Магия утра: Как первый час дня определяет ваш успех

The target audience of this book is someone who has never read any personal development books and views the whole genre suspiciously. For me, it smacked of a basic thesis, padded with a hasty potpourri of other people's ideas and coated with gushing "you can have the life of your dreams!" promises. I found myself having to skim through basic explanations of meditation and visualization to get at what Elrod was offering as far as original thin First, the overall premise is not a bad idea. However:

If this were a blog post, not a 150 page book, I would probably have appreciated it more. The basic premise could be summarized thus:

To improve our lives, we must improve ourselvesThe morning is the best time for self improvement (have energy, quiet, easier to make time)Spending an hour doing a little of few good practices goes a lot way to self improvement

Those exercises are:Silent meditationAffirmationsVisualization of the day aheadExerciseReading, particularly to learn somethingScriving (aka Writing, journaling)10 minutes each.

I'm going to try this general idea because I don't think it is bad; I just wish I didn't have to slog through so much text for so little information. . more

Good idea, terrible execution.

Save yourself the read, here's my short summary:

Get up an hour earlier. Do your face, teeth and drink a large glass of water immediately. Go into another room of your house (i.e. not your bedroom), and spend the hour doing the following: sitting in silence, say what you want to achieve and work on today, visualise how you want to live your day, exercise, read and journal. Good idea, terrible execution.

Save yourself the read, here's my short summary:

In this book, Hal Elrod shows us how to design our morning in a way that will boost our life energy. The evenings are not good to do all these things that are important to us (due to tiresome or friends and family or low willpower), that’s why our well designed morning routine might be the only option. Hal Elrod shared 6 elements that should be included in your morning routines, such as time for silence, affirmations, visualizations, exercise, reading, and journaling.

My top 3 takeaways are:* If In this book, Hal Elrod shows us how to design our morning in a way that will boost our life energy. The evenings are not good to do all these things that are important to us (due to tiresome or friends and family or low willpower), that’s why our well designed morning routine might be the only option. Hal Elrod shared 6 elements that should be included in your morning routines, such as time for silence, affirmations, visualizations, exercise, reading, and journaling.

My top 3 takeaways are:* If you want to be in the top 5% of people, you must think and act like the top 5%.* Before going to bed, commit yourself to waking up early and feeling energized (this one really works for me.* You have to take care of emotional and spiritual energy the same as you take care of your physical energy.

I wrote a detailed summary and extracted total of 17 great actions from this book. You can read it here: https://www.mentorist.app/books/the-m. . more

Not sure why this book has a close to 4 rating here:

- Very exaggerated way of writing. He could have done some of the chapters with 1/3 of the words.- First 20 pages are only testimonials. Very annoying you can skip that.- Tries to sell his 'starter kit' at least a dozen times in the book. What is this, weight watchers? Feels like my adblocker is switched off.- Half of the book is captain obvious.- The motivational way of writing ('YOU can do this!') is very repetitive and unnecessary.

Still 2 st Not sure why this book has a close to 4 rating here:

Still 2 stars since I learned some interesting concepts (esp about affirmations). . more

I'm going to do this review as a compliment sandwich. Good, bad, good.

Hal Elrod seems like a genuinely nice guy with a dramatic and interesting message. He's a near-fatal car crash survivor who was brought back from death and put back together during a long hospitalization at the age of 20. His character trait of resilience really shines through in the anecdotes he uses to illustrate his points-- he is not someone who rolls over and gives up on anything, and for that I salute him. He's someone who would be an interesting person to know. This book talks about his discovery that getting up quite early and going through a predetermined routine improved his life. He adjusted his schedule to get up at 5:00am, then used that time for things like meditation, affirmations, reading, and exercise. The text details why this worked for him and for others, and lays out a plan step-wise on how to implement it in your own life.

Now the bad stuff. First, I downloaded this to my Nook and was astonished that it is 490 pages long. That's a lot of information about an hour in the morning! Elrod's background is in multi-level marketing sales, and a LOT of the text reads like a sales speech. He introduces an element of the morning routine, then there are paragraphs selling it. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Without the sales pitches, this book could have been condensed to less than 100 pages of pure content.

I've had the interesting experience of reading Nook books with live links to web content, and for the most part, that's a great way to present changing or frequently-updated content to the reader. So I was surprised when a portion of the program was available on his website rather than in the book, and that the Nook edition didn't provide live links! One chapter outlined a "packet" to download, then walked the reader through some of the elements of a 30-day challenge -- it would have been helpful to have that either in the body of the book or as a live link. Also, a caveat to not putting it in the book is that 20 years from now when someone reads this, that website may be long-gone, and with it, key elements of the author's content.

The MLM cheerleading and blog-self-help tone of the book were often difficult to take, but the book's message to get a jump on the day is valid and important. Elrod is a fairly young author and I look forward to reading more of his work as he mellows and matures; if he stays on the track he's on now, he will become a truly inspirational lifestyle author. If you can stomach the marketing tone, there's a clear and compelling message here from a decent fellow. . more

(original review, 2012)

“Why is it that when a baby is born, we often refer to them as “the miracle of life,” but then go on to accept mediocrity for our own lives? Where along the way did we lose sight of the miracle that we are living?”

