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Wakeup Productive: "Morning Success Ritual"

by successhacker
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WakeUp Productive by Eben Pagan is one of the best personal development and productivity course I have gone through. Unfortunately I didn't implement anything from it. :-) Now is the time for action!
For reinforcement I am planning to go through the course videos again. I will take notes and post it here and on my blog:



I will also use this thread to held myself accountable and track my actions and habits....

I am jumping a bit... On first week of the course Eben talks about having a morning success ritual.... First hour is the rudder of the day! It sets the direction and of the day.
If we have great beginning of the day...we will have extraordinary day.. Great day means extraordinary week.. Great week means extraordinary year... and life!
I will post notes when I reach this section of the course ... But here is what I am committing to starting tomorrow?

My "Morning success ritual":


5:30-6:00:

Alarm goes off on my phone at 5:30 AM (Keep the phone away from bed near the bathroom)

Wakeup and jump out of bed! Switch the alarm off!
Wash eyes and face and other stuff. Check weight.
Drink a glass of water.

Make tea.
While drinking tea post on the forum. (Accountability)

6:00-6:30:

Exercise...
Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday:

25 minutes running on treadmill.

Monday. Wednesday. Friday:


Exercise with weights


( Sort of like Body For Life by Bill Phillips regime..)


6:30-7:00:


Brush. Bath. Shave.


7:00-7:20:


10 minutes Pranayama (Breathing exercises)

10 minutes Meditation


7:20-7:30:


Superfood smoothie breakfast.


And all set for a great day!!!!!!!


Toughest challenge will be the first 2 minutes to drag myself out of bed... Strategies to help with this:


1. Post it on the forum every morning. No excuses!
2. Sleep on time. To bed by 10:00 PM. And sleep by 10:30. Trying to wake up at 5:30 while going to bed at 1:30 is foolish... And that's what I have tried to do in the past and failed miserably multiple times.
3. And to be able to sleep by 10:30. I need to make sure no internet at 9:30 PM. No caffeine after 6:00 PM.
4. Plan the next day on PAPER before going to bed.

5. Visualize for 1-2 minutes every night imagining myself jumping out of bed at 5:30 AM. Think about the benefits of waking up early.

6. Keep alarm clock away from bed. I have a timer to switch on plug... Attach it to the table lamp which will ON the light at 5:28 AM.
7. Find an accountability partner??


Anything else?


Time for MASSIVE ACTION!



Others are welcome to join in the challenge!


Anish
#morning success ritual #productive #wakeup
  • Profile picture of the author Komsat
    Holy cow? Go to bed at 10? Wake up at 5:30? I envy your life lol! Me: Go to bed at midnight on a good night, wake up at 4:45 and get moving to my real job! Ironically I've read so many books on sleep and I know the importance of it I do however get a full 8 hours most weekends!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 1: SUCCESS.
    Just now jumped out of bed. Ready for an incredible day!
    I think the battle of waking up early is won the night before by relaxing, visualizing waking up next day and sleeping on time. That's exactly what I did yesterday night.

    Komsat, In fact I envy you. :-) I tried sleeping 4-5 hour earlier but I can't function well the next day.

    Time for my morning jog. Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author eternalsongbird
    I have noticed that when I wake up a beat earlier, I can do a lot of works easily. I get a good time to do my necessary works. So I request everyone to utilize the morning.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    Visualize for 1-2 minutes every night imagining myself jumping out of bed
    at 5:30 PM.
    Maybe your visualising has caused confusion with your times??
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  • Profile picture of the author onestrangepath
    Wow... Love it... Easy to understand. Clear Path. Stay Focused and you will lead the path of champions!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 2 : SUCCESS

    My sleep got disturbed at 3:00 AM. I will take a short nap in the afternoon to stay fresh.

    Yesterday was a very productive day. I could feel the benefits of morning exercise and morning ritual whole day long.

    Time to roll.
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    • Profile picture of the author marioluislopes
      It's a bit hard to do the exact same thing everyday, still there's nothing like discipline to achieve success, thanks -
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 3: SUCCESS!
    Jumped out of bed even before alarm went off.. Again I think the key was to sleep on time.... Yesterday night I was in deep sleep by 10:30 PM.

    Today my body is aching because of upper body workout yesterday (Did it first time in years). After posting this post , It will be time to go for 25-30 minutes run.

    The key is to continue it for 30 days.... Then it will become a habit...
    Forming good HABITs are the key to success. Think about it, if you form one good habit every 30 days, in 1 year you will have 12 good habits, in 5 years 60! How your life will be different?

    Apologies. I haven't been able to start the Wakeup productive program again. I will start posting my notes as soon as I start it (Hopefully today).

    Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author eternalsongbird
    To maintain routine is a tough work. If you can follow it, it will be a great achievement.
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  • Profile picture of the author surferchris
    It is always good to follow a routine that is suitable to your lifestyle. Making something a habit will certainly give you better output and a chance to accomplish more with your limited time. I do believe that flexibility brings success as well. Handling unforeseen situations under pressure brings out character.
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Elss
      Nice motivational post. Another thread similar to this I preached discipline LOL. But have NOT been practicing what I preach as of late so your post is a good reminder to get back to a routine. Once you stray from a good routine, one starts noticing themselves becoming less organized as well as lack of energy which also affects motivation.
      I still think the post workout shake should be sooner after the workout though
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesColin
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    Yes it's nice to have a routine, but do you have a normal job?
    Because I don't have a normal job since 2001 or any other regular thing to do, and so I've totally lost the need to wake up at this or that time.
    But I like to sleep at least 7-8 hours, but naturally I wake up without alarm about 8hours after I fall asleep.

    What I find good is your wake up routine, that should be included in my lifestyle to be more productive, but once you have that routine, I don't need to wake up all the time at the same time, sometimes I wake up at 2PM, sometimes at 6AM or 8PM, sometimes 2AM, it just depends on what time I fall asleep and how long was I awake before falling asleep..
    I don't have sleep patterns anymore.
    Usually the correct stuff would be 8 hours sleep, 16 hours awake, but often I enjoy to stay awake a few hours more, so it shifts, if I stay awake 20hours then I'll sleep 9hours or a little more. Etc.

