The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM

by Hal Elrod

Miracles do not happen in contradiction with nature, but in contradiction with what we know about nature.

And, as a result of choosing to be genuinely grateful for all that I had, unconditionally accepting of all that I didn’t, and accepting total responsibility for creating all that I wanted, this potentially devastating car accident ultimately became one of the best things that ever happened to me.

anything is possible when you are committed.

you must first dedicate time each day to becoming the person you need to be, one who is qualified and capable of consistently attracting, creating, and sustaining the levels of success you want.

I’ve been fortunate to hit what you might call ‘rock bottom’ twice in my relatively short life.

‘Your level of success, will rarely exceed your level of personal development, because success is something you attract by the person you become,’ I

Our outer world will always be a reflection of our inner world. Our level of success is always going to parallel our level of personal development. Until we dedicate time each day to developing ourselves into the person we need to be to create the life we want, success is always going to be a struggle to attain.

‘If you want your life to be different, you have to be willing to do something different first!’

Every time you choose to do the easy thing, instead of the right thing, you are shaping your identity, becoming the type of person who does what’s easy, rather than what’s right.

We hit the snooze button and resist the inevitable act of waking up, unaware that our resistance is sending a message to the universe that we’d rather lie there in our beds – unconscious – than consciously and actively live and create the lives we say that we want.

Think about the kind of negative energy that surrounds you when you begin your day with resistance, when you respond to the sound of the alarm clock with internal dialogue along the lines of, ‘Oh no, it’s time already. I have to wake up. I don’t want to wake up.’ It’s as if you’re saying, ‘I don’t want to live my life, at least not to the fullest.’

Not only are people missing out on the abundance of clarity, energy, motivation, and personal power that comes from waking up each day on purpose, but their resistance to this inevitable daily act is a defiant statement to the universe that they would rather lie in bed, unconscious, than to create and live the life they desire. On the other hand, when you wake up each day with passion and purpose, you join the small percentage of high achievers who are living their dreams.

if you really struggle with falling or staying asleep, and it is a concern for you, I highly recommend getting a copy of Shawn Stevenson’s book, Sleep Smarter: 21 Proven Tips to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success.

We spend too much time thinking about the actions we should be taking to create the results that we want, but then we don’t take those actions.

Our life situation is the set of external circumstances, events, people, and places that surround us. It’s not who we are. We are more than our life situation.

‘Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right either way.’

Being (who you need to be) and doing (what you need to do) are prerequisites for having what you want to have.

See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

The greatest gift we can give to the people we love is to live to our full potential.

If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.

The only exercise most people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, sidestepping responsibility, and pushing their luck.

I am doing the best that I can in this moment, and at the same time, I can and will do better.

You can write about your goals, dreams, plans, family, commitments, lessons learned, and anything else that you feel you need to focus on in your life.

My journaling method ranges from being a very specific, structured process – listing what I’m grateful for, acknowledging my accomplishments, clarifying what areas I want to improve on, and planning which specific actions I’m committed to taking to improve – to being pretty traditional, just a dated entry with a synopsis of my day. I find both to be very valuable, and it’s nice to mix it up.