You Have to Wake Up Early to Be Successful

Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.

It was one of the first self-improvement books I read.

Being brand new to self-improvement, EVERYTHING in that book was pure gold.

I remember the details of him explaining how much time someone could get back over the course of a year just by waking up one hour earlier each day.

1 hour per day, 365 days = 15.2 days.

“What could someone accomplish if they had 15 more days to work than their competition?”

I’d think to myself. And one of the morning routine frameworks in his book I still apply today… It’s called SAVERS.

• Silence

• Affirmations

• Visualize

• Exercise

• Read

• Scribe (Write)

“Do these six things each morning and you’ll be on your way to success in no time,” the book claimed.

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So, after learning the SAVERS framework and understanding the power of being an early riser, I set my alarm for 5am the next day.

This is the path to success.

Little did I know, I was in for a rude awakening. I followed the routine to a T… for about 3 days.

Each day I woke up absolutely exhausted. Turns out, getting about 5-6 hours of sleep was not ideal. On day four, I missed my alarm… didn’t even hear it… and ended up sleeping for 12 hours.

I thought I’d failed. “I’m not cut out for success,” I thought.

No… looking back, it was my first experiment learning what DIDN’T work for me. That’s all it was. After trying hundreds of different things over the years across all focuses of life, I’ve built a resume of what doesn’t work for me.

That’s all self-improvement is… it’s a journey of finding what works best for you, not learning about what works best for others.

As you go about your days, constantly testing and trying better ways of doing things, don’t be upset if something doesn’t work for you.

If there was only one way to do everything in the world, life would be pretty boring.

Embrace your uniqueness, and embrace who YOU are.

Enjoy the day.

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