“A simple morning ritual that will change your life until 8 am”, “A source of energy and productivity for every day” - I came across such reviews in the description of the book on Amazon. The book was recently published in MIF in Russian. And now for the second week I have been performing the techniques described in the book. I share my experience and review of the book. She really is magical.
Who is Hal Elrod
At the age of 20, Hal Elrod had it all. In the company of his dreams, he made a lot of money, was in love with a girlfriend, was loved by his parents, and had the best friends anyone could wish for. He felt like he was on top of the world. 
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And then the biggest disaster of his life happened, he got into a car accident. At young man there were multiple bone fractures and severe brain damage. Hal was resuscitated, but was told that he would never be able to walk. Hal showed a great desire for life, did not give up, did not feel sorry for himself. Over time, he changed his thinking, regained the ability to remember current events, learned to walk again, began to participate in marathons, then started a family. He is now the author of several books and a motivational speaker.
Hal's story proves that a person can solve any psychological and physical problems. You need to be purposeful and dare to step out of your comfort zone.
Morning magic for the whole family
6 Miracle Morning Rituals
In the process of recovery, Hal came up with a system that would help him become better every day. He called it "The Wonderful Morning". That's what it is.
You set your alarm an hour earlier than you used to get up. And within an hour, perform 6 techniques that have a powerful impact on your life:
- do sports,
- say affirmations,
- meditate
- visualize your dreams and goals,
- keeping a diary
- read books.
In order not to forget anything, you can keep a special diary using the “Magic of the Morning” system. 
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Each takes an average of 10 minutes. And this morning ritual must be continued for 30 days.
There is one key clarification - before starting the Magic of the morning, a person must decide on his goal.
Why do you wake up in the morning?
Check yourself - answer this very second - why did you wake up this morning, why did you open your eyes, get out of a warm bed and do what you are doing?
Remember these childhood emotions with which you woke up and ran to the gifts under the Christmas tree in New Year? And every morning can be like this. Think about what you need to do in the coming day so that you are 100 percent inspired?
Getting up early, especially when we have a clear goal, invariably gives us a feeling of joy, fullness of strength and enthusiasm for the whole day.
The presence of a goal removes all questions, why wake up early. And here are some tips on how to do it easily and with pleasure:
- Tune in the evening for an easy awakening
- Set an alarm at the far end of the room
- Drink a glass of water immediately after waking up
Alarm clock at the far end of the room
Put the alarm clock away from the bed, to turn it off, you have to get up. And even if your energy level was at zero, and your eyelids are heavy, you will have to open at least your left eye to reach and turn off the alarm. Movement creates energy. The brain will work, the body will come to life, and now you have already woken up.
Glass of water
The body dehydrates overnight. You need to replenish the water balance, so put a glass of water next to the alarm clock.
Keeping a diary
Cleaned the body with a glass of water, brushed your teeth - it's time to clear your head. By getting your thoughts out of your head and writing them down in a diary, you gain invaluable access to information that your lifelines would otherwise never have. As part of the Miracle Morning method, writing allows you to document thoughts, ideas, insights, accomplishments, successes, and lessons learned, as well as any areas of opportunity personal growth or self-improvement.
Now readers have access to a diary that complements the book "The Magic of the Morning". 
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Physical exercise
If you, like me, are a parent, then you are probably wondering “where else can I find time for this?” This question is answered in the book. She helped me take a different look at the daily routine with a one-year-old baby.
In life, the ability to reprogram your brain to create new healthy habits, form new beliefs and a positive attitude is extremely important. Only under this condition will you be able to cope with emerging circumstances, more often be the author of events, develop harmonious relationships and achieve any goals.
Improve your life and don't forget to enjoy it. Every day.
Incredible Facts
The first hours after waking up play an important role in how our day goes. And for the day to be set, it is important to start it right.
Of course, each of us needs something different in the morning, for example, to read the news or drink a cup of coffee.
But there are some mistakes that can set the stage for an unproductive and joyless day.
Here are some tips from experts to help you wake up your body b extract maximum benefit from your day.
Where to start the morning?
1. Rearranging the alarm
When you continue to snooze after you've turned off your alarm, you're forcing your brain back into the sleep cycle.
And when you need to wake up again, you have to interrupt the deep phase of sleep, which can make you feel a little sluggish. If you wake up after a full night's sleep, then you are most likely waking up from a light phase of sleep.