(original review, 2012)

“How you wake up each day and your morning routine (or lack thereof) dramatically affects your levels of success in every single area of your life. Focused, productive, successful mornings generate focused, productive, successful days—which inevitably create a successful life—in the same way that unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre mornings generate unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre days, and ultimately a mediocre quality of life. By simply changing the way you wake up in the morning, you can transform any area of your life, faster than you ever thought possible.”

In “The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM” by Hal Elrod

Why do these books give out only common sense utterances? . more

I really like this book. I've been an early riser for several years and have fallen off the wagon for several years. I always need a swift kick in the pants to motivate me. This is helping.

My only reservation for this book is the use of the "95%" statistic. Every stat Hal gives is "95%". If you're going to give outrageous stats to motivate people it would be helpful if 100% of them were referenced and backed by actual scientific data. Other than that 95% of the book is worth your time. I really like this book. I've been an early riser for several years and have fallen off the wagon for several years. I always need a swift kick in the pants to motivate me. This is helping.

I think this has been the fasted read I have had since highschool. Less than 24 hours. But that is not a compliment. The guy has a nice idea and a sensible self-improvement tool to offer but the essence of the book could have fit into half the volume of words or even less. It is repetitive. At several points I actually went back and forth a few pages because I though I'd accidentally skipped back on my reader. Add the pompous name, the excessive use of the word 'mediocre', the trademark signs ev I think this has been the fasted read I have had since highschool. Less than 24 hours. But that is not a compliment. The guy has a nice idea and a sensible self-improvement tool to offer but the essence of the book could have fit into half the volume of words or even less. It is repetitive. At several points I actually went back and forth a few pages because I though I'd accidentally skipped back on my reader. Add the pompous name, the excessive use of the word 'mediocre', the trademark signs every few pages, and the vague it-has-been proven statements and you will get why the whole thing sounds like a sales pitch. One that was meant to be heard, not read.

I am glad it is not the first self-improvement book under my belt or it could easily have put me off the genre. Some of my previous reads have been truly life-changing. This one. Well, as I said, it is based on a good practical idea that can work for many people. It also gives you a link to a nice little printable tool. But if you are interested in what the hype is about (I got it because it was mentioned in a blog), just skim the book. And only of you find it at a discount. It is not worth the 17$ regular price. . more

I thought I might do something a little different with this and, due to the nature of the book, instead of writing a standard review would instead chronicle how this has affected my life, over the coming weeks. As such, the rating may be likely to change.

As a brief overview the central idea this book puts forward is that creating a daily personal development routine can turn you into the person you need to be to help solve all your problems. You have the power to develop into the person you need I thought I might do something a little different with this and, due to the nature of the book, instead of writing a standard review would instead chronicle how this has affected my life, over the coming weeks. As such, the rating may be likely to change.

As a brief overview the central idea this book puts forward is that creating a daily personal development routine can turn you into the person you need to be to help solve all your problems. You have the power to develop into the person you need to be to create everything you have ever wanted in your life. This process begins from how you start your days.

If you wake up every morning with determination you can go to bed every night with satisfaction. If you wake an hour earlier each day and dedicate this time to becoming the person who is qualified and capable of consistently creating and keeping the level of success you want, your focused, productive successful morning creates focused, productive and successful days. But how do you achieve his miracle morning routine? By the simple process of SAVERS:

S - Silence. Meditation, prayer, or breathing techniques to centre yourselfA - Affirmations. Present tense statements you speak aloud to the universe and, therefore, manifest into beingsV - Visualise. A mood board of your dreams to help you better conjure them into reality.E - Exercise. Even if only for 10 minutes. An active body refreshes the mind.R - Read. Read even one chapter or blog post on topics that inspire or teach youS - Scribe. This can be either bullet journalling your daily tasks or purging your thoughts in a diary-style entry.

It's that simple. These six daily practises can help you to become the person you want to, and can be achieved in only one hour of time, each day.

I'm going to take some time to create my visualisations etc. and begin this process from 5th June 2017. I'll provide weekly entries of the changes I have seen in myself for the following four weeks and, hopefully, this will be a wonderful way for me to look back on any progress I have made in my life. Wish me luck! . more

The worst of its genre of personality-driven personal development books. Repetitive, poorly edited, entirely available for free without the constant onslaught of Hal stories. Seriously. Like 2/3 of this book was hearing how 1 hour solved Hal's depression. This is not wrong about what makes a successful morning. It's just packaged idiotically.

The book was also a reminder of how little systemic injustice is accounted for in the white-guy-personality-cult-self-help world. All you have to do is tra The worst of its genre of personality-driven personal development books. Repetitive, poorly edited, entirely available for free without the constant onslaught of Hal stories. Seriously. Like 2/3 of this book was hearing how 1 hour solved Hal's depression. This is not wrong about what makes a successful morning. It's just packaged idiotically.

