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

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The 95% Reality Check
One of the saddest things in life is to get to the end
and look back in regret, knowing that you could
have been, done, and had so much more.
—ROBIN SHARMA
The story of the human race is the story of men and
women selling themselves short.
—ABRAHAM MASLOW
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very day you and I wake up, we face the same universal challenge: to
overcome mediocrity and live to our full potential. It’s the greatest challenge
in human history—to rise above our excuses, do what’s right, give our best
and create the Level 10 life we truly want—the one with no limits, the one so
few people ever get to live.
Most people never even come close. Approximately 95% of our society
settles for far less than they want in life, wishing they had more, living with
regret and never understanding that they could be, do, and have all that they
want.
According to the Social Security Administration, if you take any 100
people at the start of their working careers and follow them for the next 40
years until they reach retirement age, here’s what you’ll find: only 1 will be
wealthy; 4 will be financially secure; 5 will continue working, not because
they want to but because they have to; 36 will be dead; and 54 will be broke
and dependent on friends, family, relatives, and the government to take care
of them.
Monetarily speaking, that’s only 5% of us who will be successful in
creating a life of freedom, and 95% who will continue to struggle their entire
lives.
So the crucial question—the one that we must explore and find the
answer to—is this: what can we do now to ensure that we don’t end up
struggling, like the 95% majority will?

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Rising Above Mediocrity and Joining the Top 5%
The fact that you’re reading this book tells me that you’re ready for the
next level in your life—that you’re not okay with settling for less than you
can have, be, and do anymore, just because nearly everyone else does.
Here are three simple, yet decisive steps to rise above mediocrity and
join the top 5%: