The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

The Morning That Transformed My Entire Life
Teeth brushed, face washed, and a glass of water in hand, I sat up
straight  on  my  living  room  couch  at  5:05  a.m.,  feeling  genuinely
excited about my life for the first time in a long time. It was still dark
outside, and something about that felt very empowering. I pulled out
my list of life-changing personal development activities I had learned
over  the  years  but  never  implemented.  One  by  one,  I  implemented

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each one.
Silence  Sitting  in  silence,  praying,  meditating,  and  focusing  on
my breath, for 10 minutes. I felt my stress melt away, felt a sense of
calm come over my body and ease my mind. This was different from
the typical chaos of my hectic mornings. For the first time in a long
time, I felt peaceful.
Reading Having always made excuses why I couldn’t find time
to read, I was excited to make time this morning and start what I had
always  hoped  could  become  a  lifelong  habit.  I  grabbed  Napoleon
Hill’s  classic, Think  and  Grow  Rich,  off  the  shelf.  Like  most  of  my
books, it was one that I had started, but never finished. I read for ten
minutes,  and  picked  up  a  few  ideas  that  I  was  excited  to  implement
that  day.  I  was  reminded  that  it  only  takes one  idea  to  change  your
life, and I felt motivated.
Affirmations  Having  never  before  harnessed  the  power  of
affirmations,  it  felt  amazing  to  finally  read  the self-confidence
affirmation  from Think and Grow Rich  aloud.  The  affirmation  was  a
powerful  reminder  of  the  unlimited  potential  that  was  within  me—
and within each of us. I decided to write my own affirmation. I jotted
down what I wanted, who I was committed to being, and what I was
committed to doing to change my life. I felt empowered.
Visualization  I  grabbed  the  Vision  Board  off  my  wall.  I  had
created  it  after  watching  the  movie The  Secret.  I  rarely  took  time  to
look at, let alone use it as the visualization tool it was intended to be.
For  ten  minutes,  my  focus  shifted  from  image  to  image,  pausing  at
each  one  to  close  my  eyes  and  feel,  with  every  fiber  of  my  being,
what it would be like to manifest each into my life. I felt inspired.
Journaling Next, I opened one of the many blank journals I had
purchased over the years. Like all of the others, I had failed to write
in for more than a few days—a week at the most. On this day, I wrote

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what  I  was  grateful  for  in  my  life.  Almost  immediately,  I  felt  my
depression  lifting,  like  a  heavy  fog  which  had  been  weighing  me
down.  It  wasn’t  gone,  but  it  felt  lighter.  The  simple  act  of  writing
down the things I was grateful for lifted my spirits. I felt grateful.
Exercise  Finally,  I  got  up  off  the  couch,  remembering  what  I’d
heard  Tony  Robbins  say  so  many  times: motion  creates  emotion.  I
dropped  down  and  did  pushups  until  I  couldn’t  do  one  more.  Then  I
flipped over onto my back and did as many sit ups as my out-of-shape
abs would allow. With six minutes left on the clock, I inserted one of
my  fiancée’s  Yoga  videos  into  the  DVD  player,  and  enjoyed
completing the first six minutes of it. I felt energized.
It was incredible! I had already experienced what was one of the
most  peaceful,  motivating,  empowering,  inspiring,  grateful,  and
energizing days of my life—and it was only 6:00 a.m.!