Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

How to develop good morning habits

Start your week with some tips on how to start your day to optimise for good habits for poker and life.





We don't believe that watching a motivational video will suddenly make you a great poker player, consistent good habits and a commitment to learning will. However, it is undeniable that a short term boost of inspiration can start a positive snowball effect. 

Every Monday morning at SpinLegends we share a 'Monday Motivation' video to get our players in the right frame of mind. Whether it's poker, chess, sport, business or study, the lessons are always universal, so we want to get you pumped in the same way. 

Whether you are a morning person or not, how you start your day has a massive influence on the rest of your day, week, year and life. If you exercise and eat a healthy breakfast you are much more likely to have a healthy lunch, and so on. So check out this video on long lasting habits to get you performing well all week long. 

It's often hard to start your Monday morning well as a poker player because we typically play late on Sunday evenings. However, the whole point about developing good habits is that after a while they should become automatic, so even if you are tired from a big Sunday grind, you should start the week as you mean to go on. 

How do you get pumped to play poker? Share your most inspirational videos in the comments:

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.