    But this is uncompatible with a normal job or school or some family life with things to do at special times, like kids and school. I'm lucky I don't have any of that yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Lee Jr
    My mission is to try and be up by 3am everyday, and start praying.

    I find praying usually puts my day in a positive direction
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  • Profile picture of the author jsonjylee
    Originally Posted by successhacker View Post

    WakeUp Productive by Eben Pagan is one of the best personal development and productivity course I have gone through. Unfortunately I didn't implement anything from it. :-) Now is the time for action!
    For reinforcement I am planning to go through the course videos again. I will take notes and post it here and on my blog:


    mission-transform.blogspot.com


    I will also use this thread to held myself accountable and track my actions and habits....

    I am jumping a bit... On first week of the course Eben talks about having a morning success ritual.... First hour is the rudder of the day! It sets the direction and of the day.
    If we have great beginning of the day...we will have extraordinary day.. Great day means extraordinary week.. Great week means extraordinary year... and life!
    I will post notes when I reach this section of the course ... But here is what I am committing to starting tomorrow?

    My "Morning success ritual":


    5:30-6:00:

    Alarm goes off on my phone at 5:30 AM (Keep the phone away from bed near the bathroom)

    Wakeup and jump out of bed! Switch the alarm off!
    Wash eyes and face and other stuff. Check weight.
    Drink a glass of water.

    Make tea.
    While drinking tea post on the forum. (Accountability)

    6:00-6:30:

    Exercise...
    Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday:

    25 minutes running on treadmill.

    Monday. Wednesday. Friday:


    Exercise with weights


    ( Sort of like Body For Life by Bill Phillips regime..)


    6:30-7:00:


    Brush. Bath. Shave.


    7:00-7:20:


    10 minutes Pranayama (Breathing exercises)

    10 minutes Meditation


    7:20-7:30:


    Superfood smoothie breakfast.


    And all set for a great day!!!!!!!


    Toughest challenge will be the first 2 minutes to drag myself out of bed... Strategies to help with this:


    1. Post it on the forum every morning. No excuses!
    2. Sleep on time. To bed by 10:00 PM. And sleep by 10:30. Trying to wake up at 5:30 while going to bed at 1:30 is foolish... And that's what I have tried to do in the past and failed miserably multiple times.
    3. And to be able to sleep by 10:30. I need to make sure no internet at 9:30 PM. No caffeine after 6:00 PM.
    4. Plan the next day on PAPER before going to bed.

    5. Visualize for 1-2 minutes every night imagining myself jumping out of bed at 5:30 AM. Think about the benefits of waking up early.

    6. Keep alarm clock away from bed. I have a timer to switch on plug... Attach it to the table lamp which will ON the light at 5:28 AM.
    7. Find an accountability partner??


    Anything else?


    Time for MASSIVE ACTION!



    Others are welcome to join in the challenge!


    Anish
    Having a ritual is a wonderful thing. I find it is something that keeps you on track and helps you get your job done in a day. Keeps you very focus!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 4: SUCCESS! 4 days in a row... 26 to go and I have the habit cemented. :-)


    Next two days is a weekend... It will be a challenge to wakeup early. But I am up for it.


    James, I have a full time job. I am a software engineer and I work 10-12 hours a day.

    Martin, Best of luck for your 3:00 AM mission. Prayer and meditation are very powerful stuff. I usually do 10 minutes meditation in the morning. My ideal time to wakeup is 4:00 AM and add longer 30 minutes meditation and learning/reading time to my morning ritual. But taking it slowly and one step at a time.

    Have a great day!!!!

    Anish
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 5: SUCCESS! Up at sharp 5:30....

    I can clearly feel the effects f a good morning ritual. My day is more focused, clear and energetic.

    Looking forward to have a great Saturday!

    Cheers!
    Anish
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    My notes from Wakeup productive introductory session:

    Also blogging it at:

    You Version 2.0: Wakeup Productive: Introduction




    Inner game and outer game of time management and productivity.

    Promise: If you do the program you will wake up at least TWICE productive.

    What are we looking for: Success.

    Success is:
    Inner: Feeling good. Happy. Feeling that we are making a difference. Joy. Contentment.
    Outer: Achievement. Making a difference. Getting things done!
    We need both: Inner and Outer.

    RoadBlock to success: Feeling out of control. Is one of the core issue.Happiness directly related to feeling in control. Getting things done leads to control which leads to success and happiness.

    Productivity is HUGE leverage.

    Productivity styles doesn't work for everyone. For example: Some are list makers and some are not.
    Most of the methods will work for most of folks.

    Eben has been more productive he is ever been. Unlimited stuff is happening in his life. Why he is not overwhelmed.
    Change happens when you are at the edge of your comfort zone.
    He is happy. He is enjoying life.

    Format of the program:
    18 sessions: Intro. + 5 fast start sessions(5 days) + 12 sessions( One per week).

    What is preventing us from being productive?

    • We are overwhelmed by choices. For example: Which car to buy?
    Internally we don't have many personal choices.
    Skills to develop: Narrowing options when there are too many and generating more options when there are not enough. FOCUS
    For example: Todo software. So many of them but not one we need.

    • Culture of distraction. Phone ringing, web surfing, jumping from one thing to other. Controlling distraction and interruption is the highest priority.
    • Obsessive snacking culture. Instead of eating full healthy meal. We snack. Snacking of attention. Switching. Jumping from one thing to other. Go from one course to other. Go deep. And Focus. Go deeper on the things which are important to us.
    • Multitasking. It is very inefficient. Focus on one thing for a chunk of time then disconnect. Get out of Grey Zone. When work work when play play when rest rest. No grey zone.
    • Culture of entertainment then getting results. For example: Movie we watch. Eating. Not taking care of health. For example eating candy instead of salad. Candy is entertaining but will not make you grow. Feeling and energy we get from healthy stuff is lot more fun than getting entertained by candy for the short term. Don't distract ourselves too much with entertainment instead focus more on results.
    • Culture of magic pills. This is really hurting us. There are no quick fixes. You have to put the time. Put the effort. No one software . No magic pill. This is immature.
    • Short term vs long term results of an action are typically different and often opposite.
    For example:
    Eating chips. Short term: yummy. Long term: Health. Low energy. Weight. Disease.
    Eating broccoli . Short term: Yucky. Long term: Energy. Health. Focus. Feel better.
    "Life is hard if you live it the easy way. Life is easy if you live it the hard way"

    "Change the system not the symptom".

