What do you do when you wake up in the morning? Do you brush your teeth, take a shower, and eat a bowl of oatmeal? Maybe you go for a run before the rest of the house is up or maybe you press the snooze and lie in bed, going over your day\u2019s goals. Whatever you do, if you do it relatively consistently, it is a ritual.<\/p>\n
There are too many rituals to count. There are rituals for mourning, healing, fertility, and war. Though interesting in their own right, these are not the rituals of productivity. Unlike rituals performed in response to particular events, it is routine rituals that feed our daily lives.<\/p>\n
The very act of ritual helps people achieve peak performance. Sports players are a case in point. Many of their rituals are superstitious and seemingly superfluous, and yet studies find that even poorly-designed rituals positively influence performance.<\/p>\n\t\t