Amazing post actually!
I have been dreaming to do exercises when i wake up on morning but i get caught almost immediately in the work flow since the first thing i do upon waking up is checking emails which i should postpone a little.

I'm not quite a meditation guy though. Also for an action to become an habit, i heard in a TED talk that 21 days is required .

Love it Allen. Awesome stuff. I never realize the need to change the internal self until recently. That's really the foundation of real success, not just financially.

by the way, would love to see the studies about 66 days if you can point me a link, sounds very interesting.

Thanks for sharing allenmartin.

I managed to wake up at 4 am for 27 days out of 30 days last month. I really did it.

But I found that I felt tired and sleepy in the afternoon, unless I slept before midnight. So I took about an hour nap when I just can't bear to open my eyes any longer.

My morning ritual when I woke up at 4 am:

1. Drank a cup of coffee
2. Did my morning pages (you can find out about the morning pages by googling the Artist's way).
3. I prayed
4. Sat and reflected about life. Sometimes I recorded my thoughts on my mobile.
5. Read.

Yup, drink more water. Shouldn't be difficult to cultivate this new habit.

I won't try. I will do it.

Thanks allenmartin for sharing.

Really great post Allen! I like to take a similar approach, using habits to build up a series of behaviours that can work wonders for you.

I've been doing the following for quite some time now:

Wakeup: 6-7AM
Drink a litre of water (over half an hour)
While drinking the water I read some of my book
Then I meditate

That's how my workday starts and when I need a break later on in the day I do some exercise to get the blood pumping!

Cheers, Zach.

Awesome post Allen! These are actionable ways to basically achieve whatever you want in life.


These are daily routines for me and when I first read about them, I learned that successful people do these daily. So I was like "Hell, I should do them too." I did, and I'm improving.


I would like to add that learning and challenging yourself everyday is great things to do to be successful. You said read, but you should read those books and apply the knowledge in your life or business. Don't just read and put it down forever and forget it, it'll be pointless then.


Practice learning everyday on things that are aligned towards your goal everyday, or every other day, apply those things, and you'll see the growth in your life and business.

Call me a somnambulatory dreambunny, but when I bust out on sleep, I get from one to nine in zero seconds.

That's when I get to hit on Step 10:

Hypnotize the cat to fix up breakfast.

Best thing?

My cat sometimes don't sleep either, so we double helix on the possibles.

Familiarity is synonymous with habit, I guess, and all things incanted religiously are firstly incunted in a dream.

Open goal,
slumbersoul,
fill the hole,
kitten roll.

ok so it's late now, and my eyelids are fluttering.

Wanna stay up forever but kiss of down hustles like a dumb bug.

Great post Allen!

I've been working on getting up earlier for over a year and a half, and have been having moderate success, but not really killing it. After reading your post I see that I would benefit a lot more from having a more thorough regimen around it, to really get all my mind-body processes fully activated. Your routine accomplishes this really nicely. What's interesting too, is that the doing Tony Robbin's incantations technique, never really appealed to me, because I could never think of a time and place that felt right for it. This seems like the perfect place to do this kind of mind-body programming - to set anchors for positive feelings early in the day and anchor them to outcomes, while still waking up when the mind is much more suggestible. Thanks again my friend, I'm going to add this to my tool kit!

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Great tips.

I've been waking up early for years. Working in the morning is so much better. I'm more motivated and the calm increases my productivity.

Cheers,

C.G.

Trickling knowledge that's good

wonderful post.. i really work upon this.. i seem it difficult but can't impossible. thanks for sharing such a useful information...

to get up early in the morning

This is the most effective tip! Out of the 9 I tried out, this works the best.

Great tips Allen, I'm always looking for ways to make the best use of my time.

Morning routines are awesome, if you can implement and make them an habit. However in my case, instead, I use a daily routine if I remember to do it...lol

Jokes aside, my morning routine consists of: get up whenever I want (8 AM max), chant some Mantras for wealth and bad habits, drink a glass of water even if I'm not thirsty, chant some more Mantras and other breathing techniques, start my working day.

Thank you Allen. Your tips are really motivating. I have been doing positive affirmations every day as well. Sometimes I'm successful at it and it really helps. But there are times that I am unsuccessful.

The bottom line is: Even though you make it a habit to start the day right; there will be times that you struggle to do it. Maintaining a positive outlook is a constant struggle. The tips you've laid out here are also refreshing for those who need it.

Hi Allen,

That's a very good list you've shared! I've done all those things in the past but not on a consistent, daily basis. Your thread is motivating me to implement them again!

I think I'll jot down all the steps on an index card to keep them within reach until they become a habit, which should take at least 21 days for me to get into the groove without any prompts.

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