    11 principles of personal productivity ( Mindsets. Beliefs.)

    • Everyone can be productive. Not just productive but can be creative as well. Some are not productive/creative in a structure and some outside of a structure ( Blank canvas). Understand when you are most productive.
    Use your talent and develop skills and strengths. For example: Tiger Woods. He is talented. But he developed skill by practice.

    • Managing time is about managing yourself.
    "Time Management is a misnomer. Challenge is managing yourself" - Covey
    Time just flows.. When you say managing time it's external. When you say managing myself it is taking more responsibility. Getting control of my mind , emotions and body and directing towards the right place.
    Controlling yourself is really hard. We are almost like robots. We believe we are in control but actually we are not. For example: Fast for 36 hours.
    Good news is there are techniques for managing yourself.

    • We have three brains.
    Brain stem. Limbic system . Lizard brain. Physical.
    Amygdala . Mammalian brain. Emotional.
    Cortex (Intellectual). Human brain. Mental.
    Old brains (Lizard and Mammalian) are more in control.
    Three brains are not well connected. So a lot of
    Physical. Emotional. Mental.

    • Habit is destiny.
    First you shape your habits then they shape you.
    We have physical, mental and emotional pathways.
    Habits pave paths. Muscle memory. Poor posture.
    Routines. Habits.

    • Internal Chaos creates external Chaos.
    Inner butterfly effect. Butterfly flapping it's wings in Hong Kong can trigger storm in Kansas.
    We need to manage inner chaos.

    • Focusing our talent and strengths on our biggest opportunities. 80-20 principle.
    • Your future can be extension of the past or something new you create. Don't live in the past focus on future.
    • Focus on what you want to create. Not what you want to avoid. Unconscious mind don't have concept of negative. Don't think of the color blue. Don't smoke. Subconscious mind: SMOKE SMOKE...
    • Choose don't decide.
    Decide: Cut off possibilities.
    Choose: Having multiple options and choosing one.
    I have to vs I choose to.
    Choose is more positive.
    • Balance organization with flow.
    Where could you use more structure? Where you could be more in flow?
    • If you want to wakeup productive. You must go to next level. You must become You 2.0.
    Look at someone who is 10-15 years ahead of you. Who has seen this. Model. Learn from the experiences from other.

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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
    Wow this is awesome. I've been doing something similar also and its been great so far.
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 6: SUCCESS!

    Up at 5:30 AM sharp. It's getting easier to wakeup early. But still there are thoughts of going back to sleep and requires some will power to get up. It's not a habit yet. Wait another 24 days. Patience and persistence.

    Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author rockong
    from what I heard, I hear the rituals take forever to do if you follow it step by step - you let me know OP
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    Wow, that's quite the schedule you got there. I wish I had the discipline to have something this regimented.

    I do listen to my Tony Robbins on the way to my office every morning though. That does it for me!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good morning!

    Day 7: SUCCESS!
    One week complete without breaking the chain. I think toughest part is over. Now it's a matter of keeping focus for few more weeks. Then off to the next habit.

    Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning! And Happy Diwali to my Indian friends!

    Websolutions, thanks for sharing the motivating video. I have been trying to implement similar routine.

    Day 8: SUCCESS!

    I think main hump and difficulty for getting up early is almost over. I still have some resistance but it should be over in another week.

    Here are notes from Wakeup productive fast start sessions:


    First Fast start session 1: Clear off your mental desk.

    If your desk is cluttered it's hard to find things.

    Take a blank sheet of paper and write down everything which is on your mind for 15 minutes.


    Put checkmark which is outside of your control. And let these go.
    Put * on everything which is within your control.

    Prioritize top 10 things for next 12 months.

    Fast start session 2: Completing Loose Ends

    Close open loop

    When we have incompletion we go into avoidance.

    Open things to do...

    20% sucking 80% of your energy...

    Either complete those or let them go. Release it to the universe...

    This is similar to concepts in the GTD book.

    Fast Start session 3: Getting out of the grey zone

    When you are with family you are thinking about work. And when you are at work you are thinking about home.

    This is running at 50%. This is grey zone. This is loss of FOCUS. Here you don't give your full attention.

    List all the things where you are living in the grey zone for example:

    • Working from home and thinking about work.
    • Checking mails... Web browsing...
    • Home computer. Internet.

    Getting awareness about things which are important and putting focused attention on large focused time.

    Look at the list and pick one in each of the following areas:

    Physical
    Emotional
    Logical

    Fast Start Session 4: Eliminating Energy Robbers

    Find things which rob us of energy. If you have a Ferrari but there is low air in the tires it will take energy.
    Parasitic. Interest and late fees on credit cards.

    Self diagnose: Make a list ... what are the things...

    Physical... Junk.. Coffee. Late sleep.
    Emotional.. Anger. Anxiety. Fear.
    Mental.. Surfing. Browsing.

    Prioritize and get rid of those.

    Fast Start Session 5: Habit gravity and escape velocity

    Most important , valuable and rare state: AWARENESS

    Awareness: When we remember ourselves. See things as witness. Zoom out and see the bigger picture. Altitude..
    Life is a staircase. .. Next step is always lit.
    When someone has Near death experience they get awareness.
    When you have awareness. Pay attention to it.

    Rarest, most valuable energy: WILL POWER

    We get little amount it and we waste it.
    Friction wastes it...
    One experiment was done where an emotional movie was shown to two groups of people. Group 1 was allowed to show emotions and group 2 was to repress emotions. Then an IQ exercise was given to both groups. People who repress their emotions performed badly.

    Habit gravity and escape velocity..

    Rocket... 87% of fuel is used in 2 minutes.
    We have to escape habit gravity .

