A solution that you probably weren’t expecting to hear, but if you’re searching for ways to be that salt and light then you may want to consider getting up a little earlier. Yes, I know what you’re thinking…how is it that that by becoming an early riser will I be not only more positive but an influence as well?

I can only speak from my experience when I say that this trick is such a catalyst for a better day. I am definitely one of those people who needs some coffee, quiet time, and just time to grasp a mindset that if that bug of negativity wants to attack today well then I am going to squash it before it even has a chance to invade.

By allotting time alone it allows for that time to be the moment of change, and to really gear yourself for the day ahead. Hiccups throughout the day are almost inevitable, but the response to them is certainly something we have control over.

Let me just be clear, I am not saying that you should or have to get up three hours before you normally do; however, I am saying that by you giving yourself more time alone in the mornings creates a drastic change in both your attitude and your response towards others.

It is because your day has started earlier than the world that you are able to reflect, grow, think, and discover who you really are.

There is just something powerful in being intact with yourself. It just shows you the ability you already have, the potential you can reach, and the motivation that doesn’t need to come from anywhere else other than within.

So yes, do plan to get up an hour earlier…and don’t let yourself say okay I am going to plan for my extra hour to be 6-7 and then stay in bed until 6:30 and then think you are going to get the most out of your quiet time.

Once again you have to want this, you have to want to make a difference and to leave a mark. Rising up earlier merely makes that task that much easier, because of its effectiveness to just literally give you a “wake up period.”

Without trying new things and using process of elimination to truly determine how you function, you have no right to complain about things not working out in your favor. Because maybe just maybe you never put in any effort to think that by the change in your actions it would lead to the difference in the world around you.

Discover the world and yourself just a few hours earlier than normal, I promise it is difference you do not want to miss out on.