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Kat Storr

The ‘17-minute sprint’ is a mental exercise to avoid morning lethargy and boost productivity - here’s how to do it

Woman stretching arms up to the sky, happy face, in the morning drinking coffee.

I quite often wake up in the morning feeling overwhelmed, and I know I'm not the only one. I immediately start thinking about what lies ahead and how much I have to do. But while my life is very busy, I'm also very good at procrastinating, and I put off even the simplest tasks, only to be surprised by how little time they actually take.

One person who knows how to be more productive is success coach and bestselling author Michael Heppell. He has a simple daily exercise to get every day off to a good start. It's called a '17-minute sprint' - and fortunately for us, it's not the kind of sprint that requires running shoes.

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