2. We drink coffee
Our bodies naturally produce the hormone cortisol, which keeps us alert.
The caffeine in coffee can interfere with the production of cortisol, and over time you may become more addicted to caffeine and produce less cortisol naturally. It is best to drink coffee around 10 o'clock in the morning.
3. Check mail or messages
When we wake up and immediately check our email, we program our morning as if we missed something yesterday. In other words, we start our day in fear that we have missed something.
The right start to the morning
4. We linger on insignificant things
Founder social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview that he wears the same t-shirt every day to limit the number of decisions he has to make, instead of wasting his energy on stupid or frivolous things.
If you want to have a more productive day, you can follow the same principle, or choose your outfit in advance.
5. Stay in the dark
Our internal clock or circadian biorhythms are affected by exposure to light. It suppresses the production of the hormone melatonin, which tells you it's time to sleep when it's light outside. For this reason, it is easier for people to wake up in summer.
6. Lying in bed
Do you want to start your day more productively and efficiently? It is best to start your day with exercise before breakfast.
This habit will help you lose weight by burning more fat than if you did it later in the day.
7. Putting off important things
Our self-control is rather limited and depletes as the day progresses. So while self-control is at its best in the morning, get down to things that you can’t put off until later.
Once upon a time, at the dawn of my freelance work, I earned very little, but I firmly decided to spend 10% of my income on books. Then with this money I could hardly buy one normal book. Years passed, and I firmly adhered to this rule. Now, for 10% of my monthly salary, I can buy so many books that I can't read them in a year - and this means that I bought and read books for good reason.
Always save 10% of your income for books - this is the best investment of this money. There is no need to put off more, less too.
Here is my monthly rate so far:
2. Read with a notepad
I like to call this rule "read smart". I never read a book twice. This happens because I “squeeze” all the ideas out of it as detailed as possible - a notebook helps me. When I read a book, I write down all the interesting and useful ideas, all the links to other books, I write out quotes that inspire me. When there is no notebook at hand or it is inconvenient to use it, I write in the margins with a pencil.
As a result, what remains in my notebook is a squeeze of the book, the concentration of its ideas, the quintessence of meaning. It is pleasant to re-read the notebook afterwards - it is very inspiring.
And most importantly - such reading allows you to deeply penetrate the book.
3. List the top books to buy
Combining the first two tips, we have a rule of thumb to spend 10% of the money on books and a list. interesting books in notepad. This very list is the "to-do" of future purchases. It is regularly shuffled and reworked - personal and professional interests tend to change.
4. Read at least an hour a day
And two is better. It really doesn't matter how much you read (although I strongly recommend reading at least an hour a day). It is important to do this regularly - accustom yourself to the rule "not a day without a book."
It is very difficult to allocate an hour a day for reading, especially for a busy person. In this case, I advise you to break the reading into small twenty-minute segments, which can be evenly “eaten” throughout the day. Reading at night before going to bed is not cool, a tired brain will refuse to accept a book and consider it a sleeping pill.
5. Mix styles
I am a big fan of books about self-development and motivation (probably I am one of those people for whom reading books about self-development has replaced self-development). However, reading only such books every day is boring. Therefore, alternate books, first useful, then science fiction, then business, and then fiction. Art books are also very useful and interesting to read.
6. Don't hold on to books
I advise you to exchange books with friends and acquaintances. First, it's a great way to save money. Second, you help your friends learn and grow. I have already lost count of the books that I sent by mail to my friends - and it pleases me, and it is useful for them.
7. Switch to e-books
No matter what anyone says, but the paper book is gradually dying off, turning into a kind of vinyl record - a pleasure for fans. Reading in the reader is easier, simpler and much cheaper. For a lover of reading, the reader pays off in about two months. And it's hard to calculate how many trees you save.
These are my simple rules and laws. Once you start reading, you can't stop. This I will tell you for sure. And one more thing: as an unknown designer Artemy Lebedev once said, each successful man these are, first of all, the books that he read on time.
Each new day brings new difficulties, ups and downs. Without God's protection, disappointment, despondency, and troubles overtake us faster. Praying in the morning is very important in order to enlist the support of the Almighty at the very beginning of the day.
