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

Affirmations Having never before harnessed the power of affirmations,
it felt amazing to finally read the self-confidence affirmation from Think and
Grow Rich aloud. The affirmation was a powerful reminder of the unlimited
potential that was within me—and within each of us. I decided to write my
own affirmation. I jotted down what I wanted, who I was committed to being,
and what I was committed to doing to change my life. I felt empowered.
Visualization I grabbed the Vision Board off my wall. I had created it
after watching the movie The Secret. I rarely took time to look at, let alone
use it as the visualization tool it was intended to be. For ten minutes, my focus
shifted from image to image, pausing at each one to close my eyes and feel,
with every fiber of my being, what it would be like to manifest each into my
life. I felt inspired.
Journaling Next, I opened one of the many blank journals I had
purchased over the years. Like all of the others, I had failed to write in for
more than a few days—a week at the most. On this day, I wrote what I was
grateful for in my life. Almost immediately, I felt my depression lifting, like a
heavy fog which had been weighing me down. It wasn’t gone, but it felt
lighter. The simple act of writing down the things I was grateful for lifted my
spirits. I felt grateful.
Exercise Finally, I got up off the couch, remembering what I’d heard
Tony Robbins say so many times: motion creates emotion. I dropped down
and did pushups until I couldn’t do one more. Then I flipped over onto my
back and did as many sit ups as my out-of-shape abs would allow. With six
minutes left on the clock, I inserted one of my fiancée’s Yoga videos into the
DVD player, and enjoyed completing the first six minutes of it. I felt
energized.
It was incredible! I had already experienced what was one of the most
peaceful, motivating, empowering, inspiring, grateful, and energizing days of
my life—and it was only 6:00 a.m.!