    Phase 1: Defying gravity. (Day 1-10 )

    Day 1 is easier.. New year resolution.
    First 10 days require most will power..

    Phase 2: Resistance (Day: 11-20)

    Still resistance.. Not natural.

    Phase 3: Acclamation (Day-21-30)

    Natural thing to do... Habit is formed.

    Use daily quota of awareness and willpower to form one habit/routine/ritual.

    Do just one routine....

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    I think you haven't miss one, the massive action speaks it all.
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  • Profile picture of the author isharky
    For me I want to minimize my morning process so that I start to work as quickly as possible. The most important thing is exercising which always takes a lot of time getting ready doing it and cool down. What I do is take a cold shower which is down to 3 -4 minutes. Works great to get my blood going and waking up.

    My whole morning process is about 40 mins which I need to cut down to under 30.
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Day 9: SUCCESS!

    Today was little difficult to wake up because I slept a bit late at 12:00 yesterday night.
    More later... Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good morning!

    Day 10: SUCCESS! 1/3 mission complete without breaking the streak.

    Today when alarm went off my mind was tricking me to go back to sleep with the justification that I slept late (11:30) and I need more sleep. Mind the great trickster. :-) But good thing is my body didn't listen to it and just couldn't go back to sleep. Woo Hoo!


    Have a great day!
    Anish
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  • Profile picture of the author aliveder
    Good Job @successhacker ! Very happy to see you are improving yourself, and focusing on bettering your life.

    I do not wake up that early! But I do follow the exercise regime (benefits of having an awesome home gym) It helps to get that blood pumping in my system, and adrenaline to continue with my day.

    I do what that guy in the video does. I don't write it out on my whiteboard, but instead in a notebook. I give myself check marks, or Xs on a certain task in my day. It is a very good way to break bad habits and instill good ones! Plus I have an obsession with checking things off as complete (gives me a high sense of accomplishment)
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Thanks Aliveder!

    Day 11: SUCCESS! Slept on time at 10:30 yesterday and had a deep-deep sleep.
    Feeling fresh and fully alive after waking up.

    Here is my morning superfood smoothie recipe which I love:

    4-5 frozen organic strawberry
    handful of frozen organic blueberry
    One large teaspoon of organic flexseed.
    One teaspoon of organic maca powder
    One teaspoon of organic cacao powder
    One scoop of protein powder
    Handful of organic spinning leaves
    One glass of water

    Put all of above in a Vitamix and blend it for 1-2 minutes. And enjoy!


    Have a great day!
    Anish
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    Waw it's a great thread here,
    thanks successhacker for this topic it helping me to get inspiration
    and what is better than watch a success story live
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  • Profile picture of the author thedanbrown
    Great routine! I'm always interested in morning routines. I need to have a steady routine or else I am extremely un-productive!
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good morning!

    Day 12: SUCCESS!

    Woke up at 3:00AM today because my sleep got disturbed. Will take a nap after the ritual to avoid a crappy day.


    Have a great day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
    Honestly, and with a nurturing tone:

    1. "How can it be the best course if you never implemented anything from it?"

    2. "If you don't have a burning excitement to get out of bed and get started on your projects, you ain't working on the right projects."
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Thanks for your thoughts Jason!



    I have gone through a lot of productivity books and courses. Wake up Productive course has resonated really well with me and got really good insights from it. My problem has been the lack of ACTION. That's what I am trying to change here. You are right real proof of the pudding in the eating. Real value and effectiveness I will know after the implementation.





    Here are my notes from Session1: Morning success ritual.. Most of it we have already covered above.





    First four sessions are for the inner game.


    Most value form of state: AWARENESS
    Most valueable form of energy: WILLPOWER
    Most valuable form of action: INTENTIONAL REPETITION

    Oprah: Starting every morning with exercise... Stoking the fire inside.

    Bill Phillips: In terms of eating first meal is the key meal. It sets the context for whole day. If I eat good meal in the morning. I would like to

    Setting context for the rest of the day.
    Great morning ritual helps with great day
    Great day means great month
    Great month means great year
    Great year means great life

    Spiral upwards or downwards.

    Tony Schwartz "Power of full engagement".

    "If you don't have it in your habit . You don't have it"

    Highest leverage is your thought. Your mind. Leverage comes from inside us.

    Three key areas of life:

    Physical
    Emotional
    Mental

    Make yourself strong first thing in all the above three areas.

    Eben's success ritual:

    Drink 1/2 litre of water
    Brush , etc..
    Steam 3-4 minutes
    Neti-Pot (Pouring water through nose)
    30 minutes exercise ( Mix of aerobics , weights and yoga).
    Bath
    10 minutes meditation and breathing.
    Blueberry shake


    When he doesn't do the ritual... Whole day goes like a pinball and lot less productive.

    Best method for emotional renewal is exercise. How do you feel after you exercise.
    What is exercise? Conscious/Intentional use of your body. Body is made to move. When you exercise body balances itself.

    Meal : Try to make it as raw and organic as possible.

    Homework for the session:

    Plan your ritual in details and be specific. Plan every little small thing... Do not do anything until it is done.

    Also include On ramp to ritual... 10-15 minutes of extra time to be ready for the ritual.

    How to build a habit: "Start now and don't deviate!"
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Dan Brown, Thanks for sharing the youtube video!

    Day 13: SUCCESS!

    Little enhancement to my morning ritual...

    I will add "reading for 30 minutes" after posting on the forums. I.e, read from 5:45-6:15. I will read technical or business or personal development or biography/autobiography books. Starting to read : "Autobiography of Arnold Schwarzenegger".

    Have a great day!
    Anish
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    Good Morning!

    Day 14: SUCCESS! Two weeks complete without breaking the streak. Habit is cementing but still not rock solid. Patience!

    In the past 14 days here are some of the benefits I have experienced so far:

    1. Feel in more control of the day.
    2. Haven't lost any weight but feeling more fit because of morning exercise.
    3. Getting more done throughout the day.
    4.More energy throughout the day. Just 14 days back I used to feel tired throughout the day even if I slept 8-9 hours.
    5. More mental clarity.
    6. Little Less anxiety and erratic behavior.

