My favorite time of the day to do work is right when I get up. That sounds sort of sick, but my head is clear, I haven’t dealt with emails and phone calls, and I can focus. I try to only do my own writing then because it feels like a shame to give the best hour to anyone else.

I’m reminded of an old Oprah about ordinary millionaires in which a librarian became a millionaire by paying herself first. Then she paid the mortgage. This wouldn’t have ever occurred to me as a strategy.

So I’m giving myself the best time first.

What’s your best time of day?