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The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
Hal Elrod
3.51 AVERAGE
1.07k reviews for:
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
Hal Elrod
3.51 AVERAGE
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Not for me. I don’t seek career success, this isn’t for slow living people.
I think the book was pretty okay. Hal started with his life story which sounded engaging and pretty moving for that chapter. But in the subsequent chapters he started talking like someone who was too overly excited, he said that you should live you A-level life and that you should always be happy. But let's be honest, we can't always be happy, sometimes there are just days it's not going well. He also started throwing stats that 95% of us always live life in mediocrity, without any references or proof whatsoever. All the overly excited banter of him aside, the morning ritual he gave was good and really helped me to exceed in life, it was simple and fun, and I like that. Even though it didn't get me to a so-called 'A-level life' it energized me for the day, which was good enough. If Hal had focused on his morning ritual and not all the other side-stuff I'd him given more stars.
inspiring
reflective
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informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I struggled to read this book only because its extremely repetitive. I have heard many of these principles over the years, but I enjoyed Elrod's application of some them.
The book however did not get me as excited as I thought.
The book however did not get me as excited as I thought.
Without having actually done a Miracle Morning, I give you this review: this is one long, mildly rambling, and mostly repetitive motivational speech. I’m sure “Yo Pal Hal”’s tactic works, but really, this is a single sheet kinda deal.
Spoilers? Here’s the book in a nutshell: wake up 1-2 hours earlier, and spend time meditating, saying affirmations, visualizing, exercising, reading, and journaling. He recommends 5 minutes for those first three and the journaling, and 20 minutes each of exercising and reading.
There’s not much ground breaking in here. But it was short and peppy, and also once you got through all that pep, also gave you a very straightforward structure. The best self-improvement book I’ve read? Not by a long shot. But good enough I’ll give Miracle Mornings a shot. If I become hooked, I pledge to come back and give Hal five stars.
Spoilers? Here’s the book in a nutshell: wake up 1-2 hours earlier, and spend time meditating, saying affirmations, visualizing, exercising, reading, and journaling. He recommends 5 minutes for those first three and the journaling, and 20 minutes each of exercising and reading.
There’s not much ground breaking in here. But it was short and peppy, and also once you got through all that pep, also gave you a very straightforward structure. The best self-improvement book I’ve read? Not by a long shot. But good enough I’ll give Miracle Mornings a shot. If I become hooked, I pledge to come back and give Hal five stars.
I listened to this in audio format. For the most part, I enjoyed it. It gets off to a slow start, beginning with a near-death experience, which I thought was kind of cliché. However, as you move into the gist of what the book is about, I liked it more. Some major themes are personal accountability, being proactive, mindful activity that you enjoy. Key takeaways...wake up early! Spend one hour of that early morning to do things that improve/develop you in ways that you determine.
I enjoyed this book and felt encouraged after reading it It was somewhat preaching to the choir about rising early each day, as this is something that I already do. However, it provided me with a clearer plan for my early morning time. It is something that I will begin to incorporate in to my daily routine.