You can fit in. Or you can change the world. You don't get to do both.

Every one of us carries an instict for excellence within our spirits. No one needs to stay frozen in average and succumb to the mass mediocratization of behaviour evident in society along with the collective de-professionalization of business so apparent in industry. Limitation is nothing more than a mentality that too many good people practice daily until they believe it's reality. We need to remember that our excuses are seducers, our fears are liars and our doubts are thieves.

Limiting Beliefs = Mediocrity

The five primary assets that all superproducers defend are:1. Mental Focus2. Physical Energy3. Personal Willpower4. Original Talent5. Daily TimeProtect these 5 assets by following The Tight Bubble of Total Focus Strategy which preserves your focus as well as your primal brilliance.

Protection Of The 5 Assets Of Genius

<ul><li>Capitalization of IQ: What makes a legendary performer so good isn't the amount of natural talent they are born into but the extent of that potential they actualize & capitalize.</li><li>Freedom From Distraction: Technology well used is a phenomenal thing, it's all the silly ways people apply it now.</li><li>Personal Mastery Practice: External always express internal, always reflect within. Your impact on the planet is always a sublime expression of what's going on inside of you.</li><li>Day Stacking: Concentrate monomaniacally on creating great days & they'll stack into a gorgeous life.</li></ul>

The 4 Focuses Of History Makers

Next 90 Days → First 90 minutes → Single Most Important ProjectLegendary achievers concentrate all their attention and effort on one core project at a time so they harness the fullness of their cognitive capacity and their precious energy on releasing glorious products.For the next ninety days, schedule yourself to invest the first ninety minutes of your workday on the one activity that, when completed at world-class will cause you to own your field. This 90 minutes period must be completely free of any noise and interruptions.

90/90/1 Rule For Exponential Productivity

• Organizes Your Thinking• Multiplies Clarity & Awarness• Activate Deliberate Gratitude• Fosters Hope• Reinforces Daily Learning• Records Where You Are Winning• Processes Low Energy Emotions for Release Versus Repression• Offers A Place to Work Through Confusion• Allows For Planning And Goal Setting So Execution Improves• Captures Your Life's Best Experiences• Allows You To Re-experience Joyful Times• Elevates Your Creativity Which When Translated Into Productivity Yields Mastery

Why Journaling Is Good For Your Overall Growth 

~Twin Cycles of Elite Performance~• 60 minutes of High Excellence CycleWork at your best for sixty minutes straight, quietly with utmost focus. Just concentrate.• 10 minutes of Deep Recovery CycleAfter your sixty-minute productivity sprint is done, refuel for ten minutes. Go for a quick walk in fresh air, read a book, listen to energizing music.

The 60/10 Method

The best in the world have depth. Members of the majority often get stuck in a mindset of superficiality in their work. Their whole approach is light. No real preparation. Very little contemplation. Geniuses understand that it's smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Step 1: Learning→ Better Awareness→ Growing</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Step 2: Implementation→ Better Choices→ Execution</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Step 3: Income→ Better Results→ Impact</li></ul>

3 Step Formula From Superficialilty To Granularity

E3: Healthset (physicality)If you want to lead your field and experience continuous escalation of your eminence: do not die. Beautiful things happen once you commit seriously to peak fitness and go hard in cheating aging.E4: Soulset (spirituality)Every single one of us has an unstained spirit and spotless soulfulness that rests at our very center. Spend some time in quietude to make the return to courage, conviction and compassion within you.

The 4 Interior Empires Part 2

<ol><li>People Fuel: Be around those people who fuel your joy.</li><li>Pursuit Fuel: Perform those pursuits that feed your bliss.</li><li>Place Fuel: Be in those places that make you feel more alive.</li></ol>

Joy As A GPS

The truth is that every challenging event you've experienced, each toxic person that you've encountered and all the trials you've endured have been perfect preparation to make you into the person that you are now.The seduction of complacency and an easy life is one hundred times brutal, ultimately, than a life where you go all in and take an unconquerable stand for your brightest dreams. Hard is good. Real greatness and realization of your inherent genius is meant to be a difficult sport. Only those devoted enough to go to the fiery edges of their highest limits will expand them.