Our Father
This prayer is not just universal, but mandatory for any believing Christian. It is read not only before meals or in difficult moments of life, but also in the morning. After opening your eyes and waking up from a dream, take one minute to read this prayer to pay tribute to heaven, because they have awakened you and given you another day of life. The text of the prayer is familiar to everyone and everyone:
Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Prayers for material well-being
Much has been said about prayers that have the power to make our lives better. But it is also important to go to meet God ourselves. After all, only with inner readiness and awareness of the true path comes the help of Heaven.
If you are facing financial problems, you too can turn to Heaven for help. It is only important to do it right, not with greed in the soul, but by asking God for what is necessary. Learn about prayers for deliverance from poverty on the website of an Orthodox monastery.
Prayer to the Holy Trinity
To begin with, the text of the prayer itself is read:
Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake.
Then you can repeat three times: "Lord have mercy", and complete morning prayer words “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen».
The Holy Trinity is the three incarnations of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each of these components is our assistants in earthly affairs. Collectively, the Trinity is God, therefore, by reading this prayer, you are asking our Creator to give you mercy and forgive you all your sins - those that were committed intentionally, and those that you have not yet managed to cope with.
Publican's Prayer
"God, be merciful to me, a sinner", - this is the simplest of all protective prayers. It is good to read it not only in the morning, but also before any undertaking, before leaving the house and before a difficult task.
Do not underestimate these words and think that prayer is the better, the more difficult and longer. This is absolutely not true, because the most important thing is your spiritual attitude and your faith, and not your ability to remember.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
“King of Heaven, Comforter, Soul of Truth, Who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasury of the good and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed One, our souls.”
This is a simple prayer - quite rare, difficult to understand, but very effective and ancient. It can be read before meals and in the morning.
Another simple prayer known to almost every Christian:
“Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen."
the first part to "...have mercy on us" it is better to read it three times - as it is read in the church according to the rules. This is a very light prayer text, and it is precisely this that most believers read in the morning and before bedtime.
Remember that attitude matters. Do not say prayers while in bad mood or if your mind is on something else. You need total concentration, because you are communicating with God. Even simple prayer words for help will be heard if they are spoken from a pure heart. Good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and
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Where to find time for exercise, self-development and meditation? How can just one hour change our lives? Why is the morning so special? And what needs to be done to make a new habit stay with us for a long time? The author of the book "The Magic of the Morning" Hal Elrod is sure that just a few minutes every morning can change your life. Selected quotes from the book are in this post.
Prepared material: Nastya Massalova
Change your morning - change your life
“I really like what I wrote in my book The Rhythm of Life best-selling author Matthew Kelly: “On the one hand, we all want to be happy. On the other hand, we all know what makes us happy. But we don't. Why? Very simple. We are too busy for that. Too busy for what? Too busy to be happy."
Every person, no matter what stage of his life he is at - at the pinnacle of success or in a strip of misfortune and adversity, in search of a way out of this situation - dreams of at least one thing (probably there are many more such things, but I know about this for sure): improve your life and yourself. This does not mean at all that there is something wrong with our life, we just all come into this world with a desire and an innate thirst for continuous growth, development and self-improvement. And yet it must be admitted that most people wake up every day to see that little has changed in their lives.
I am convinced that it is absolutely necessary for any of us to understand and accept one fact: that what another person has managed to overcome or achieve is solid proof that everything, indeed everything, is possible, regardless of our past or present circumstances. It all starts with taking full responsibility for every aspect of your life and resolutely refusing to blame anyone else for your failures. The degree to which you take responsibility for everything that happens fully determines the power of your personal power to change or create anything in your life. Change any area of your life - and you can do all this at the very beginning of the day, before eight o'clock in the morning.
Oh no, not in the morning!
If the prospect of getting up early scares you, you're not alone. The author of the book has always considered himself an owl.
“I thought about whether to start doing self-development in the morning, but I immediately did not like this idea. To say that I was not a "lark" is to say nothing. In fact, I simply hated getting up in the morning, and especially waking up early; I hated it almost as much as jogging. But the more I thought about it, the more a different picture emerged.
