How To Sharpen Your Mind In Just 15 Minutes A Day

Lukas Schwekendiek
4 min readAug 4, 2023
Photo by Alin Andersen on Unsplash

#1 — Spend 5 Minutes Planning The Day Ahead.

Think about what is the most important thing you must do today.

If you do this right one thing will be in the forefront: Your bigger picture.

It is in remembering why we do what we do, in seeing our dream in our minds eye, and in refocusing on what is truly important that our mind stays sharp.

Without this we get swept away by the troubles and small things that happen throughout the day.

We get swept away by other people’s dreams.

What is the most important thing you need to get done today?

Why do you need to get that particular thing done?

What would be the most uncomfortable thing you could do that would yield the best results?

Start with that and then plan that activity in, going down the list until the 5 minutes are up.

Even if you do not end up planning the entire day this way, you still get to have the mental wherewithal to push for what truly matters.

Doing this part every day gets you trained to keep this mindset throughout the day.

This is usually what sets the calm and collected, the leaders and the highly-productive, apart from…

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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