So what do you do at night before you sleep? Do you watch television? Do you surf the web and this is how you found this blog? Or do you spend quality time with your family?What about successful people? What do they do at night before they sleep? Here are 10 things they do1. Wrap up the dayDecide that the day has ended and you will go into another phase of the day. If you work until 6 pm, make sure that you get your work done and end your day so you can focus on another part of your life. Life is short, you want to do as much as possible. So if you have promised dinner with your family, make sure you do that.You have to allocate your time for each category well. Sleep, work and time for other activities. You already allocate most of your time to sleep and work, thus, when the clock hits 6 pm or 7 pm, just stop and spend the rest of the day doing other important activities in your life.2. Read booksMany successful people in the world are voracious readers. They read and they learn from what others talk about. Do you know that reading and learning can shortcut your journey to success? In fact, many great people including Bill Gates, read books or articles until they feel tired and then go to bed after.Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, recently told the Guardian that he gets home around 8 pm and then reads to his daughters.They usually win and get two or three books, he says.3. Spend quality time with family and friendsYep, success starts from within. You have to spend quality time with your family and friends in order to get connected and stay connected. Some people choose to meet up with their friends every Wednesday, and the rest of the days they will just spend time with their family members. It all depends on how you allocate your time.4. Plan and get ready for the next dayThis is one of the most important things you can do before you sleep. Planning for tomorrow, writing down what you need to do and get ready for the next day to come. For instance, most people will iron their clothes and get all the relevant documents that they need to use for the next day ready before they sleep. You should do the same.If you do this, you will wake up and know exactly what you need to do the next day. You will become more effective and more productive because youre ready and everything is within your reach. Conversely, if youre not ready for the next day, imagine what can go wrong. You wake up late, cant find your clothes to iron, you forget where you put your important documents for meeting, etc. Your day will be in a mess. So always plan your coming days the night before.5. Unplug from the worldEnough of the working world? You may want to get unplug from everything. This is especially crucial in our modern world where anyone can connect to you and distract your moment. Your phone can ring anytime if you did not turn it off. There are times where you want to get disconnected and stay away from your work. There are also times when you want to just be alone. Studies have shown that when you are alone, you are more engaged with yourself.6. MeditationAnother great thing you may want to practice at night. Meditation is good for both your mental health and physical health. Meditation works as a recharge for your energy and get you focus in what you want. You feel deeply relaxed after the hustle and bustle of the day. Now it is time for you to stay relax for both your mind and your body. So learn to practice meditation each night before you sleep. You can start with just five to 10 minutes.7. Envision tomorrowOne of the best ways to get ready for whats coming is to envision it. Just like how visualization works, when you think about your perfect days, you will be more prepared and have the confidence to go through everything that comes along.Spend at least five minutes thinking about the next day before you sleep. Envision what you will do and how you will do it. Imagine who you will talk to and how you are going to deal with it. Of course, when you envision it, you must envision everything going smooth and in perfect manner. All problems arises will be solved by you, and this is how you can really come up with a productive days.8. Write down accomplishments for the dayWhat have you accomplished during the day? Some people will say none because they dont think they are productive on the day.When you feel grateful that you have proper lunch, proper dinner and able to get home safely and able to spend great moments with your family, you will feel deep joy within. On the other hand, if you dont feel thankful for all that you have, you will feel stressed, pressured and insufficient. You will have the feeling of not enough even if you already have everything.Therefore, write down at least three to five things that you appreciated and have accomplished during the day every night when you plan for the next day. Write down big and small successes you have done. Even if it is just a phone call, five minutes reading, etc. Write them down and practice the habit of appreciation.9. Get things doneWill you go to the next day with unfinished work? If you know you still have one task to do but it is already night fall, would you sleep and get it done tomorrow? Well it depends on your personality and how much time the task is going to take.Most successful people will get things done before they go to bed. They are committed and make sure that they get every important thing done as promised. For example, if you still have clients with whom to follow up, and it is already 6 pm or 7 pm where you want to leave the office, what you can do is to reply their email telling them that you will follow up with them the next day. At least this will help you to ease your tension and let your client know that you did not neglect them.10. Get enough sleepDo you have enough sleep? And do you know that getting enough hours of sleep is one of the most important energy sources for you when you wake up the next day? If you dont get enough sleep, you will feel lethargic and tired. You will not be able to get things done and have a productive day if youre tired.