Firstly, if I start self-development in the morning, it will give me a powerful positive motivational boost for the whole day. I could learn something new in the morning and would probably become more energetic, focused and motivated for the rest of the day. I'm not talking about the fact that, starting to engage in self-development in the morning, I would not have all those excuses and excuses that usually accumulate during the day (I'm tired, I don't have time to do anything, and so on and so forth). By setting aside time for self-development before everything else in my life and work could get in the way, I could guarantee that I would actually do it every day.”
Meditation, reading and exercise
What should be done during this hour? The author suggests solving this yourself, but it's important to start doing what makes the biggest impact. For himself, Hal Elrod decided that "The Miracle Morning" lasts an hour and consists of silence (including meditation), affirmations (repeating positive statements), visualization, journaling, reading developmental literature and physical exercises. Morning ritual does not have to last an hour, all actions can be reduced to a minute. It is important to do this every day, and after a month this tradition will become a habit.
“I could read, but I have done this before, and I wanted something special. I could do physical education, but again, this did not cause me much enthusiasm. Then I pulled out a piece of blank paper and wrote down all the most effective practices on it. personal development which he knew about, but which he had never dealt with before, at least consistently and constantly. My list included meditation, affirmation, visualization, writing, as well as reading and exercise.
My stress has gone downhill. I was filled with energy, I thought clearly and clearly. I felt happy, full of strength and inspiration. Depressive thoughts seemed like a distant memory. It can be said that I returned to my former self again - although I felt that I was growing so powerfully and rapidly that I was quickly becoming an improved version of myself in the past. And with new energy, motivation, clarity and focus, it was much easier to set clear goals, develop strategies and implement a plan to save my business and increase income. Less than two months after my first Miracle Morning, my income not only returned to pre-crisis levels, but reached proportions that I had not been able to achieve before.”
What a morning - such a life
Waking up daily and having a morning routine (or lack of it) has a huge impact on success in all areas of your life. A purposeful, productive, and successful morning generates a purposeful, productive, and successful day, which inevitably leads to a successful life—just as unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre mornings create unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre days and, ultimately, a mediocre quality of life. Simply by changing the time you wake up in the morning, you can significantly improve every aspect of your life, and faster than you probably think.
- Don't make exceptions. Hal Elrod is sure that consistency is very important. If one morning you want to stay in bed, then your motivation will drop, and the next time you decide that you can afford to miss one more time. One of the most common, though less obvious, causes of mediocrity is the desire to make exceptions for oneself. We do so in the mistaken belief that every choice we make and every action we take affects only a particular moment or circumstance. For example, you might think that skipping a workout at the gym just once, postponing a project, or eating unhealthy junk food is nothing particularly wrong, because it’s quite possible to catch up or fix it tomorrow. But you make the mistake of thinking that skipping a workout only affects you today and you will definitely do it next time. right choice. Each time you choose the easy solution over the right one, you shape your personality and become more and more of a person who prefers the easy and the simple over the right.
- A report that motivates. Have you ever had days when you were going to go to the gym, but didn't go because you didn't feel like it that day? What if you knew that someone was counting on you and waiting in the gym? In a situation where you are responsible to someone, are you more likely to do what you set out to do? Probably yes. Therefore, find yourself a reliable partner for the report. This could be a friend, colleague, or family member.
- 30 days to love a new habit. The author of the book believes that it takes about 30 days to form a habit. The first 10 days will become difficult and sometimes even unbearable, the next 10 days will become easier, but the course will still be difficult, and in the last 10 days the new habit will become part of your character and even bring pleasure. So, the author himself simply could not stand running, but forced himself to run every day for 30 days. For the first 10 days, he wanted to quit everything. Every day he struggled with an inner voice that persuaded him to leave this venture. From the 11th to the 20th day there were significant changes: he liked running more and more. And after the 20th day, he felt that he was getting real pleasure from running.
- Joy to a new day. Before you go to bed, think about what you will enjoy tomorrow? Maybe you are dating a friend? Maybe you're just looking forward to a great breakfast? Finding a reason that excites you to look forward to the next day, it will be easier for you to get up in the morning.
- Don't put off until tomorrow. Perhaps the biggest reason for our mediocrity and untapped potential is that most people don't see any urgency in starting to improve themselves and therefore improve their lives. It is natural for a person to live with the attitude “someday, but not now” and to believe that life will flow by itself in any case. This attitude never changes, and this leads to a life full of eternal regrets and unfulfilled ideas. Hal Elrod suggests starting change right now.