The Miracle Morning

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8 AM)

Disclaimer - the other day I was reading a book - 'The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod' - found it so impressive that I can't stop myself but share it with you. A big thank you to Hal Elrod for this wonderful book.

The Miracle Morning routine was introduced by Hal Elrod in his book The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8 AM).

This method of self-improvement consists of waking up early in the morning to set up a daily morning routine, through 6 activities called lifesavers.

Many people dream of an extraordinary life but end up settling for a mediocre one. No matter where you are in life—whether you’re struggling to overcome a major setback or ready to move to new heights.

According to Hal Elrod, anyone can improve their life by applying a daily morning routine based on lifesavers. It provides you with a simple, proven method to improve your life and achieve all your dreams and goals.

The term SAVERS stands for:

·        Silence

·        Affirmations

·        Visualization

·        Exercise

·        Reading

·        Scribing

 The objective of each step is to develop one or more of your physical, intellectual, emotional or spiritual attributes. 

Living to your full potential means thriving in every aspect of your life and fulfilling all of your goals and dreams. Hal Elrod shares how he bounced back from death, crippling injuries and career setbacks, and how he used The Miracle Morning (TMM) to unlock his full potential. This approach has since been used by thousands of people from all walks of life to become a global movement.

 No matter how bad your circumstances are, know that you can turn things around if you set your heart and mind to it.

 Here are some of the benefits you can expect to gain from this morning ritual:

ü wake up every day with more energy, drive, and structure

ü lower stress levels

ü overcome challenges

ü improve the overall health

ü increase productivity and focus

ü have more gratitude and less worry

ü attract more monetary wealth

ü uncover and begin your life’s purpose

Hal Elrod’s Perspective

Hal Elrod is an American Author and success coach. Hal suffered a severe car accident at the age of 20. He uses this moment and his subsequent recovery as an example of how anybody can better themselves and have the life they want. He is the founder of the Achieve Your Goal podcast and has written two books: The Miracle Morning and The Miracle Equation. 

    —The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod -  In The Miracle Morning summary, we’ll briefly outline these ideas and the 6 Life S.A.V.E.R.S. to start transforming your life. 

Let’s look at HAL’s 6 Step formula to change your life -

Step #1: Silence

Start your morning with purposeful Silence: centre yourself and create an optimum frame of mind to face the rest of your day. When you deliberately silence your mind, it creates many health and performance benefits, from stress reduction to better concentration and metabolism. It also improves self-awareness and clarity. Instead of feeling hectic, stressed or lethargic, you’ll find yourself feeling calm, peaceful and rejuvenated.

 Elrod personally combines several components for this practice:

ü meditation,

ü prayer,

ü reflection,

ü deep breathing and

ü gratitude.

You can mix and match them as you wish.

 There are 2 types of meditations:

(i)              guided meditations (where you listen to someone’s instructions to direct your thoughts and focus) and

(ii)           self-meditations (where you do it alone without assistance).

Here are the suggested steps for the Miracle Morning meditation:

1. Prepare yourself mentally. Be fully present in the now, letting go of your worries of the past or future. Allow yourself to just “be”, without the compulsive need to think or do something.

2. Find a quiet and comfortable location. Don’t do this in bed. Ideally, have a place outside your bedroom (e.g. your living room sofa) that you can use every morning.

3. Sit upright and cross-legged. You can use a chair or pillow for extra comfort. Close your eyes or focus on the ground 2ft ahead.

4. Focus on your breathing. Breathe slowly and deeply into your belly (not your chest). Inhale from your nose for 3 seconds, hold it for 3 seconds, then exhale from your mouth for 3 seconds. If any thoughts pop up, just acknowledge them, let them go, and refocus on your breathing.

5. Enjoy this time with yourself. You can imagine inhaling soothing, positive energy, and exhaling stressful, negative energy. You can also incorporate words of what you’d like to receive from or give to the world e.g. “I breathe in love… I breathe out peace.”

Step 2: Affirmations

 Similar to the Coué method, and the method of autosuggestion, the more we repeat positive things to ourselves, the more it acts positively on our morale, our well-being and contributes to our success.

This step consists of writing down positive statements about oneself and reading them aloud every morning.

The goal is to remove negative thoughts from our brain that may prevent us from moving forward and to reprogram it with positive thoughts, which can lead to causing a boost effect on our actions over time.

It is recommended to make affirmations in all areas: family life, relationship with your children, work objectives, financial situation, real estate project, health, well-being, sports, relationships with friends, colleagues, etc.

In short: imagining yourself becoming the person you aspire to be, helps you to become him or her. And, by believing in yourself, you give yourself the possibility to become that type of person.

Step 3: Visualization

 By visualizing successful situations that you want to achieve in the smallest details, you project yourself as a winner, you then imagine each situation as possible and achievable.

Elrod says that for five minutes, you should “visualize living your ideal day, performing all tasks with ease, confidence, and enjoyment.”

Again, having a positive vision reinforces our ability to believe in it, and to access it. It is a law of attraction.

People like Bill Gates and Oprah are actively using visualization to “see” what they want for themselves.

Here is another example of Visualization from the book:

Jim Carrey wrote himself a check-in 1987 in the amount of 10 million dollars, and gave himself the end date of Thanksgiving 1995, with the memo line “For acting services rendered.” He then visualized it for years and was paid 10 million dollars in 1994 (1 year early) for his starring role in Dumb and Dumber.

 Step 4: Exercise

 The benefits of playing sports or simple physical exercise have proven to increase energy, improve sleep, health and emotional well-being.

For people with physical disabilities or those who are less athletic, Hal Elrod advises doing yoga or arm movements, to avoid being inactive.

The more athletic ones can devote as much time as they wish to their favourite activity: jogging, running, weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming, etc.

Of course, it is recommended to consult your doctor if you have a physical condition.

Hal Elrod tested his method, and after a bet with one of his friends, he said that if he could run 42 km, he could run 83 km! (And, he did!)

Step 5: Reading

 The idea is to read for pleasure, to combine learning with entertainment. We should not force ourselves to read a book that we are not interested in.

This step consists of reading 10 pages every morning, regularly. Hal Elrod advises you to immerse yourself in self-help books rather than fiction.

The best advice: read positive things that will help you project yourself into your affirmations!

It is also possible to reread a book that had a positive impact on you.

Step 6: Scribing

 Putting your ideas on paper helps you sort through and structure your thinking.

The goal of this morning's exercise is to keep a paper or a digital journal, depending on your preferences.

This step consists of keeping a written record of your positive thoughts and the means used to reach your goals, to capture moments of happiness, awareness, etc.

Your diary can help you in many ways:

·        you can visualize your positive thoughts, with illustrations, photos

·        you have guidelines for your affirmations

·        you can look back and see how far you've come

·        you can write down even the craziest ideas

·        you have a secret garden, completely devoted to your imagination

·        your journal helps you to be clearer, to remember your ideas, etc.

To be continued ...... we will discuss more of this tomorrow. (do not forget to subscribe so you don't miss it out.)