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Growth Drivers
Develop Your Evening Routine
Most people try to fix their mornings. But what if the real problem starts the night before?
In this episode of Growth Drivers, Mike and Rachael Novak flip the script on traditional productivity advice and reveal why your morning routine isn't broken, your night routine is.
If you’ve ever woken up tired, groggy, and overwhelmed before the day even starts, this conversation will change the way you think about discipline, decision fatigue, and success.
We’re sharing:
→ Why relying on “morning you” is sabotaging your day
→ How to set up a bulletproof night routine that practically runs your morning for you
→ The key to eliminating 90% of low-value decisions and saving your brainpower for what matters
→ The exact system we use every night—from brain dumps to bedtime alarms, and everything in between
→ Why most people confuse intentions with commitments (and how to stop lying to yourself)
✅ What “decision fatigue” really is—and how to beat it
✅ How to prep your meals, gear, and mindset the night before
✅ The small sleep upgrades that make a massive difference (pillows, temperature, supplements + more)
✅ Why “I’ll see how I feel in the morning” is a guaranteed way to fail
✅ How to create a system that turns discipline into ease—and chaos into clarity
Whether you’re building a business, a body, or just want to stop starting every day behind… this episode is your game plan.
Hit play and let night you start building the future morning you deserves.
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Transcript
Rachael Novak:
[0:33] Welcome back to the Growth Drivers Podcast. Today we are discussing, Your day is made the night before.
Rachael Novak:
[0:39] actually I was going to say, screw your morning routine. Your day is made the night before. And this comes down to having an incredibly tight and efficient night routine to set yourself up for success the next day. I love this example of like night me, right? Night you is really motivated you've got like all these okay i'm gonna do this tomorrow i'm excited i'm inspired about you know to do things i'm driven to go do this tomorrow but in the morning what's the reality for most people.
Mike Novak:
[1:16] You're tired as fuck yeah.
Rachael Novak:
[1:19] Yeah you wake up tired you don't feel like it you're groggy you're typically indecisive like you don't really want to do the things Yeah.
Mike Novak:
[1:31] Maybe the most undisciplined part of your day for a lot of people, where it's tempting to deviate from what you know you should do.
Rachael Novak:
[1:38] Super easy to make excuses. So, you know, when I'm coaching my team, my kids, myself, my clients.
Rachael Novak:
[1:48] I like to say, like, when you leave decisions in the morning up to morning you, you use up precious decision-making energy on unnecessary things. And what do i mean by like decision making energy like every single day we we each kind of have a capacity with how much we can think and do and pivot and make this make big decisions and if you leave multiple decisions in the morning time up to that version of you you're going to expend a ton of energy on almost useless decisions in the morning, that you really should conserve that decision-making energy for bigger decisions in your day, bigger decisions in business, decisions about conversations or clients or business pivots, that kind of thing. And so you're reducing your capacity for big, important decisions throughout the day by leaving these seemingly nominal decisions up to morning you so when when you get to that point right when like i i hit this a couple weeks ago where it had been a day like just one problem after another after another after another just cascade effect of like issues that i'm dealing with and loops i'm closing and problems i'm solving and i had hit it was like four o'clock i'd hit what i call decision fatigue.
Rachael Novak:
[3:13] Where I'm like, I'm tired. I can't form a full thought. If a decision comes my way, I'm not positive I can make a coherent, great decision that I'm going to really.
Rachael Novak:
[3:25] Not regret. Like I'm really going to be behind. So it's decision fatigue is when your brain and your body have expended a ton of energy toward making this or that decisions all day, even seemingly small, insignificant decisions like what should I have for lunch? What clothes should I wear? How should I do my hair? Like all these little bitty things. And when morning you could literally just be set up for success and execute on all those things and not even have to think about those little decisions, saving and conserving that decision-making energy for the important things throughout the day. Does all that make sense?
Mike Novak:
[4:06] Yeah. So what you're talking about is basically creating a system where most of the work is done the night before. So in the morning, you can be robotic, which many people are in the morning, and just kind of take advantage of everything you've already done, right? Like, for instance, instead of making that breakfast, you made it the night before, right? So now all I have to do is eat that breakfast. I've reduced one thing I have to do. I don't have to think about it. I just have to do it now.
Rachael Novak:
[4:30] Exactly. So, you know, the key to this system, this night routine and morning you system is to set yourself up for success. So like you said, all you have to do when you wake up in the morning is execute the plan, right? Right. Night you has set you up for success. You're just getting up and doing the plan, taking the action of the things. You're not having to make a decision whether or not you feel like it. You're not having to make a decision of what you eat. You're not having to make a decision of what you're wearing. You're just taking the action.
Mike Novak:
[5:01] And I think, just to stop for a second, I think the definition of success when you've actually done this correct is that zero thinking is required, right? It's just a body moving.
Rachael Novak:
[5:12] Yes. And that's exactly the point, right? When you're able to get up and just execute, not have to think about any of those small details, imagine how refreshed you feel when you do get into work or when you do get into success. Office hours where now decisions have to be made and things have to,
Morning Routine Myths.
Rachael Novak:
[5:31] like, you have to be productive and move the ball forward down the field in your business, right? It helps that. So what are some morning routine myths? Because I want to start here. So I think there's a huge emphasis in the personal development space on morning routines and how
important they are and how mindful you need to be in the morning to set yourself up for success in the day. And we're kind of, we're kind of counter or kind of contradicting that a little bit.
Mike Novak:
[5:58] Well i mean the morning does matter right because like in that warrior you know our coaching company we we do core four which is literally like checking off eight boxes every single morning rising into our power predictably every day on demand right and so there there's there's a balance that has to happen right there there's certain things that you really should do in the morning to tee yourself up to have a really fantastic day where you're on the offense and you're not passively floating through the day. So there's a balance to be found there.
Rachael Novak:
[6:30] Fair. Yeah. So let's talk myths and then let's talk what are a couple of things, to your point, that we should do in the morning, right? I think a couple of morning routine myths that I kind of came up with is, you know, people say, well, just get up a little earlier. And that's not untrue, for sure. But sometimes it's not feasible based on what time you went to bed or how much recovery you need or rest you need. People say, you know, get up and hit the cold plunge.
Mike Novak:
[6:57] Hey now, hey now. You got such a bone pick with cold plunging. Tony Robbins, for the record, cold plunges first thing out of bed every single morning.
Rachael Novak:
[7:05] And it works.
Mike Novak:
[7:06] So does Andy Elliott.
Rachael Novak:
[7:07] And if it works for you guys, great.
Mike Novak:
[7:10] I'm just saying. Nothing will wake you up like cold plunging.
Rachael Novak:
[7:12] Yeah. So you're on the fight or flight and on the bridge of death.
Mike Novak:
[7:19] For the record everybody who's.
Rachael Novak:
[7:20] Listening i hate cold.
Mike Novak:
[7:23] Plunging nobody likes cold plunging let's be super clear about that there's not a like tony doesn't like it andy doesn't like it nobody likes it raises the cortisol.
Rachael Novak:
[7:31] Level in my body so much it puts me in fight or flight mode i feel more.
Mike Novak:
[7:35] Inflamed after doing that you lock up you look like this, like why are you so tense just it's very stressful it's just cold water no it's like it literally like makes me put like fight or flight when i'm like so stressed in there you look stressed right now just talking about yeah exactly.
Rachael Novak:
[7:57] So we're gonna we're gonna let that go so anyway it's cold plunging.
Mike Novak:
[7:59] Obviously drinking coffee or.
Rachael Novak:
[8:01] Tea yes like a lot of us that's that's a critical point in the morning and i like to enjoy people say oh don't forget to drink your green.
