The 5 Am Club : Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life - Robin Sharma

223rd of 2022 was obviously 'The 5 Am Club : Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life' by Robin Sharma.

Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers; a disillusioned entrepreneur and a frustrated artist who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor. At the seminar, the Entrepreneur and Artist ran into an eccentric multi-billionaire who’d been personally mentored by the Spellbinder. The Billionaire invites them to his private island, where he imparts the principles and insights that had transformed his life (and would now transform theirs). taking them through  The 5 AM Club; thus it will walk us through:

• How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings with solitude and enhanced Brain State at 5 AM to produce astonishing achievements

• A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day, capitalize on talent, avoid distractions, achieve every day and master self. Adjust your clock. Rather than thinking you don't have what it takes, capitalize on the gifts you've got to make a difference. 

• A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth. Give attention to four interior empires, to master self and chosen field.

• A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed.  

• “Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world

Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, the 20/20/20  formula ensures that waking up at 5:00 AM generates incredible results. 20 minutes of exercise(Move), 20 minutes of meditation and journaling (Reflect), and 20 minutes of learning/reading (Grow).  

The 5 AM Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever. Remember:

If you're only working on your mindset, you're ignoring your healthset, your heartset and your soulset. That's like only polishing 25% of the picture. 

A key to top performance overtime is to oscillate between periods of passionate, focused work at the highest levels and periods of time for deep refuelling through relaxation, recovery and fun.  Growth happens not just in the performance phase, but also in the recovery phase.