    I have whole lot of other traits to improve but this habit is the right step towards being more productive and being in control.

    Here are my notes from Session 2 of Wake up productive. Called "Inner butterfly effect"


    How chaos get started in your mind, emotions and body? What you can do about it?

    Chaos theory:

    Could a butterfly flapping it's wings in Beijing trigger a storm in Kansas?

    How does cause-effect works?

    For example, if you have a thought which leads to other and on and on...

    For example, emotion of anger or fear..

    Physcial: fidgeting... Disorganized. Mess...

    Acts as a chaos fire starter.

    We thing we have control but actually we aren't. We rationalize our behavior. We make up stories.
    First step to change is accepting that we have inner butterflies.

    What makes it worse?

    Multitasking makes the inner butterfly effect worse.
    We can get addicted to the inner butterfly effect.

    When your first noticed the trigger which is leading to butterfly... You get aware of it . You wake up. Title of this course is not accidental.

    Write down your butterflies (5-10 minutes exercise):

    Mental:

    Web surfing...

    Emotional:

    Anger

    Physical:

    Lazy state. Eating junk.

    Use power of visualization....

    Web surfing...

    Close your eyes...
    Visualize what is triggering to hunger for mindless web surfing? Thought that there is something exciting on the web. Click on the firefox browser icon. Imagine it in slow motion.

    Now right when I get the above trigger (visualize). Wakeup in your visualization , breathe deeply and go back to your FOCUS.

    Do the above exercise 5 times.

    Start getting enough sleep. Negative stress is the most damaging thing. Not getting enough sleep is one of the causes of stress.
    Figure out how much sleep is enough for you. For example, for me 7 hours is ideal.

    Adding power of motivation to your morning success ritual...

    Add pain and pleasure to motivate yourself.

    Pleasure/ Towards motivation: Tea when I wakeup.

    Pain/ Away from motivation: For example, accountability. Posting on forums...

    When you have awareness put system in place for motivation with towards and away from motivation.

    Have a great day!
    Anish
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  • Profile picture of the author Isaiah Jackson
    Anish you are doing a fantastic job with this. Stick with it, and it will become a habit for you I'm sure of it.

    Good job.

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  • Profile picture of the author zardon
    I'm glad a thread like this has been started. I was going to start my own after I couldn't find morning rituals/habits or how other WF members formulated their "starting blocks", but this is really good thread and have subscribed in case others do post their daily habits to see if I can get an idea of what my daily habits should be.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary Ning Lo
    Impressive results..

    Keep up the momentum and beware of the great trickster

    Cheers,

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  • Profile picture of the author goindeep
    Originally Posted by successhacker View Post

    WakeUp Productive by Eben Pagan is one of the best personal development and productivity course I have gone through. Unfortunately I didn't implement anything from it. :-) Now is the time for action!
    For reinforcement I am planning to go through the course videos again. I will take notes and post it here and on my blog:


    mission-transform.blogspot.com


    I will also use this thread to held myself accountable and track my actions and habits....

    I am jumping a bit... On first week of the course Eben talks about having a morning success ritual.... First hour is the rudder of the day! It sets the direction and of the day.
    If we have great beginning of the day...we will have extraordinary day.. Great day means extraordinary week.. Great week means extraordinary year... and life!
    I will post notes when I reach this section of the course ... But here is what I am committing to starting tomorrow?

    My "Morning success ritual":


    5:30-6:00:

    Alarm goes off on my phone at 5:30 AM (Keep the phone away from bed near the bathroom)

    Wakeup and jump out of bed! Switch the alarm off!
    Wash eyes and face and other stuff. Check weight.
    Drink a glass of water.

    Make tea.
    While drinking tea post on the forum. (Accountability)

    6:00-6:30:

    Exercise...
    Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday:

    25 minutes running on treadmill.

    Monday. Wednesday. Friday:


    Exercise with weights


    ( Sort of like Body For Life by Bill Phillips regime..)


    6:30-7:00:


    Brush. Bath. Shave.


    7:00-7:20:


    10 minutes Pranayama (Breathing exercises)

    10 minutes Meditation


    7:20-7:30:


    Superfood smoothie breakfast.


    And all set for a great day!!!!!!!


    Toughest challenge will be the first 2 minutes to drag myself out of bed... Strategies to help with this:


    1. Post it on the forum every morning. No excuses!
    2. Sleep on time. To bed by 10:00 PM. And sleep by 10:30. Trying to wake up at 5:30 while going to bed at 1:30 is foolish... And that's what I have tried to do in the past and failed miserably multiple times.
    3. And to be able to sleep by 10:30. I need to make sure no internet at 9:30 PM. No caffeine after 6:00 PM.
    4. Plan the next day on PAPER before going to bed.

    5. Visualize for 1-2 minutes every night imagining myself jumping out of bed at 5:30 AM. Think about the benefits of waking up early.

    6. Keep alarm clock away from bed. I have a timer to switch on plug... Attach it to the table lamp which will ON the light at 5:28 AM.
    7. Find an accountability partner??


    Anything else?


    Time for MASSIVE ACTION!



    Others are welcome to join in the challenge!


    Anish
    That seems like a hell of a lot of work to be honest.
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Thanks, Isaiah, Zardon , Gary and Andrei!

    Day 15: SUCCESS! Half way through. Getting easier and easier.

    I have whole week vacation this week (ThanksGiving) I am still able to wakeup early. Good signs.

    In the next few days I am planning to spend some time in seclusion on formulating my 5 year and 1 year plans. Then go in details in planning ways to accomplish the 2013 plans. To make 2013 the best year ever. I say it every year but 2013 will an year of FOCUS and ACTION!

    BTW, I will be going through session 3 of WUP (WakeUpProductive) today. Will post the notes as soon as I am done.

    Have a great day!
    Anish
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  • Profile picture of the author cash89
    Great Job Anish! Keep it Going!

    Today is the first day of my new morning routine.
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    GOOD stuff keep it going.
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning!