Mike Novak:
[8:08] Smoothie oh yeah definitely with you on that one i think that that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard like when people think that being healthy is drinking a green smoothie. I think that's.
Rachael Novak:
[8:17] And to be clear, there's a place for greens.
Mike Novak:
[8:19] No, I drink green smoothies.
Rachael Novak:
[8:21] Right.
Mike Novak:
[8:21] But if that is your definition of following a nutrient-based healthy diet, that's not it. Yeah, fair enough. You know, like you can't go drink a green smoothie in the morning, have a hot dog for lunch, and consider yourself winning.
Rachael Novak:
[8:35] Fair enough. You know, a lot of people will be like, oh, what you'll do sometimes at night, if you're tired, if you're after a long day, like, you'll kind of do the, oh, I'll just do that in the morning. I'll just pack my meals fresh in the morning. I'll just do these things fresh in the morning. But then you get up and now you're having to yet make another decision and do more action. And you've added more to your to-do list in the morning when, to your point, let's get into what you should be doing in the morning. What should your morning actually look like?
Mike Novak:
[9:04] Yeah, I mean, for me, I know you have meditation here. I think meditation is a good morning routine. you know i i think that like some kind of intentional quiet time is good where you have time
to reflect on your day like we you know we do the stacking in the mornings so i think there are things that should be done for sure but i think that you can take it to a point of excessiveness where you're just kind of delaying actually doing something productive you know so there's that's the.
Rachael Novak:
[9:29] Balance to me yeah.
Mike Novak:
[9:30] Exactly yeah you know craig craig valentine just released his book the dark side of discipline definitely a good read for people out there and and craig talks a lot about how the dark side of discipline is allocating your discipline to things that don't align with your ultimate goals, right? Just doing things that are kind of wasting time and that aren't actually productive. And that's a really good valid.
Rachael Novak:
[9:51] Point that he has. It's a super valid point.
Mike Novak:
[9:53] Yeah, I think. He's anti-cold plunge too, for the record. I know. I love that guy. It's because he's so small.
Rachael Novak:
[9:59] Okay. Yeah. So have that in common. Okay, great. Yeah. I mean, I think that, you know, To your point, the more you can set yourself up at night, and we're going to get into our specific tips, the specific system that we personally utilize every single night. But if night you can set you up for morning you, morning you can actually enjoy the quiet time and actually take that time to reflect or journal or read or meditate and drink your coffee in peace for that 30 minutes or whatever it is that you take without having to feel rushed. It's the rushed mornings that result in a really frustrating day because you
Setting Up for Success.
Rachael Novak:
[10:37] don't feel like you've done everything you needed to do you don't feel set up for.
Mike Novak:
[10:41] Success right so.
Rachael Novak:
[10:43] Why do you think i'll see how i feel in the morning like why is that a lie that so many people believe and put weight.
Mike Novak:
[10:53] In i'm probably the wrong person to ask to be totally honest with you because you're never gonna feel good in the morning you're like you're going to feel tired you're gonna feel groggy that's just how everybody feels when they first wake up you know like i've yet to meet anyone who wakes
up super alert and like level 10 like there's it's like you know, It's like starting up a car takes a few minutes to get running. You know what I mean? So if you're trying to make those decisions while you're in that state, that's a state that's not going to give you a good decision making framework.
Rachael Novak:
[11:22] It's like the non-committal commitment, right? Like somebody asked me to go do something like work out in the morning, right? Not me personally, but say somebody asks you to work out in the morning, say, well, you know, I've had a pretty long week. I'll see how I feel in the morning and let you know. Like that's a non-committal commitment. You've not actually committed to that commitment. You're not committed to anything.
Mike Novak:
[11:43] Yeah. You've committed to seeing how you feel. You're just kicking the can down the road. And inevitably, you're just, you're not being honest with yourself because you could just say right now you're not going to do it, which is what.