If you want to be a successful entrepreneur (or successful at anything) you have to know how to get stuff done. These 21 successful young entrepreneurs shared their bestproductivity advice.1. Schedule tasks like college classesMichael Pomposello, 24-year-old founder of Influencer Connect, says you shouldschedule your tasks on your calendar, during set times just like college classes.A task I estimate will take 15 minutes to complete will usuallybe done in 10 or 15 since I am focused on getting that done during the set time. Withoutsetting a deadline I may wander and do other things causing this one taskto take 30 or even 45 minutes.2.Delete it, dont reschedule itOmer Perchik, 30-year-old founder of Any.do, says you should be realistic about what is important and realistic to get done.When you find yourself constantly rescheduling something, you need to askwhether it actually *needs* to be on your task list. The most successfulpeople really know how to focus on their priorities, so theyre comfortablewith deleting tasks that arent highly relevant. 3. Avoid distractionsShannon Palme, 28-year-old founder ofShannon Palme Web & Graphic Design, says you have to avoid distractions at all cost.Its really tempting when youre acting as your own boss to visit time-sucking websites like Facebook and Reddit, and what you might intend as a 10 minute break can easily turn into losing hours of valuable work time.I use a free extension for Chrome called Block Site,so that Im not able to visit websites that distract me while Im working.4. Never ever answer the phonePaula Rizzo, 34-year-old founder of listproducer.com, says you should never ever pick up the phone unless you are expecting the call.Never, ever answer your phone. Not unless the person on the otherline has an appointment to talk to you right at that moment. This will cutdown on distractions and derailing your day!5. Stay on top of your healthSelena Narayanasamy, 29-year-old founder of Orthris, says you have to take care of your health.You have to build in time to work out and manage your health. Atypical day for me involves a set number of working hours, time to actuallymake or grab something healthy to eat, and I schedule in (yes,actually schedule in) my workout hours. Even though Im working less, Ihave a higher output and Im more responsive and helpful tomy clients.6. Have a morning brain purgeJay Clouse, 23-year-old COOof Tixers, says you should dump everything out of your mind first thing in the morning.For the first 1-1.5 hours of my day, my brain is not prepared to start work. I work out every day, soI can order my thoughts while I work out, andalsoknock off one of my daily needs. This prevents me fromtrying to end work early to get to the gym, because its already done.7. Create a sustainable routineSeanDudayev, 24-year-old Founder of InsureChance, says you should have a daily routine that you can stick to.When building a company its easy to get caught up in a fast paced, energydrink, fast food fueled nights turning into mornings work hours. Howeverthat is simply not sustainable in the long run. Eventually you willexperience a burn out that makes every mole hill seem like a mountain. Thefix to this is establishing a routine daily to make sure you hit on all thethings that will create long term, sustainable progress. I was able to dothis without sacrificing work ethic, which is a fear for most youngentrepreneurs. 8.Always set deadlinesTyler Brewer, 24-year-old founder of co-creator of Spontivity, says you should have a deadline for everything.Whether its making a decision, writing a blog, or completing a task, everything needs a deadline. Entrepreneurs are inundated with a variety of tasks everyday and being efficient was something I was terrible at before I started setting a deadline for everything I did. Decisions need to be made promptly and setting deadlines helps those decisions get made. 9. Set a specific time of the day to check emailJenelleAugustin, 25-year-old founder ofRESTore Silk, says you have to set aside only one specific time each day for email.Set a specific time of day to check email to avoid distractions. If I do not need to be on the Internet, I put my devices on airplane mode until my task is finished. I learned this out of necessity to keep myself from getting distracted so easily.10. Turn off email notificationsMarcGuberti, 16-year-old co-founder of Teenager Entrepreneur, says you dont need to be interruptedevery time you get an email.Each time I saw the new email notification, I always felt obliged to see what that message was. Each time you look at your inbox, you are losing valuable time. When I am working on creating a product, I remove the mail icon from my Macs home screen. That way, I am not even tempted to look at my inbox since I cannot see it.11. Batch your tasksTiffany Mason, 24-year-old founder ofMason Coaching and Consulting, says you should batch your tasks.I discovered this tip after listening to an audio from motivationalspeaker, Brian Tracy. He recommends that you should batch your tasks. Forexample, check and respond to emails all at once. Make your phone callsall at once.This saves you a lot of time. I check my email once