    Thanks Cash and Gavin! Good luck for your new routine , Cash.

    Day 16: SUCCESS! I still have resistance to wakeup at 5:30. Today, when alarm went off, I got thoughts about how tired I am and how much I need to sleep. Good I didn't listen and these thoughts lasted just 30 secs.

    Here are my notes from Session 3: Streamlining your inner game for friction free focus:


    Fire the head of your success prevention mechanism.

    It's part which wants to keep things comfortable and avoid risks.

    We have structures inside of us.

    Friction: Inefficiencies . Not streamlined. Causing block. Not flowing.

    Inner friction: 3 brains in conflict. Not working as a team. Food craving. Body and emotions like chocolate but mind knows it's not good.

    It burns energy at a very high rate. When you are negative and has inner friction you are wasting a lot of energy.
    Car example. When you press the accelerator very hard it burns most energy.

    It also burns our will power. Our most important energy.

    We want to use our will power for right things, to grow, not on inner friction.

    Exercise:

    Food : Pick two foods : One you love but not healthy ( Fried/Junk food) and one you don't like but healthy ( Salad). And scale 1-10 about how your three parts interpret about eating those.

    Fried food:

    Emotional: Filling. 8 (Scale of 1-10)
    Physical: Love the taste. 9
    Mental/Logical: Avoid. Weight gain. Loss of energy. 1.

    Salad:

    Physical: Cold and not good. 4
    Emotional: OK. 8.
    Mental/Logical: Should be doing. 10

    Different parts are in control different times. Parts integration...

    Different parts do different things for different reasons and payoffs.

    We need to get these parts and introduce them to each other.

    Which part of you holding you of success?

    Emotional... Comfortable and Lazy... "Peace of mind".

    Mental: What is holding you back of success? .. I can't handle it belief. Other part.

    If you have friction it becomes habit. We pave pathways. It creates structures. Like dominos.
    Little triggers set off the whole thing. Anchors.

    State Management and create diversions.
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    Exercise:

    For example I have a bad habit of going into mindless web surfing and "looking for things".

    Emotional: Gives a feeling of rest and recover. Short term : 8. Long term : 1.

    Logical: 1 Getting more information. But wasting my life away. Confusion and overwhelm. Should not be doing it. Use your time on reaching your goals.

    Physical: Rest ... 5

    Integration: Emotional part is preventing success above. Let's introduce it to logical part... Inner conversation:

    Emotional: I am tired and don't know what to do. If I do the things I should be doing , I might fail and might get overwhelm. Let me rest and relax do web surfing.

    Logical: More you avoid things you should doing more difficult it will get and more overwhelm it will create. Web surfing is not giving you anything. You are wasting your life away.

    Emotional: But it feels great when I find something useful on the web.

    Logical: It's just a mental masturbation. It will give you empty feeling.

    Emotional: But I don't want to miss on important information on the web.

    Logical: Continuously spending time on the web is not giving you any additional information. You can get the information by setting time aside for surfing after you have spent time on your goals.

    Emotional: I don't want to live too rigid.

    Logical: Would you rather prefer to live unfulfilled and confused?

    Emotional: No...

    Logical: We can focus on important stuff spend focused time on it then we can spend some time on web surfing...

    Emotional: Sounds good! Thanks!
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    How to change the trigger of web-surfing habit....

    "Path of least resistance" - Fritz..

    How the paths of Boston were paved? They followed the path already paved by Cows already. Used the path of least resistance.

    Are we just paving the cow paths or building the 4 lane super high ways?

    Everything you do is a process. When you start becoming conscious of things you can make it more efficient.

    Eben: Liked to eat a lot things of various varieties.

    Now.. 90% food he eats is same every day. He likes it more than other things.

    If there are 35000 foods in the supermarket. Around 35 are the most healthy and nutrient rich. He planned simple foods using these 35 items . And it freed up a lot of energy and made him healthy.

    Find largest sources of inner friction and conflict.....

    Surfing and searching...
    Switching my exercise routines...
    What you want to do with life...
    Food
    Anger

    Junk food eating:
    New process.... When you have a trigger of of eating junk food...

    Deep breathing...
    Drink a glass of water
    Find alternate healthy food (Protein bar for example).

    Morning success ritual...

    Add visualization and affirmation...

    Visualize goals and daily plan.
    Meditation: Pay attention to your breath for 5 minutes.
    8:4:8:4 ( Breathe in count 8. Hold count 4. Breathe out count 8. Hold count 4).
    Note: I am already doing my version of meditation and breathing exercises. But this also sound good.

    Have a great day!
    Anish
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    Yeah Eban is the man for sure. But what he also emphasized in his coaching, was that to be productive (like when you're on t he computer) to only work in 50 min chunks, then take a 10 min break. No matter what. So instead of staying at the computer staring at the screen for 10 hrs a day, you need to mix it up.

    The other thing that Eban talks about is when you do actually get to work on the computer, to focus on income producing activities. So no surfing the web, chatting on facebook, checking your emails, going to pinterest and youtube and blah blah....that's what most people do when they get on their computer. Hence, most people don't accomplish much while on the computer most of the time. Usually only 20% of that time is spent on the things that will generate income for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author successhacker
    Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving Day!


    Day 17: SUCCESS! No problem in getting up at 5:30 AM.

    Thanks for commenting Tjay and Mark!
    Tjay you are right. Eben also talks about working without distractions. Some of it will be covered in session 4 but primarily it is covered in module 5. I will post notes here as I go through it. More importantly I will implement it as I go through the course.

    Waking up tomorrow will be interesting as I will be staying up late today because of Thanksgiving party. Plan is to still wake up early but take a nap after the ritual tomorrow.


    Have a great day!
    Anish
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    • Profile picture of the author successhacker
      Good Morning!

      Day 18: FAIL. Slept pretty late because of Thanksgiving party and purchases online. Couldn't get myself drag out of bed after alarm went off at 5:30 AM, yesterday.

      Day 19: SUCCESS! Back on track... Was a bit difficult to Wakeup today, probably because I slept at 11:30 PM yesterday and my sleep got disturbed couple of times during night. It is much easier to wakeup at 5:30 when I sleep by 10:30.....