Rachael Novak:
[11:52] You really mean. Exactly. That's exactly right. Do you think that's part of the lie? Like people want to believe that they have the good intention, but they don't want to be committed to the action?
Mike Novak:
[12:05] Possibly. I think a lot of people just don't realize that they rise or fall to the level of their systems. I mean, I think it's literally that.
Rachael Novak:
[12:12] Yeah.
Mike Novak:
[12:13] I mean, because we're relying on. Nobody wants to intentionally fail.
Rachael Novak:
[12:15] Right? Of course. Right. So they do think like if people have the intention to get up and then they realize that they don't feel like it the next morning, that that is a valid enough excuse to say, well, I wasn't feeling well or I didn't get good sleep or.
Mike Novak:
[12:31] Well, yeah. I mean, people justify anything they want.
Rachael Novak:
[12:33] In their mind. Right. Exactly. So how do we save as much decision energy as possible for the big stuff? So we've got to have and maintain the discipline each night to set morning you up to simply execute it, right? So meals, clothes for the ladies, especially hair. How am I doing my hair? You see me in my bonnet and putting my crazy curls in sometimes because I'm like, I have to think about how long it takes me to do my hair in the morning, a lady.
Mike Novak:
[13:04] Well, don't brush past the meals made part because that really does connect into, you know, your fitness and then your energy level, right? And nobody wants to prep their food the morning when they wake up. Like people are just, again, kicking the can down the road. And everybody, they're going to run out of time to do it. And then they're not going to have their meals. They're going to go grab fast food or whatever else is convenient that next day.
Nighttime Routine Tips.
Mike Novak:
[13:27] And now you have this like cascading dissension into bad habits.
Rachael Novak:
[13:31] Right? Right. Exactly. So, yeah, I mean, let's let's let's just jump right into it then. Like the system that we utilize in regards to our nighttime routine tips. Number one, like you just said, meals for the next day could easily be done. And we almost always are prepping our meals simultaneously to making dinner.
Mike Novak:
[13:49] Yeah, it's an easy synergy. You're already in the kitchen. Why not just do multiple things at the same time? It doesn't really take.
Rachael Novak:
[13:54] That much more time. Exactly. Like you're literally putting food together. You're literally in the kitchen by the fridge, by the stove, doing all the things. And when you're consciously taking the time to do that the night before, you're making much better decisions of what you're setting yourself up for the next day. Like you said before, if I get up in the morning and I'm just trying to throw stuff into bins, I may not weigh it as well. Obviously not right now, but I may not weigh it or I might not, I might portion it or I might not put anything and say, I'll just find something at the store or I'll run down to Safeway and grab a sandwich. Like, you're not making conscious good decisions, which, like you said, will cascade into fitness. Like, if you have big body goals where you're looking to drop fat or you're looking to build muscle or you're looking to really change your physique and update your fitness, you know, your body domain, and you're not intentionally putting meals together that align with those goals, you're not going to freaking hit your goal. So meals are absolutely critical for doing the night before for the next day it's going to save you the time the money the energy the decision energy the next day not even having to think about it because they're already packed i love this one this is you have this pretty down on lockdown but setting a bedtime alarm.
Mike Novak:
[15:09] Yeah no i love this one because i feel like if you don't do this, you kind of lose track of where your night is at. And then, you know, you get caught up doing things, hanging out with the family, sitting around BS and you look at your watch and it's like 1030 at night and you just completely screwed your morning over. Right. So the science shows that getting up at the same time is very, very important. Like you're better off actually getting up at the same time and being tired than you
are sleeping in. It's, it's better for your system and your circadian rhythm. But then it was also the same thing. Right your body wants you to go to.