a day at1pmand I make my phone calls once a day at2pm.12. Create a weekly strategy documentJason Parks, 26-year-old Owner of The Media Captain, says you should create a strategy before beginning every week.Each weekon Sundaymorning, I sit down for 60-90 minutes and make astrategy document for what I want to accomplish for the upcoming workweek.I am able to create a to-do list but more importantly, I come up withproactive ideas for the company. The key to success for this strategydocument is having a clear mind. 13. Get to inbox zero every daySean Butler, 25-year-old founding member of LeanBox, says you should clear out your inbox every day.There is a tremendous amount of additional data to manage,and I work from our headquarters, our operations center, and remotely. Ilike to work from desktop computers, so I have a different computer at eachspace and a tablet that I use remotely. The only way to manage everythingwithout losing my mindandsleep is by keeping my email inbox to zero at theend of every day.14. Dothe one thing that would make you satisfied with your dayGreg Archbald, 29-year-old founder of GreaseBook, says you should identify what would make your day a success.Ask yourself, whats the one thing I could accomplish today that wouldmake me satisfied with my day?Now, block out at 2-3 hours to focus on that one, stinking item. Letthe rest of the urgent BS fade to the background.15. PrioritizeMatthew Eagan, 30-year-old CEOof imagefreedom, says you must prioritize your tasks by what will get you results.Prioritize the things that must happen without forgetting the things thatshould happen as those always seem to be the biggest revenue generators.16. Use thePomodoro TechniqueShaun Walker, 30-year-old cofounder of HEROFarm, recommends using the Pomodoro Technique to improve your energy level.Follow the Pomodoro Technique, and move around at least once an hour to getthe blood flowing.There are five basic steps to implementing the technique:1. Decide on the task to be done2. Set the Pomodoro timer to *n* minutes (traditionally 25)3. Work on the task until the timer rings; record with an *x*4. Take a short break (35 minutes)5. After four Pomodori, take a longer break (1530 minutes)17. Run every task through an impactvs. effort analysisJoshua Dziabiak, 27-year-old founder of The Zebra, says you have to understand the amount of impact a task will have relative to the amount of effort it takes.As an entrepreneur, you have to make peace with the fact that your to-do list is never going to be truly complete. Ive found that its less important for me to get every single thing on my list completed, and more important for me to instead fully tackle the things that immediately move the needle. By constantly asking yourself which tasks require the least effort but yield the most impact, you will move faster toward your larger goal. 18. Never, ever procrastinateVincent Dolliole Jr., 19-year-old fashion blogger, warns that procrastination will steal your life away if you let it.So many people my age and younger let procrastination get the best of them. WhenI dont feel like doing something I just ask myself this question: Ifprocrastination was a thief who was blatantly and continually stealingmoney from me, would I continue to let him do it? Asking myself thatquestion is usually enough give me amassive surge of motivation.19. Work even whenyou dont feel like itCody McClain, 24-year-old founder ofWireFuseMedia, says you still have to do the stuff you dont want to do.As an entrepreneur for 10 years now, Ive learned that you have to do things even if you dont feel like it. There is nobody above you forcing you to do the difficult parts. At some point I realized this is not school anymoreandthere is noteacher giving me an assignment that is due next week. Part of becoming anentrepreneur is realizing there is never a right time to do the things youneed to do in order to move the business forward.20. Journal daily, even when it seems like theres no timeAnna DiTommaso, 25-year-old founder of Creative80, says you should journal every single day no matter what.Writing is a way to help process things. It clears your mind of thoughtsthat would otherwise sap your energy and provides a sounding board forideas. Thats important when you work alone. It also gives you a point ofreference for when you fall on tough times and want to find your way backto good. When I write on a daily basis, I am much more productive and holdmyself to much higher standards. Even when I am working a 14 hour day, Irealize the necessity of writing.21. Set fun activities outside of workTim Halberg, 34-year-old founder ofTim Halberg Photography, says you should schedule fun activities outside work to motivate you to finish on time.Scheduleactivities outside of work, like a round of golf in the afternoon. Ive found this forces me to get my work done in time to get out the door. Its funny how much you can get done when presented with a hard deadline. I discovered this by taking a two week backpacking trip and realizing my business was caught up before I left and that nothing died while I wasgone. I decided I needed to recreate this as a normal piece of my weekly schedule.