I was reading an article this morning by Laura Stack and she was talking about breaking your morning routine. She brought up some excellent points which if we follow – can help us increase our productivity. It involves just a few minor but not easy changes. I think we are all creatures of habit; we do the same thing every morning, day in and day out. Whether it starts with our morning ritual of getting ready for work followed by the same routine we follow every morning we enter the office.

Routines get boring and ultimately drain us of our energy, so change it up a bit. Instead of reading emails as soon as you get into work, return phone calls that are way overdue.

If you are conducting your job search, instead of waking up and going to straight to the computer in your pj’s get dressed and take your laptop to the nearest café.

You’ll find that when you do change your routine – you actually feel refreshed, energized and ultimately more productive.