Rachael Novak:
[15:41] Bed at the same time which takes discipline and this is this is the trigger for the nighttime routine this is one that i'm i haven't been as good at because i do exactly what you just said where i'm sitting around chatting with our teenagers and we're catching up on our days and all of a sudden i look i'm like oh shoot it's 9 15 it's past my bedtime i didn't even realize it especially as we get into summer and the days are longer so setting a bedtime alarm is kind of the trigger for the nighttime routine and if you're like michael and you can just go straight to bed, like be asleep in two seconds. Great. For me, I have like a whole routine. There's skincare and there's hair and there's brushing the teeth. There's all these things. My poor Michael's like, you know, asleep for 20 minutes by the time I get to bed. But if you have a long routine, reverse engineer that alarm, right? Reverse engineer your timing. So if I want to be in bed by nine, I need to start my bedtime routine, which includes going upstairs and getting into jammies and all things by like 8.30. Like it's a whole process.
Mike Novak:
[16:41] And you got to also reverse engineer what time that bedtime alarm should be based off of how much sleep you need and what time you're going to wake up, right? You know, everyone needs different amounts of sleep. Some people get away on five hours, some people need eight hours. But if you need eight hours and you're going to be an early riser, you're going to need to get to bed much.
Rachael Novak:
[16:54] Much earlier. Exactly, yep. So you've got obviously prepping your meals, setting your bedtime alarm. One of the things that I do during the nighttime routine is number three, which is a brain dump. This is something that we picked up from Craig Ballantyne years and years and years.
Rachael Novak:
[17:09] But, you know, every single one of us, when we lay down in bed, especially like we get into bed and there's 477 things floating around in our brains that we need to do, that we're thinking about, that we want to catch up on, that I, oh, I have a great idea for this one thing over here in this part of our life. You know, our head hits the pillow and then thoughts are swirling. And so one of the things that I do every single night is I'll get into bed and then you'll typically see me pick up my phone again and I'm pulling up my do app or my warrior app and putting on my to-do list all the things that are running through my brain. Because i think again night you needs to set morning you up for success and if night you has all these great ideas and all these to-dos that need to get done and you're remembering all these things that maybe oh that's right i need to close that loop with that one person or whatever it is if you are not documenting that in real time morning you won't remember morning you isn't you you're foggy you're groggy you're not going to remember all the things and all those great ideas so have the discipline to do a brain dump put it in the do app put it in your warrior app if you're in the warrior system you know even a note in apple notes or whatever put it somewhere even a piece of paper and a pen um just get out of your head get it out of your head yes you'll sleep better knowing that all of your to-dos are written down living outside of.
Mike Novak:
[18:28] Your brain yeah i think that and then meditation before bed those two things are hand in hand you know the brain dump clears your you know what's going.
Rachael Novak:
[18:37] On the business.
Mike Novak:
[18:37] Of your brain and then the meditation really slows your brain down a little bit and allows you.
Rachael Novak:
[18:42] To relax that has become actually a very integral part of my falling to, routine. I didn't, I never thought of myself as somebody who could slow down enough for meditation at all, but it has become like a staple in my night when I finally like it. Okay. All this stuff out of my brain and I'm laying there to be able to put on a meditation and listen to it and drift off typically in the meditation or right immediately afterward. It's like, okay, like I feel at peace. I feel centered. I feel focused. I'm like ready to deep go into a deep sleep. So really really good one another one next one is is very simple but think about everything that you're going to need the next day and set everything out make it easy to grab right clothes shoes products food like keep it all somewhere where all you have to do is go grab put in a bag or prep.
Mike Novak:
[19:37] Your gym have your gym bag.
Rachael Novak:
[19:38] Ready yeah prep your prep your your work bag put your laptop in your work bay or near the charger like as efficient as possible the night before so the morning of you're just picking up and going again taking the action executing what night you set you up for don't leave things to oh i gotta remember to grab this out of the cabinet and then i gotta oh i gotta pull that from the closet i gotta make sure bring that today like when you do when you leave things to memory for the next morning that's not setting morning you up for success at all make it just stupid easy to.
Mike Novak:
[20:11] Grab and go.