The book was also a reminder of how little systemic injustice is accounted for in the white-guy-personality-cult-self-help world. All you have to do is transform yourself and then you can have wild success is a statement you can only make (and sell) from a position of extreme privilege. Mental health, racism, misogyny, all can be overcome in this one hour!

The year has just begun, and this is the second book that impressed me very much and deserves to claim the best book of 2018. The book is read very easily, many interesting facts, reflections on health, efficiency and vitality. The book encounters many useful links to other authors. An interesting moment for me is that most of the books that the author mentioned in his book read before and totally agree on all the points.

The "Miracle Morning" book will help both "larks" and "owls" make your morn The year has just begun, and this is the second book that impressed me very much and deserves to claim the best book of 2018. The book is read very easily, many interesting facts, reflections on health, efficiency and vitality. The book encounters many useful links to other authors. An interesting moment for me is that most of the books that the author mentioned in his book read before and totally agree on all the points.

The "Miracle Morning" book will help both "larks" and "owls" make your morning energetic, happy and full of joy all day long. While reading the book, I made markers on the pages and then I realized that almost all the pages had some marks and strokes. A lot of useful and interesting information. The book should be read several times. The most important thing after reading is to start using the "miracle morning" method in your life.

A bit about the basic idea of a book - there are a few points or rules you need to do every morning:- get up at least an hour earlier than you did before- "silence", 5-10 minutes of meditation in silence with any method of breathing (find out what's right for you). It can also be prayer or simple reflection in silence,- 5 minutes of affirmations (positive statements). It has long been proven that people are capable of programming for success. Affirmations are the best way to do this,- visualization (5 min). Select a small amount of time to visualize your dreams, just try to imagine all that you want to achieve in the near future, dream and visualize everything with the smallest detail. This process is very nice - it is charged with energy and, oddly enough, very effective,- reading (20-30 min), read every day for at least 20-30 minutes. Personally, I like to do exercises for speed reading in the morning, and to read already during the day. I think this option is also suitable for a "good morning"- you should have a diary, either online or regular. And every morning write anything, everything you want. If it's hard to write, just describe the day that has passed, the most interesting moments. Can write for what and to whom you are grateful.- exercise (20 minutes), do some exercises every morning. Remember the famous saying "if you do not find time for physical exercise, most likely to have to find time for illness. "-----------------------------------------------------------Рік лише розпочався, а це вже друга книга, яка досить сильно вразила мене і заслужено претендує на кращу книгу 2018 року. Книга читається дуже легко, багато цікавих фактів, роздумів щодо здоров'я, ефективності та життєвої енергії. В книзі зустрічається багато корисних посилань на інших авторів. Цікавий момент особисто для мене, що більшість книг, які автор згадує в своїй книзі читав раніше і щодо всіх моментів повністю згоден.

Книга "Чудовий ранок" допоможе і "жайворонкам" і "совам" зробити свій ранок енергічним, щасливим і сповненим радості на весь день. Читаючи книгу я робив помітки маркером і вже потім зрозумів, що майже всі сторінки мають якісь відмітки та обведення. Дуже багато корисної та цікавої інформації. Книгу варто читати декілька разів. А саме головне після прочитання - це розпочати використовувати метод "чудовий ранок" у своєму житті.

Трохи про основну ідею книги - це декілька пунктів чи правил, які потрібно робити кожен ранок:- вставати мінімум на годину раніше, ніж ви це робили раніше,- "тиша", 5-10 хвилин медитації в тиші з будь-якою методикою дихання (знайдіть що підходить саме вам). Також це може бути молитва чи прості роздуми в тиші,- 5 хвилин афірмацій (позитивних тверджень). Давно вже доведено, що люидна здатна себе програмувати на успіх. Афірмації - найкращий спосіб для цього,- візуалізація (5 хв). Виділіть невеличкий проміжок часу для візуалізації своїх мрій, просто намагайтесь уявити все те, чого хочете досягнути найближчим часом, мрійте і візуалізуйте все з найменьшими дрібницями. Цей процес дуже приємний - заряджає енергією і, як не дивно, дуже ефективний,- читання (20-30 хв), читайте кожен день мінімум по 20-30 хв. Особисто я люблю робити вранці вправи для швидкочитання, а читати вже протягом дня. Думаю, такий варіант теж підійде для "чудового ранку"- письмо. Заведіть собі щоденник, будь-який - онлайн чи звичайний. І кожен ранок пишіть будь-що, все що забажаєте. Якщо важко писати, то просто опишіть день, що минув, найцікавіші моменти. Можете написати за що і кому ви вдячні.- фізичні вправи (20 хв), кожен ранок робіть зарядку. Пам'ятайте відомий вислів "якщо не знайдете часу для фізичних вправ", найімовірніше, доведеться знайти час для хвороб".

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