      A lot to do today!

      Have a great day!
      Anish
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    • Profile picture of the author successhacker
      Day 20: SUCCESS!

      Yesterday I slept late at 12:30 but still able to manage to wake up at 5:30. I took a 1.5 hour nap later in the morning. I need to be more disciplined to sleep on time by 10:00. Since now vacation/ is over it, hopefully I will be able to manage my evening time better.

      Here are my note for Week 4 and week 5 of Wakeup productive program... Great stuff!!!
      From tomorrow I will start to add new habit and ritual of 60-60-30 solution (More below)...


      Week 4 : Building your focus muscles

       What is FOCUS?

      Two facets:

      • Quantity. Focus on just one thing for extended time without distraction.
      • Quality. What you are focusing on? High leverage opportunity.

      What is the quantity of your focus? How long can you focus?
      5 minutes? 10 minutes?
      How many different things you focus ?

      Goal is 50 minutes of focus at a time.

      "Effective executive" -Peter Drucker. Must read. Learn to focus on longer period is a key to success.


      Note down 3 most important things to focus for your 50 minutes chunks..

      Ourcome: After 3 years if you do above continuously for 3 years in 50 minutes chunks.

      Focus on things you want. Not what you don't want. Intead of saying I don't want to be poor. Say I want 10 million dollars.


      Like don't focus on the pink elephant.

      Focus on the picture of what you want. This will give you motivation and clarity.

      You can create goal collages. Eben was able to create everything what was on his goal collages.

      Take a blank sheet of paper and write three outcomes one in each area:

      Physical.
      Emotional
      Mental

      How you feel... (Health for example ). Make it motivating.

      Come up with 1 year goals in each areas.

      Homework...

      Buy timer. Eben loves it. I am planning to use FocusBooster on my PC or timer on the iphone.


      Set it for 50 minutes and forget about everything except task at hand.

      Every day work on one 50 minutes chunk.

      This is the last session of inner game. Next 4 sessions are outer game.

      Add 15-30 minutes of reading good books to your morning routine.



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      Week/Session 5: 60-60-30 solution



      Switch from inner game to outer game . First 4 sessions were focused on inner game. next 4 sessions are for the outer game.

      Getting into the zone at work. Called 60-60-30 solution.

      When we are working we want to feel good about what we are doing. We want all three parts to be engaged and in high performance state when working.

      High performance State:

      Physical: Zone. Peak Performance. Athletes.Physically in zone.

      Emotional: Feel good. Emotional high.

      Mental: Mental in focused and flow state.

      60-60-30 solution is to work in flow state for all above three areas.

      Body has many natural rhythms and cycles. Like breathing, heart beating, sleep cycle ,etc.
      Similarly there is ultradian cycles. It goes from 90-120 cycles. 90-120 minutes of feeling energized followed by 20-30 minutes of feeling down. But we don't deal with this cycle well. When we feel less energized we take caffeine or eat junk to recover. But it makes the matter worse and mess up the ultradian cycle. [ Ernest Rossi: "20 minutes break"]

      60-60-30 is to keep us in the zone.


      60 minutes work on single minded focus on important things.
      Repeat..
      Then take 30 minutes break.. Take small healthy meal and chill out for 20 minutes.

      This can double-quadruple your productivity.

      Use Timer. Like Promodoro technique. I will be using "Focus Booster" software on my laptop or timer of my iphone.


      Complete 60-60-30 routine:

      Start 50 minutes timer...
      Close browser. Close email. FOCUS on your important selected TASK(s).

      10 minutes: mini-break. Stretch. Breathe. Water. Away from desk.

      Start 50 minutes timer again... and do FOCUSED WORK!

      Then longer 30 minutes break, which includes:

      Small healthy meal. If possible eat raw organic meal. Chill out for 20 minutes. Also good to take 20 minutes nap.

      Exercise:


      Install 60-60-30 solution into the beginning of the day. Spend it on your biggest opportunity.
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      Day 21: SUCCESS!

      It's a common saying that it takes 21 days to change a habit. Today is 21 days.

      Surprisingly today was more difficult than usual to wake up. Again probably because I slept at around 11:30 yesterday. Gotta sleep at 10:30.....

      Today will be the first day of implementing 60-60-30 solution (See my last post). Plan is have at least one 60-60-30 cycle in the afternoon.


      BTW, I will continue to daily update this thread until WakeupProductive program is complete.

      Have a great day!
      Anish
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    • Profile picture of the author successhacker
      Day 22: SUCCESS!

      It was pretty natural to wakeup today. It's clear if I sleep by 10:30 I feel fresh in the morning.

      Yesterday afternoon I did one cycle of 60-60-30 solution. I was able to accomplish more in that time than previous half day if work. I might need to also experiment with 25-5 (Promodoro) if I don't have 2.5 hours of chunks of time available throughout the day.

      Have a great day!
      Anish
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      Good Morning!

      Thanks Anna and Tuzio!

      Day 23: SUCCESS!

      One main benefit I have seen for waking up is the feeling that I am in control of my mind and day.


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      Week 6: Routines that work


      We are creatures of habit. We follow the path of least resistance.
      We have physical, mental and emotional habits.
      "You must accept something before you can change it" - Carl Jung.

      You can't remember to do something to form a habit.

      To form a habit:
      Put motivation and accountability in place.
      You need to plan a habit/ritual in details to change it. Put all the steps in place for the habit/ritual. Visualize the steps.

      Little transitions towards habits/rituals trip us over. For example if you want to start going to gym. If you put getting ready for gym in place it will be easier.
      Put time for off-ramp and on-ramp for a habit/ritual (9~15 minutes)

      What to do during 60 minutes of 60-60-30 solution?

      Spend time on highest leverage activities during 50 minute chunks.

      Plan in details how you want to setup 60 minutes chunk. Flow chart the process.

      For example:

      Before starting 50 minutes timer.

      Close browser
      Close email
      Cleanup desk
      Write or select a task you want to do.
      Sit straight
      Breathe deeply
      Start timer.
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      Good morning!