Rachael Novak:
[20:11] Yeah one thing that we've kind of changed in the last couple of months is reading before bed we don't do this every night because we meditate but instead of scrolling tv like that's filling you with content right like you're you're just consuming when you're when you're reading or where you're watching whereas reading really relaxes your brain it it's easier on your eyes it feeds your brain as opposed to just fills you with.
Mike Novak:
[20:42] Content yeah like we're different on this one because you like won't go to sleep if the.
Rachael Novak:
[20:46] Tv is on.
Mike Novak:
[20:47] And for me i will fall asleep but i won't.
Rachael Novak:
[20:50] Stay asleep.
Mike Novak:
[20:50] Right you know what i.
Rachael Novak:
[20:51] Mean right it's very distracting for me i'm like i'm like one of those hardcore people always have in my whole life where if a movie's on no matter what time of day or night i'm staying up to watch simply i'm lucky to make it through the opening yeah and then we married each other right like so if you're like me and you will stay up and watch whatever or like if a netflix show is on and it's like really good and that's cliffhangers like i have to turn it off midway through the episode before it gets to the cliffhanger otherwise i won't sleep well so like know that about yourself so if you do because obviously on the weekends a lot of times we will watch netflix or watch a couple of shows or whatever, but limit it. Like, be conscious of what time you're watching till, even on the weekends. Really, really important.
Mike Novak:
[21:37] What was that Netflix show we just watched? The country one? Oh, shoot. Rambler Country or something like that?
Rachael Novak:
[21:43] Yeah, I don't remember. It's with Josh Do-Em-All.
Mike Novak:
[21:45] Yeah, it was really good, though. But yeah, we like binge-watched that one.
Rachael Novak:
[21:49] But again, like every episode ends with a cliffhanger. I can't like, I'm like.
Mike Novak:
[21:55] I gotta watch at least like 10 minutes of the first next episode. Yeah, no, I've looked over before at night and it's like one in the morning. I fall asleep like nine and you're still like. It's not one in the morning. It's like 11 though.
Rachael Novak:
[22:05] Yes, it's late.
Mike Novak:
[22:06] It's late for sure. It's late.
Rachael Novak:
[22:08] All right. The next one that I think a lot of people don't talk about, but is so important and what we've really, really, really invested in the last
Investing in Sleep Comfort.
Rachael Novak:
[22:15] couple of years is investing in your sleep. Comfort. People don't think about this. The mattress that you sleep on, the pillows that you sleep with, the sheets that you sleep in, the eye mask that you wear, these things all affect your sleep. And if you're still sleeping on the old mattress that you had when you were in your early 20s, or if you're still using the same old dingy pillows that you use and they're lumpy and you don't really sleep well on them, like freaking prioritize some funds to go invest in some really comfortable pillows and a really comfortable duvet cover and some good sheets.
Mike Novak:
[22:54] Yeah, like I track my sleep really closely, as you know, and I sleep dramatically better with a down pillow. I know it sounds kind of bougie, but I just get a.
Rachael Novak:
[23:02] Lot better sleep.
Mike Novak:
[23:02] You're a bit of a princess when it comes to it's got to be two down pillows properly fluffed.
Rachael Novak:
[23:09] Well, and we've also added sleep masks in the last couple of years for like true blackout and then i've added we both added earplugs and that that okay is fair enough that has to be kind of seasonal dependent because i couldn't wear earplugs when the kids were younger right like you've got when you've got little kids i get it for sure but i also didn't get a full night's sleep for like 10 years so but since then yes so pillows sheets sleep masks earplugs we've also invested in a small sound machine which white noise yeah having like a white noise machine, that's actually been really, really helpful because you're not hearing noises in the neighborhood or you're not hearing creaks in the house.
Mike Novak:
[23:48] Was it the river sound you liked or was it the rain sound? It's the storm.
Rachael Novak:
[23:52] There's one that you didn't like.
Mike Novak:
[23:53] I didn't like the rain. Or was it the beach?
