Upsize Your Life 101: Carpe Mornings!

THE MIRACLE MORNING

How you wake up each day and your morning routine (or lack thereof) dramatically affects your levels of success in every single area of your life. Focused, productive, successful mornings generate focused, productive, successful days.

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed To Transform Your Life… (Before 8AM) by Hal Elrod opens up a most interesting possibility to make the most of your life.

Elrod uses an acronym to explain the most important morning habits. He calls them LIFE S.A.V.E.R.S.

“In order to save your Level 10 life from being neglected and limited by the demands of your life situation—which ultimately leads to a life of regret, unfulfilled potential, and even mediocrity—you must prioritize and dedicate time each day to your personal development.

Enter The Miracle Morning Life S.A.V.E.R.S.—a set of six simple, life-enhancing, life-changing daily practices, each of which develops one or more of the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life, so that you can become who you need to be to create the life you want.”

-Hal Elrod-

Life S.A.V.E.R.S. are a set of six simple daily practices, done preferably in the early morning.

They are:

• Silence

• Affirmations

• Visualization

• Exercise

• Reading

• Scribing

SILENCE

“If you want to immediately reduce your stress levels, to begin each day with the kind of calm, clarity, and peace of mind that will allow you to stay focused on what’s most important in your life, and even dance on the edge of enlightenment—do the opposite of what most people do—start every morning with a period of purposeful Silence.

The life-enhancing benefits of Silence have been well documented throughout the ages. From the power of prayer, to the magic of meditation, some of the greatest minds in history have used purposeful Silence to transcend their limitations and create extraordinary results.” –Elrod

A wonderful practice for gaining peace and tranquility is breathing. Be in the moment and observe your breath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFcQpNr_KA4

AFFIRMATIONS

We must transfer thoughts into words and eventually into actions in order to manifest our intentions. Affirmations are proven methods of self-improvement because of their ability to rewire our brains. They can even break through the negativity habit.

Example: „ I am filled with energy and overflowing with joy.“

You might enjoy these videoa from YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMguQXX-q0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9J99Bdr4fQ

“You can use affirmations to start programming yourself to be confident and successful in everything you do, simply by repeatedly telling yourself who you want to be, what you want to accomplish and how you are going to accomplish it. With enough repetition, your sub-conscious mind will begin to believe what you tell it, act upon it, and eventually manifest it in your reality.

Putting your affirmations in writing makes it possible for you to choose your new programming so it moves you towards that desired condition or state of mind by enabling you to consistently review it. Constant repetition of an affirmation will lead to acceptance by the mind, and result in changes in your thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. Since you get to choose and create your affirmations, you can design them to help you establish the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that you want and need to succeed.” –Elrod

V IS FOR VISUALIZATION

“Visualization, also known as creative visualization or mental rehearsal, refers to the practice of seeking to generate positive results in your outer world by using your imagination to create mental pictures of specific behaviors and outcomes occurring in your life. Frequently used by athletes to enhance their performance, visualization is the process of imagining exactly what you want to achieve or attain, and then mentally rehearsing what you’ll need to do to achieve or attain it.” – Elrod

Here you not only visualize (imagine) the outcomes you want. You need to mentally rehearse WHAT YOU WILL DO to achieve or attain those outcomes.

At the end of your morning meditation (silence), visualize your day, going through it thoughtfully, feeling the positive feelings and mentally experiencing successful outcomes.

E IS FOR EXERCISE

“Morning exercise should be a staple in your daily rituals. When you exercise for even a few minutes every morning it significantly boosts your energy, enhances your health, improves self-confidence and emotional well-being, and enables you to think better and concentrate longer.” –Elrod

People who are not experienced exercisers can watch YouTube videos for beginners or use DVDs. Use your own body weight or invest in some dumbbells.

Your body needs the movement and your brain needs the oxygen! Brain Rules by John J. Medina explains how your brain works.  Check YouTube for his short (and amusing) explanation why exercise is so important:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck-tQt0S0Os&t=13s

R IS FOR READING

“Reading, the fifth practice in the Life S.A.V.E.R.S., is the fast track to transforming any area of your life. It is one of the most immediate methods for acquiring the knowledge, ideas, and strategies you need to achieve Level 10 success in any area of your life.

The key is to learn from the experts—those who have already done what you want to do. Don’t reinvent the wheel. The fastest way to achieve anything you want is to model successful people who have already achieved it. With an almost infinite amount of books available on every topic, there are no limits to the knowledge you can gain through daily reading.“ –Elrod

Some people try to read a book a day. Most people don’t have the time. Try for at least 10 pages from a non-fiction book. If you do this daily, how much information will you have taken in after a year?! Can you imagine how you could profit from this practice?

S IS FOR SCRIBING, aka, journaling or writing

The process of writing down your thoughts forces you to think through them enough to understand them. Daily writing will give you more clarity, encouraging you to come up with new ideas, and helps you effectively work through problems and challenges.

Journaling helps you not only expand your ideas, but also prevents you from losing the important ideas that you may want to act on in the future.

If you decide to Free Write, just write down everything and anything that comes into your mind, without evaluating the thoughts. Write as quickly as you can for a certain time, say five minutes. Then go back and read your entry. This practice clarifies your thoughts and lets you observe how your thinking could impact you today.

Daily journaling allows you to document your journey to creating your most extraordinary life. Tony Robbins says that a life worth living is worth writing down.

Doing all these activities in the morning gives you a strong head start for the day. Some call this time their Power Hour. Others just do each of the activities for a shorter time, say five minutes each. This is definitely a profitable investment of your time.