothes figured out. I generally I know it sounds a little OCD But I get them laid out the night before I find my wallet and my keys the night before There's nothing worse and I'm not sure that we can all relate to this Losing your wallet and keys So you got to keep at this habit of getting all that stuff ready If you get all this stuff ready by the time you get up in the morning You are good to go and it's ready to go Now my next thing when I get up in the morning The first thing I do is I come down the stairs I grab a big glass of water because if you think about it Your body has not had any water for eight hours. If you're sleeping eight hours That's another whole other discussion. Make sure you're getting enough sleep I have a big glass of water and then I go meditate and it's summertime right now So what I do is I go out onto my patio And I just I set my timer on my phone to 20 minutes and I meditate Now meditation is not just for monks and it's not just some woo woo fru fru thing Check it out online if you check out meditation You're going to find that there's a lot of scientific studies towards this If you're not into meditation, but you are a spiritual person perhaps times a prayer Or just times of silence Just take that time to kind of let your brain relax and find itself I have found and there's no joke if you talk to my wife I've been meditating now for two years It has been a game changer for me. It totally totally has changed my life So if you want to know more about that you can private message me I'm not going to get too much into it But there's lots of studies that show that meditation is not just a woo woo thing It does something it helps out your brain. It's scientifically proven So I take 20 minutes now. There's lots of apps out there There's an app that I used if you're just getting started called headspace It gives you I think it's 10 like 10 free weeks. I believe off the double check on that I'll give you a thing in the comment 10 free weeks of um It just guides you through it and teaches you how to do it and then there's other ones out there as well Now meditation is not let me just tell you what it is not it's not a spiritual new age practice It is definitely not that it's not only for the enlightened. It's not really difficult It's not only for hippies. It is not a waste of time It is something that it is meditation is A great way to quiet your mind to gain insight into your thought process So it's it's this whole thing of mindfulness and understanding where your thoughts are It's good for your brain. It has scientifically been proven that it's good for your brain A lot of successful business people practice this and it's a good way to get a jump on the day Just kind of quiets myself and gets me ready to go for the day So again, I could there's so much more that I could say about meditation. I'm not going to get into that Now it's worth your time. There's some apps that I've used. I used an app called calm It's a subscription based app. So it's something to look into Headspace is the one that I highly recommend because they've got little videos and stuff like that and the guy andy He's a former monk buddhist monk, but he's really down to earth and really easy to understand Simply being is another completely free app. That's a great one to test out Because it's uh, it's absolutely free. There's this woman that kind of guides you through it and gives us a nice calm voice And it's worth doing Okay, so that's my first thing I do. I get up have a glass of water go down and I meditate for 20 minutes And again, I would start out maybe five It's a lot harder than you think Trying to let your mind run off and get lost in your thoughts when you're just trying to concentrate on your breath Way harder than you think number two after so I get my water I meditate for 20 minutes The next thing I do is I journal and I know that sounds like I'm doing some sort of diary deer diary thing But I'm participating in this thing that's called a gratitude journal So what I do and it's just kind of it helps me get my mindset, right? But I write down So basically I just do a little free form writing I just whatever's on my mind to do that for a couple minutes And then I write down this is what I do. I go three things. I'm thankful for So I spend some time thinking about that and I write those down Then I write down three goals for my day. Now, whether those are concrete goals or they're more like Self-help type goals. That's totally up to you. I do a little bit of both And then what I do is I write myself a daily affirmation I know as I'm saying this it sounds a little woo, especially talking to tradespeople But honestly this puts your puts things into perspective, especially the thankfulness thing And then just so you know that so that's what I do So it's just three things that I'm thankful for three goals for the day and one little thing Affirmation like you know, I've I'm a great electrician and I'm good at my trade. It just kind of it pumps yourself up for the day Then at night. This is part of my night routine I take that same journal and I write in it three things that happened that day that I was thankful for So it's the last thing I do before I go to bed And honestly it helps me sleep so well because it puts me in a good mindset and a good way of thinking So that's something I I totally would recommend journaling now. It doesn't have to be written I know some people don't like the idea of writing in a journal like having to take on a moleskin and write down There's an app that I use called day one and there's a free version of it I've got the paid version that allows me to write on my mac and my ipad and my iphone But you can get free versions of these things or you can just write in your notes Or you can get if you got every note you can do it through that So that's something to consider. I find it's very very useful So it's something I would consider or I do and so I would definitely recommend to you guys Next is I exercise Both my mind and my body. So what I do is and I get up a little early I usually get up when I'm working on right now. I'm off for the summer But when I'm working I'm up at around 415 And out the door by seven Um now that I'm on a summer break. I get up at five But anyways, I exercise in my mind I make sure that I make time