Rachael Novak:
[23:55] I don't like the beach. I mean, I do like the beach, but I didn't like that sound machine's
beach imitation. I like the storm. I like the thunder and the rain sound.
Mike Novak:
[24:06] It's like, oh, it's... You can buy these on Amazon for like 20 bucks.
Rachael Novak:
[24:09] It's a game changer. It really is. Like, and it's these, it's just these little bitty things that like, when you go to bed, like you've done your night routine. Now you're on your way to bed. When you get really good sleep, it helps tremendously being able to get up in the morning and execute at a high level, whatever night you set.
Mike Novak:
[24:27] You up for. What about the temperature in the room? I mean, that's another big thing for us. Like neither one of us sleep.
Rachael Novak:
[24:31] Good if it's warm. Yeah, that's a really good point. Yeah, we actually got like, obviously, we have air conditioning, we have a heat pump, but we also invested in an air conditioner, like a window air conditioner for our bedroom to make it even colder. So I think our room sits. What, 58 degrees?
Mike Novak:
[24:48] It's cold. Yeah, it's right on the edge of 60. Very cold. But it allows us to get much.
Rachael Novak:
[24:52] Much better sleep. Yeah, and then we've got really heavy blankets and sheets, so. And the other thing, quick tip, especially for the ladies, and maybe men do this too, but I always have like a full water bottle and my chapstick right.
Mike Novak:
[25:06] On my nightstand. Why do you need chapstick.
Rachael Novak:
[25:07] When you're sleeping? Just when you go to bed and you have dry lips, you don't sleep as well. I have to put chapstick on before I go to sleep, and I wake up feeling moisturized.
Mike Novak:
[25:16] All right. What about supplementation for better sleep?
Rachael Novak:
[25:20] Anything there? Oh, yeah. I mean, I don't personally take anything, but when I need to, which isn't really often, I mean, I've taken melatonin.
Mike Novak:
[25:29] Yeah, in small doses, melatonin's good. It can make you feel groggy.
Rachael Novak:
[25:33] For sure.
Mike Novak:
[25:34] Exactly. There's a number of different supplements that are out there. You just got to try different ones, see which one works for you. But Hit the Rack from Troponin Nutrition is really good. That's got like a time-released melatonin, which is really good. And it's also got like a chamomile thing in there. And then that new one that I just got.
Rachael Novak:
[25:48] The Somodamax, has been really good. Good. Yeah. No, especially for bigger guys, like, you know, sometimes you're not comfortable at night or there's, you know, you've got a lot of mass on your body that you're trying to sleep with and roll around with. So really taking a supplement that relaxes your system, that lets you fall into that deep sleep is super important for sure.
Mike Novak:
[26:08] Yeah. And CPAP too.
Creating Your System.
Rachael Novak:
[26:09] For you. Yep. Big guys for sure. Well, anything else on night routine? Like, how does night you set you up for morning you?
Mike Novak:
[26:17] I think this is just all about having a system, like create your system, rip off and duplicate the points we just gave you, but make it your own and then just follow it. You know, like if you don't have a system, you're going to.
Rachael Novak:
[26:29] Set yourself up to fail. That's right. Yeah. And this is obviously geared toward people who want to accomplish big things every day.
Mike Novak:
[26:35] Right. You want to be a high cheater. You know, Bud Light Billy, and you want to sleep until nine o'clock in the morning and limp your way out of bed and half-ass the way through the day, then you're probably not listening to our podcast. Yeah, you're probably not listening to this. But this isn't talking to you. And that dig on hot dogs you might be offended by. Love it. Well, that's it, guys.
Rachael Novak:
[26:53] Short and sweet. We wanted to share kind of exactly what we do, our nighttime routine. So set that bedtime alarm. Get that brain dump. Set your morning you up for success by night you staying disciplined every single day. And you're going to have some massive success throughout your day. See you next week.