Making Your Bed Will Make You More Money (Here’s Why)

Okay, I may be exaggerating a little bit, but bear with me.

Nowadays the online space is full of two types of people: the over-complicators and the over-simplifiers.

You see them all the time.

On one side people tell you to have a 2-hour morning routine.

On the other side, people tell you to wake up and just work, that a routine is useless.

On one side people tell you to make your bed.

On the other side, people tell you not to make your bed, that it is a waste of time.

(In my opinion, if you’re more than 12 years old and don’t make your bed daily, you’re a goddamn loser.)

On one side people tell you to go vegan.

On the other side, people tell you to go full carnivore, that we are designed to only eat meat.

And you can find this kind of polarization for most things.

And it is normal.

That’s how we, humans are.

We tend to have biases.

We tend to think that there is one right way and one wrong way.

But how accurate is this way of thinking?

Is everything black and white?

Or can we get good points from both sides of the spectrum?

We sure can, and it is called Non-Binary Thinking.

I will write about this in the future but just know that all it means is that you stop seeing stuff in 2 colors (black & white), and realize that there can be shades to those 2 colors (gray).

With that in mind, you will start to see the world in a different way.

Now you don’t see “routines work vs routines don’t work”.

You can now extrapolate from those two standpoints, do some critical thinking, and say:

“Hey, maybe it’s not about this or that, maybe I can incorporate the two into my life”

99% of the time, the correct answer lies in the middle, not in the extremes.

Win In Private Every Single Day

If you’ve read The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, you probably remember something about “Private Victories.”

If you haven’t read it, all it means is that our self-worth and confidence comes from doing what we know we have to do every day.

Or, put it another way, winning in private.

The more private victories you accumulate, the bigger your confidence and self-worth gets.

And if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.

The only real way to become confident in yourself and in your abilities is to make commitments and keep them. Be a person of your word.

When you say to yourself: “I’m gonna do this every single day and I’m going to do it as good as I can,” and then you keep that promise and stay true to it, you’re life is gonna change.

With that in mind, in my opinion, making your bed is one of the best ways to win daily.

Here’s why:

1) It is easy to do

Habits are all about being accessible and starting small.

If you tried to start going to the gym 6x a week instead of 3x at the beginning, you’d probably fail.

Most people try this “All or Nothing” mentality when starting with new habits and that’s why they never achieve anything.

You have to ease yourself into stuff otherwise you’ll probably quit.

Now, if you’re like me, you can try to do the “All or Nothing.” That’s how I started going to the gym. I started going 6x per week at the very beginning.

But chances are you have pretty low willpower and starting small will help you.

According to Atomic Habits by James Clear (a book that I highly recommend too,) you need 4 things for a habit to stick.

Obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying.

And I think making your bed ticks all the boxes.

Not only because it takes 5 minutes at most, but because it can set you up for the day.

2) You build momentum

Sometimes, all you need is to take the first step. From there, everything else falls into place.

Winning your day is all about momentum.

When you crush a habit, you can’t help but crush the next one and the next one.

If you’ve followed a daily routine successfully, you know how the feeling is.

And making your bed will help with that.

If you start your day by making your bed successfully, you’ll feel like a winner.

You will continue to crush task by task on your to-do list.

This is the momentum that most people need.

Most people can’t get out of bed.

Now imagine asking them to get out of bed to immediately start working.

If instead you give them something to look forward to, like a routine or a small habit, it can make stuff easier.

3) It can be the gateway for other improvements

Changing your life is about looking at what you can control.

You can’t change how the world works, but you can change what you do about it.

But you have to start small.

Making your bed is the perfect antidote for chaos.

It can kickstart your journey in taking control of your life by doing those small things.

It can cement your identity as the person who does what needs to be done every single day, even if it’s boring.

You start by making your bed or cleaning your room every day, and without realizing it, you start going to the gym or building something meaningful.

That’s the power of repeated small actions.

Never say: “Oh, that’s too easy for me.”

Because those small actions are the ones capable of changing your whole life.

Conclusion

Now, making your bed won’t make you successful by itself. There’s a lot more to it.

But it will help you develop the traits of successful people.

It will make you more disciplined and organized.

It will give your day more structure.

Which will help you think more clearly and make more money.

So every day from now, make sure you’re making your bed first thing in the morning.

And make sure to make the bed look good so every day at night you can look at the bed and can’t help but feel proud.

That’s how you truly build confidence and self-esteem.

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If you didn’t, also let me know what you didn’t like so I can improve my content for you.

In both cases, thank you for reading this letter. You’re a G.

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That is all from me.

Tu amigo,
- Manuel