      Day 24: SUCCESS!

      These are some of the benefits I have seen in the last 23 days:

      1. More energy throughout the day. Specially if I sleep by 10:30 previous night. I used to feel lethargic throughout the day even after sleeping for 8-9 hours. It's not that I am super energized but it's much better.

      2. Lost 5 pounds. Fit feeling.I haven't exercised continuously for 23 days in my life! Even though I am taking it slowly and not rushing. I could have lost more weight if I had little restraint in my diet throughout the day. Which is coming.

      3. Sense of control of the day. No rush in the morning.

      4. More productive. Getting more done. Again lot to improve here but it's much better.

      5. I just added reading/learning to my ritual. It will help improve my knowledge.

      Have a great day!
      Anish
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    • Profile picture of the author successhacker
      Good morning!

      Day 25: SUCCESS!
      Uneventful.
      Yesterday I didn't do any 60-60-30 solution block. Gotta do at least one block.
      I will do 25-5 in between if continuous 2.5 hours are not available.

      Have a great day!
      Anish
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      Good Morning!

      Thanks Arina!

      Day 26: SUCCESS!

      Looks like habit is now in good shape. But I need to be careful even after 30 days , lest I go back to my old patterns. This is the first time in my life I have consciously pushed myself to form a habit, which I had intended to do for many-many years. Another good part is it's not one good habit (Waking up) but multiple habits (Exercise,Meditation,Breakfast,etc.) which I am forming.
      If we can learn to change one habit. We can change more habits. If we stack one habit on top of each other we can design a wonderful life.

      Today I wokeup at 5:15 even before alarm went off. Looking forward to have a great day.

      I am still unable to do 60-60-30 solution exercise. I need to push myself.

      I will go through Week 7 of Wakeup productive today and post notes .


      Have a great day and wonderful start of December!

      Anish
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      Good Morning!

      Day 27: Fail. I was not feeling well. So decided to rest and recover.

      Day 28: SUCCESS. I woke up on time but didn't do exercise as I was recovering.

      Day 29: SUCCESS. Back for the full ritual.

      One more day to go to complete 30 days.

      Have a great day!
      Anish
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    • Profile picture of the author successhacker
      Good Morning!

      It's funny how I failed on last day of daily update,Day 30, yesterday. Somehow I forgot to set alarm the night before. I did wakeup around 5:30 but stayed in bed and then went to sleep while waiting for the alarm to go off, which obviously never did. :-)

      Today I am back on track. Today I conclude the daily update to this thread. I will continue to add my notes of WakeUpProductive.

      Thanks to everyone for the support and motivation here.

      I am pretty confident early morning ritual will be a lifelong habit and will help me live a productive and happy life. More importantly now I have experienced and learned deliberate creation of habit. I am going to form the habit of forming good habits. Possibly one habit per month. And next habit is getting my focus back with 60-60-30 solution , 25-5 Promodro technique and working from the list. I will not be posting in the threads here. I am planning to start a worpress blog to track my experiments, habits, thoughts and notes for everyone to benefit from.

      Have a great day!

      BTW here are note of Week 7 :


      Getting out of the grey zone.

      What is grey zone?

      Where we are not doing one thing completely. Multi-tasking. Worry. Jumping from one thing to other. Surfing.

      We don't get power, enjoyment and results because of this.

      When you are at work you thing about home. When you are at home you think about work.

      Get out of this grey zone to be successful and happy. It's important.

      What is causing the grey zone: Distraction. Interruption. Friction. Multi-tasking.

      Tim Ferriss wrote distraction lowers our IQ more than smoking marijuana.

      Control your interruptions. Schedule your interruptions:

      Close browsers. Close email. Phone. Etc. Schedule time for any disruptions. Add it to calendar.

      Enlightened multi-tasking:

      We can't avoid multitasking. Be proactive with multi-tasking. Be conscious with your multi-tasking and plan and allocate time for it.


      Managing your focus: Clean Focus... Clean Cuts... Change Channels

      Clean Focus:

      Being focused on one thing at a time.

      50-10-50-10-30 is for clean focus.

      If you lose your clean focus. Just get back gently and don't feel bad. Bring it back and it will develop like a muscle.

      Clean cuts:

      30 minutes. Cut cleanly from what you were doing in 2 hour chunks.
      When at work work. When at home be home.
      Open loops are sucking the energy.

      Change Channels:

      Mental. Physical. Emotional.

      For example : 50-10-50-10 minutes of mental then 30 minutes of physical movement, breathing ,etc.

      Exercise..

      Visualization. Chunks of your life cleanly focused.

      One session of enlightened multi-tasking.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tuzio
    I cant thank you enough for this thread... The first post contains so much great information. Recently I have been getting up when I want thanks to that post.

    The trick is to go through: why you want to wake up (the night before). Several times now I have awoken before my alarm and jumped straight out of bed. The temptation remains to jump back in but the feeling of control is much more overpowering so far.

    Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary Ning Lo
    Congratz

    can you give us some more benefits that you noticed in making waking up early a new habit?

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  • Profile picture of the author SkyeFWP
    Awesome thread.

    I'm doing something similar and the Sleep Cycle iPhone app has been a godsend.

    Tracks how deep my sleep was so I can optimise how long I need it bed and wakes me up when I'm close to already beign awake so I don't feel groggy when I do get woken up - Highly recommended
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  • Profile picture of the author Arina
    wow, 25 days of success.. that's amazing Congratulations!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tuzio
    Congratulations so far, I believe you can make this a habit!

    Like you said: Don't give up after the 30 days keep it going! Habits can be broken just like they can be made.

    ~Matt
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  • Profile picture of the author Kathy Bell
    I always get up a couple hours before I need to be anywhere. I like to sit and have a cup of coffee undisturbed before I do anything. Then I cook up a nice breakfast, do the dishes, and get cleaned up and dressed. If I start out without rushing, I can then tackle the day with enthusiasm and vigor.
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  • Profile picture of the author eternalsongbird
    I have noticed that when I wake up early I can finish all my works peacefully. But if I do not utilize my morning time, I lag behind in a great deal.
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