for at least 30 minutes of physical activity and that is huge Because you just you know, I know we're all working physical jobs and for those of us going to school It's easy to get into the to get that 15 pounds you get over those 10 weeks of school We all know what I'm talking about But also it's just great to get your blood going and even when I'm working on the tools And I do a lot of side jobs and sometimes in the summer projects will last a month or so Then I still get up and I do that run I go for a run every morning I'm doing this run cross train thing. It's so it's been working out great And honestly you think that it would exhaust you but it gives me way more energy than you would you could possibly think And those of you guys that understand or do this sort of thing like exercise every morning You know what I mean? It gives you lots more energy than you would think so definitely do that Then after my run I come back and I read for 10 minutes or what I do is I set myself 10 pages I've got to read 10 pages of something every day So it doesn't take that long. What do you think about it? 10 pages 10 minutes not that bad if you're not in a reading And I know some of you guys might not be into the reading maybe listen to a podcast Maybe watch a youtube video Just do something that's going to kind of build your brain up Because we all do things where we just let our mind go and it goes to mush And then this way by setting up your morning routine you're getting your brain primed and ready for work So it's starting to start thinking that's why I kind of start slow I start with the meditation and then I move into my journaling to get my mind working again Kind of thinking and then I go into the exercise and then I read and from there on then I'm ready to hit the day Then I have my breakfast and I shower and I'm out the door and I'm running off So that's my morning routine now. Here's my morning schedule Just so you know right now in the summertime my morning schedule is 5 a.m My alarm goes off. So I go down the stairs Grab a big glass of water pound it back then at 5 10. I'm outside right now I am meditating for 20 minutes at 5 30 I come inside and I journal so I do my gratitude journal Then at whatever time after that works out be and I try to get out there for a 30 minute run I take my dog some of you guys have seen the facebook lives that I've been posting the past couple days Grab my dog Molly and we go for run. I run to playground I do a little bit of cross training then I continue on my runs about 5k run Then I get home. I get ready for the day. I'll shower I'll help get the kids out the door for daycare And have breakfast in my days ago So that's my morning routine and it it works for me whether I'm working or not It sometimes requires getting up a little bit early So that might be a little bit on the thing if you're not a morning person It might be something you want to consider But uh, yeah, so some key points. I've got I've got these notes here and it's called my super action plan So be proactive the night before make sure you get all your stuff together Get your lunch ready your morning coffee ready get your bags figured out get your wallet and keys Those are the two two main things get your wallets and keys Med meditate or pray or take some quiet time. So at least five to 10 minutes I would suggest 20 the more I'm trying to push it more and more. I'm up to 20 minutes now Right in the journal Again, doesn't have to be much Just get this app called day one or use ebernote or use your notes app on your phone But just three things you're grateful for three goals You're hoping to accomplish that day and an affirmation and then they're not night three things that were awesome that day Then exercise make sure you get some sort of exercise in there. It's just such a good good healthy thing to do Then you got to read or listen You don't have to but I suggest read or listen to an ebook or a podcast or watch a youtube video And then you're ready to go good for the day So that's my morning routine. This is my first facebook live episode. So I'm super excited about this Hopefully I'm going to continue on this. I'm going to go for right now It might not be thursday It's gonna be thursday nights for the summer But then I'm teaching a night course come september. So I'll probably have to move it to wednesday nights or tuesday nights I'll see how you guys are doing with that I am going to I wrote an ebook for electrical students or not electrical students trade students called beyond the tools I'm going to leave a link to that There's it goes to a site called gumroad and it gives a price. It says it's kind of a pay what you want You guys put in zero dollars and you can get the pdf. It's like a 30 page thing It covers this morning routine But it also goes over study tips for tradespeople And it goes into the money tips for tradespeople So I'll make sure I link to that in my notes or in the comments below so look for the chad flinn name popping up And that's basically all I got So I know I said I was going to do this at six I had to do a little early because today we pumped up our Our pool we got a pool for the kids and they're absolutely flipped out and there's right now I don't know if you can hear them right now. They're outside screaming running around I got a four year old. I've got a three year old and I got a 14 year old So they're all having great time outside. So I thought I'd get it done early so I can get outside and have fun with them Hopefully you guys are enjoying your summer. It's I've been having an amazing summer It's uh, it's a little smoky here in Vancouver right now. It's crazy I feel so bad for the people who are actually up in the interior where the fires are happening We have a lot of fires going on in the bcm in canada So it's something to consider for that. It's uh, it's hazy as f out there. So Anyways, thanks for checking in the facebook live I'll be checking in daily. I keep doing these little morning rants Check in on those. I've been having some great talks about that Today I talked about the importance of pre twisting your wires in a marat. Yesterday I talked about backstabbing a receptacle So definitely check in. Thanks a lot guys. I hope you're enjoying your summer and I will see you guys on the flip of the flop Stay classy