Most successful entrepreneurs and writers have a morning routine that helps them get ready for the day.

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He wanted to get ready for the day when the sellers' market ended and real marketing would be required.

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She gets up at 5:30am every morning, leaves the house about the time the kids and I are rising, goes in early to work to get things ready for the day, spends the school hours teaching lessons about mathematics, literature, science, civics, citizenship, friendship, achievement, disappointment, dedication, right, wrong, pride, humility, and more, and stays late to organize materials and set up special projects.

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Working with and under strong leadership makes a person want to wake up in the morning and get ready and excited for the work day ahead of them.

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You have to get yourself ready for the next day.

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Later in the day, he traveled to Ohio to get ready for the debate, and made some door-to-door visits with prospective voters near Toledo, Ohio.

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Cross-platform support has been part of the plan "since day one" and Marc and co. are working to get each app ready for the service's launch this fall.

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The next day I follow a US Airways Philly-bound commuter into the sky and get ready for 11 more hours of flying, determined to make North Platte, Nebr.

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