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

Fall 2008 I continued developing my Miracle Morning, experimenting
with various personal development practices and sleep schedules, and
researching how much sleep we really need. My findings completely
shattered the paradigms and perceptions held true by most people, including
me. Loving the results, I shared it with my coaching clients, who loved it just
as much. They told their friends, family, and co-workers about it.
Unexpectedly, I began seeing people I’d never met posting on Facebook and
Twitter about their Miracle Mornings (more on that later).
2009 My best year yet. I married the woman of my dreams. We got

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pregnant and gave birth to our daughter (can I say “we” or is that more of a
she thing?) My coaching business was thriving; I had a waiting list for
clients. My speaking career took off. I was giving talks and keynote messages
at high schools, colleges, and corporate and non-profit conferences. The
Miracle Morning spread like wildfire. I got emails every day from people
telling me it was changing their life. I knew it was my responsibility to share
it with the world, and that writing a book was the best way to do that. Slowly,
I began to write again. Make no mistake, I’m still no writer—but I am
committed. As my good friend Romacio Fulcher always says, “There is
always a way… when you’re committed.”
Taking YOUR Life Head On
I share my story with you to offer evidence of what can be overcome and
achieved, no matter how difficult your challenges are. If I could go from
being found dead, told I would never walk again, going broke and feeling so
depressed that I didn’t want to get out of bed in the morning, to creating the
life of my dreams, there are no legitimate excuses for you not to overcome
any limitations that have held you back from achieving everything you want
for your life. None. Zip. Nada.
I believe it is crucial for us to embrace the perspective that anything
another person has overcome or accomplished is simply evidence that
anything—and I mean anything—you need to overcome or want to
accomplish is possible for you, no matter what your past or current
circumstances. It begins with accepting total responsibility for every aspect of
your life and refusing to blame anyone else. The degree to which you accept
responsibility for everything in your life is precisely the degree of personal
power you have to change or create anything in your life.
It is important to understand that responsibility is not the same as blame.
While blame determines who is at fault for something, responsibility
determines who is committed to improving things. Thinking back to my
accident, while I wasn’t at fault for the crash, I was responsible for improving
my life—for making my circumstances what I wanted them to be. It really
doesn’t matter who is at fault—all that matters is that you and I are committed
to leaving the past in the past and making our lives exactly the way we want
them to be, starting today.