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The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
Hal Elrod
3.51 AVERAGE
1.06k reviews for:
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
Hal Elrod
3.51 AVERAGE
Very good. Keeps you very motivated throughout the book and it’s also quick to read.
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"The day you decide that today is the most important day of your life because who you are becoming, based on the choices you make and the actions you take, is determining who you are going to be for the rest of your life."
I rarely give five stars if ever but this book was everything I wish for in a book. The author was very likeable and someone who I've loved listening to. Someone who has seen things, and out of those experiences took his lessons and shared it.
It's more than just waking up earlier. It's about owning up, living in the moment and taking control over your short life.
I rarely give five stars if ever but this book was everything I wish for in a book. The author was very likeable and someone who I've loved listening to. Someone who has seen things, and out of those experiences took his lessons and shared it.
It's more than just waking up earlier. It's about owning up, living in the moment and taking control over your short life.
I finished the new expanded edition, and have put it into practice over the last week. I'm not sure it's revolutionary, but I really struggled to have a clear morning routine. I felt as if I must decide between things (i.e. "should I exercise or read?") or didn't think I had enough time. So, I would have never tried to meditate, journal, do affirmations and visualizations, read, AND exercise. But, it's been working for me, in about an hour and 15 minutes. I feel happier and more motivated in this short amount of time. He even suggests a six minute version for when you have a time crunch. It's a nice way to center yourself and find some clarity when cortisol is at its highest.
This is a fantastic book and super short!!! I love self help books about trying to hit goals and make your life better/more organized/productive etc. This book is about how you can wake up a bit early each day and do certain tasks to make yourself more productive and feel better. I haven't actually started the program, but I'm hoping to do this in January and vlog my experience. I suggest everyone read the book because its so short and Hal's life story was blowing me away. He overcame so much in his short life so far, and it was such a great message.
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Some interesting ideas and tricks to explore, but the writing was a wee bit too hokey and overly zealous for my taste.
This was a vaguely encouraging audiobook. Elrod has been through a few rock-bottoms in his life, and he writes about overcoming obstacles such as surviving a fatal car crash at age 20 and coming back to life after being clinically dead for 6 minutes. He was told he would never walk again, but he bounced back and made a recovery. There was quite a bit of his backstory, and he said some inspiring and helpful things about habit building and changing your life. His claim/message is that if you wake up a couple of hours early each day and follow the “miracle morning” routine, your life can be transformed. I agree (to some extent). Some of the things to do in the miracle morning include drinking water, meditation, self-affirmation, journaling, exercise, drinking a superfood smoothie, and going for a run – all before 8am, before you start your workday. It basically sounds like a massive combination of all the cliché personal development tools to maximise your physical and spiritual well-being. The idea is to work on self-development before the day starts, because otherwise you will come up with excuses not to find time to do those things. I think it’s actually really smart.
Buuut, I have a few big issues with this book. There was an accumulation of dubious things Elrod said that sounded a bit pseudo-science or like new age bs. For example: You only need as much sleep as you psychologically tell yourself is necessary. Apparently if you can convince yourself that your body only needs 4 hours of sleep to function, then that’s all it needs to stay healthy. The book was riddled with “proven facts” like this. Most of the self-help things sounded dull and generic (do more exercise, drink water, yoga). I also didn’t like Elrod’s elitist approach, like how you can be better than 95% of the population who will never get a 10/10 score in their health, relationships, and finances. But perhaps the most concerning declaration he made was that [trigger warning] “suicide is one of the most selfish decisions someone can make”, which is unnecessarily demeaning to people struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. While the miracle morning could be beneficial for some people, I don’t think it can magically cure everyone’s mental illnesses. Elrod quotes a lot of people in his book, but some of them are just plain weird. “You can learn more in an hour of silence than you can in a year of reading books”, which is nonsense - unless I’m reading Hal Elrod books.
Buuut, I have a few big issues with this book. There was an accumulation of dubious things Elrod said that sounded a bit pseudo-science or like new age bs. For example: You only need as much sleep as you psychologically tell yourself is necessary. Apparently if you can convince yourself that your body only needs 4 hours of sleep to function, then that’s all it needs to stay healthy. The book was riddled with “proven facts” like this. Most of the self-help things sounded dull and generic (do more exercise, drink water, yoga). I also didn’t like Elrod’s elitist approach, like how you can be better than 95% of the population who will never get a 10/10 score in their health, relationships, and finances. But perhaps the most concerning declaration he made was that [trigger warning] “suicide is one of the most selfish decisions someone can make”, which is unnecessarily demeaning to people struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. While the miracle morning could be beneficial for some people, I don’t think it can magically cure everyone’s mental illnesses. Elrod quotes a lot of people in his book, but some of them are just plain weird. “You can learn more in an hour of silence than you can in a year of reading books”, which is nonsense - unless I’m reading Hal Elrod books.
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced