Episode 11- Book Review: Miracle Morning

In this episode of From Idea to Done, we discuss the book "Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod. We take share the tips Elrod mentions and talk about how we try to utilize them in our morning routines. 

J/E: Hey everyone, I'm Josh and I'm Erick

E: Alright Josh today we’re talking about The Miracle Morning by that one guy. You actually asked me to read this hog when I started. I did, I tried to do what the book said, but I didn’t quite keep to the book’s advice. What do we have as a big idea behind this book?

J: Yes, by that one guy you mean Hal Elrod, and by hog of a book you mean all 180 pages…..  Its pretty simple, wake up early. 60 minutes, Six different activities, each 10 minute segment to start your day off right

E: I don’t disagree with the principal of this book. If you would like, I think we should just kind of go over the main points of the book.

J: ummm….. sure.

E: Silence. Straight up Yoda into the day. I love this. I try to do this when I wake up and when I fall asleep at night.

J: I do the same thing if I don’t get out of bed, however what Hal teaches you to do is to set your alarm clock away from the bed and to do something to jumpstart so you don’t go back to bed, mainly drink a full glass of water to hydrate, then do something to wake up. Brush your teeth, take a shower, etc. 

E: I am not going to lie, I fall back asleep sometimes when I do this, and should probably have a glass of water by my bed, or move my alarm clock. Even if I fall back asleep, if I am waking up a little early it’s just fine. That will bring us to the next action. Affirmations: or Encouraging words you tell yourself to achieve your goals. To me attitude and mindset are so important. It’s pretty powerful to go into the day with a better feeling than I hate Mondays. Telling yourself each morning that you will do great things is way better than same shit different day.

J: Think of it as your friend that hates doing something, but you know it is good for them, you need to convince them to keep going. Sometimes you need to do the same thing for yourself, even if you don’t believe it you need to have the consistency to make it a habit.

E: I just had a friend I saw on Facebook. He has been struggling with weight issues since I have known him. He actually was online crying because he was trying, and he gained a little weight back. I stepped in, told him he was brave, hardly anyone actually does the work to change things they don’t like about themselves, nothing you have ever done you are proud of has come easy, and if he wants some help, I would be there for him. I should be mirroring that message to myself, every day. That kind of brings us to the next main point of visualization.

J: I used to think that affirmations and visualizations were overly woo-woo, some sort of late night infomercial way to scam me out of $100 for some course. But as I’ve moved on in life I find there is so much negativity so many debbie downers out there that you need to be in the right frame of mind to start your day. So Erick, what are your thoughts on visualization?

E: Visualization: This is an interesting one that no one does, but something that basically every successful professional athlete does. This is another one I could be better at. Every day I write out a list of things to do. I should change my list to  Things I will do. I think it would be good for me to change the phasing of my checklist to, I will talk to ____. A proposal to _____ will be sent, ect

J: I think an important piece to add to the visualization is what success looks and feels like. So after sending that proposal, then what?

E: We sent the proposal, they accept, pay us with money, and then we eat victory tacos. That is way better than my original I will send a proposal. Then we will be consistently eating victory tacos which brings us to the next main point. Exercise. Does a