"All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end."

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<li>Victory demands consistency and persistence. Anyone can be great for just one day. But to be great consistently is what is required to become heroic.</li>
<li>Completing what is started determines the size of personal respect that will be generated.</li>
<li>The way you practice in private is precisely how you will perform once you are in public.</li>
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The Three Values of Heroic Habit Makers

"To have the results The Top 5% of producers have, you must start doing what 95% of people are unwilling to do."

“Trust—always—that life has your back—even if what’s unfolding makes no sense.”

<ol><li>World-class willpower isn’t an inherent strength; it is a skill developed through relentless practice.</li><li>Personal discipline is a muscle. The more you stretch it, the stronger it gets.</li><li>Like other muscles, willpower weakens when tired. Therefore, recovery is necessary for the expression of mastery and to manage decision fatigue.</li><li>Installing any virtuous habits follows a distinct four-part pattern for automation of the routine.</li><li>Increasing self-control in one area of your life should elevate self-control in all areas of your life. </li></ol>

The Five Scientific Truths Behind Excellent Habits

"Heaven on Earth Is a State, Not a Place."

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<li>Mind Set: It is the psychological aspect of our being. For example, our thinking.</li>
<li>Heart Set: It is our emotional intelligence. How good are we at managing our own emotions? What is our relation to others?</li>
<li>Health Set: It relates to our physical fitness.</li>
<li>Soul Set: It connects to spirituality. How are we connecting to that Supreme power?</li>
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The Four Interior Empires

<ol><li>Capitalization IQ: 'Natural talent is not what defines great individuals. Instead, it is the extent of that potential that they capitalize on through consistency and relentlessness.'</li><li>Freedom from Distraction: ‘An addiction to distraction is the death of your creative production.’</li><li>Personal Mastery Practice: 'Your influence in the world mirrors the glory, nobility, vitality, and luminosity you’ve accessed in yourself.' Focus on your Four Interior Empires.</li><li>Day Stacking: 'As you live each day, so you craft your life. We all are so focused on pursuing our futures that we generally ignore the exceedingly important value of a single day. And yet what we are doing today is creating our future.'</li></ol>

The Four Focuses of History Makers

“Elite producers and everyday heroes understand that what you do each day matters far more than what you do once in a while.”

"When you feel like surrendering, continue.Triumph loves the relentless."

<ol><li>The Tight Bubble of Total Focus: preserves your focus as well as your primal brilliance by giving you long stretches of time free from trivial fascinations and any influences that dissolve your inspiration.</li><li>The 90/90/1 Rule: For 90 days spend 90 minutes of a workday on a single task.</li><li>The 60/10 method: 60 minutes work - 10-minute break.</li><li>The Five Daily Concepts: During the second pocket of your Victory Hour, list the five tiny targets you wish to accomplish over the day ahead for you to feel it was one well-spent.</li><li>The Second-Wind Workout: schedule a second workout at the end of your workday to give you a second wind for a great evening.</li><li>The Two Massage Protocols: Lock two ninety-minute massages onto your weekly schedule.</li><li>Traffic University: Use the traveling time to learn, expanding your professional prowess and personal knowledge.</li><li>The Dream Team Technique: Delegate tasks that not only are a poor use of your hours but also diminish your happiness. Ideally, restructure your entire life so you’re doing only the things you’re great at—and love to do.</li><li>The Weekly Design System: Carve out and then ritualize thirty minutes early each Sunday morning to create your “Blueprint for a Beautiful Week.”</li><li>The 60-Minute Student: For at least sixty minutes a day, study. Do whatever it takes to fireproof your commitment to relentless growth.</li></ol>

The 10 Tactics of Lifelong Genius

The Five Assets of Genious are your mental focus, your physical energy, your personal willpower, your original talent, and your daily time.The balance should be maintained between High Excellence Cycles (the time when you work) and Deep Refueling Cycle (when you take rest).THE LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE EQUATION:PRESSURE × REFUELING = GROWTH + ENDURANCERemember this: The time you least feel like doing something is the best time to do it.

Twin Cycles of Elite Performance 

By using this formula you will get most of your Victory Hour(5-6 am). It is divided into three 20 minutes pockets.
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<li>Move: 1st 20 minutes for intense exercise. It will increase your metabolism rate and your brain will be optimized and you will be able to better focus on work.</li>
<li>Reflect: Here you plan your day or Mediate for clear vision or you may do praying or journaling.</li>
<li>Grow: This pocket is for gaining knowledge. You can read books, listen to podcasts, audiobooks, etc.</li>
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20/20/20 Formula

It takes 66 days to get to the automation point of a new habit. The time can be divided into 3 parts (22 days each)- <ol><li>Destruction Phase: Here your old habit gets destroyed. It is the hardest part. You need most of your willpower in this phase.</li><li>Installation Phase: In this phase installation of a new habit takes place. Here you should remember why you are going to build this habit.</li><li>Integration Phase: Here the habit gets integrated with your daily life </li></ol>After 66 days the habit will be automated.

The Habit Installation Protocol

<ol><li>To Create Magic in the World, Own the Magic within Yourself.</li><li>Collect Miraculous Experiences over Material Things.</li><li>Failure Inflates Fearlessness.</li><li>Proper Use of Your Primal Power Creates Your Personal Utopia.</li><li>Avoid Bad People.</li><li>Money Is the Fruit of Generosity, Not Scarcity.</li><li>Optimal Health Maximizes Your Power to Produce Magic.</li><li>Continue Raising Your Life Standards Toward Absolute World-Class.</li><li>Deep Love Yields Unconquerable Joy.</li><li>Heaven on Earth Is a State, Not a Place.</li><li>Tomorrow Is a Bonus, Not a Right.</li></ol>

The Billionaire’s Maxim

“Take excellent care of the front end of your day, and the rest of your day will pretty much take care of itself. Own your morning.”

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living._ We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today._”

OWN YOUR MORNING, ELEVATE YOUR LIFE Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5 AM 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 5 AM 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 ROBIN SHARMA is a globally respected humanitarian. Widely considered one of the world’s top leadership and personal optimization advisors, his clients include famed billionaires, professional sports superstars and many Fortune 100 companies. The author’s #1 bestsellers, such as The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, The Greatness Guide and The Leader Who Had No Title are in over 92 languages, making him one of the most broadly read writers alive today. A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to The Robin Sharma Foundation for Children to help kids in need live better lives. “Robin Sharma’s books are helping people all over the world lead great lives.” —PAULO COELHO

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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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