Hard Is Good

E1: Mindset (psychology)Your thinking forms your reality and by improving your mind you'll improve your life. Your deepest beliefs drive your daily behaviour and the way you perceive the world drives the way you perform in it.E2: Heartset (emotionality)Even with battleproof beliefs and the distinguished thinking of a world-class Mindset, you won't win if your heart is full of toxic feelings. Working on your Heartset isn't only about removing negative emotions. It's also about amplifying the healthy ones.

The 4 Interior Empires Part 1

Never delay your peacefulness. Your life can fall apart within an hour. Accidents, illness, loss and death happen every day. It's human nature to think these things will never occur. Yet all wise philosophers teach us of the transience of our existence.Tomorrow is a promise, not a fact. Enjoy every morning and appreciate each day you have on Earth. Take bold risks yet hedge them with common sense. balance living like there is no tomorrow with behaving like you'll live forever. So that when the end does come, you'll know you lived your life as a majestic testimony to the capacity for legendary.

Tomorrow Is A Bonus, Not A Right

When we were much younger, we understood how to live. Staring at stars filled us us with delight. Running in a park made us feel alive. And chasing butterflies flooded us with joy. Then, as we grew up, we forgot how to be human. We forgot how to be bold and enthusiastic and loving and widely alive. Our precious reservoir of hope faded. Being ordinary became acceptable. The lamp of our creativity, our positivity and our intimacy with our greatness grew dim as we began to worry about fitting in, having more than others and being popular.

Adults Are Deteriorated Children

Positive ExpectancyAlways maintain a mindset where you expect money will come to you regularly and from highly unexpected sources.Active FaithActive faith is when you behave in a way that shows life you trust it in its abundance & benevolence. Just show nature you know prosperity is coming and perform acts that make you feel like you have plenty.Ever-increasing GratitudeContinue opening your heart to everything and everyone in your life.Extreme Value DeliveryExtreme value delivery means giving others exponentially more benefit than they ever could expect from you. Because we reap what we sow<warningtag>.</warningtag>

Four Practices For Financial Fortune

05:00 AM—05:20 AM MOVE•Intense workout, Sweat hardWHY→ Cleanses Cortisol, BDNF flows, Dopamine+Serotonin IncreasesBENEFITS→ More focus+ productivity, Energy flows, Less stress|05:20 AM— 05: 40 AM REFLECT•Journal, Meditate, Plan, ContemplateWHY→ Gratitude boost, Awareness+Happiness lifts, Wisdom develops, Serenity expandsBENEFITS→ Greater positivity, Decreased reactivity, Higher creativity, Stronger performance|05:40 AM— 06:00 AM GROW•Review goals, Read books, Listen podcast+ audiobooksWHY→ Knowledge deepens, Acumen+Confidence escalatesBENEFITS→ Domain dominance, Personal growth

The 20/20/20 Formula

The 5 AM Club is a staple in my daily diet of practicing a healthy mindset and leading a productive life. The lessons here are rejuvenating and helped me go through some tough stages in life. Hope it does the same for everyone.

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness. Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through: How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings 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 A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth 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 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

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Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.      Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.      Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:<ul><li>How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements</li><li>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</li><li>A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth</li><li>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</li><li>“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</li></ul>Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

Robin Sharma is one of the world’s premier thinkers on leadership, personal growth and life management. The bestselling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Who Will Cry When You Die? and The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO and four other books on self-transformation. Robin Sharma is in constant demand internationally as keynote speaker at the conferences of many of the most powerful companies on the planet including Microsoft, Nortel Networks, General Motors, FedEx and IBM. He is a resident of Ontario, Canada. (Barnes and Noble)

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