The 5 AM Club

By Robin Sharma

Own your Morning. Elevate your Life

• The solitude and enhanced brain state that you'll experience at 5 a.m. will help you peform like the elite
  • We have a limited cognitive bandwidth. Throughout the day it is used up.
  • By getting up at 5 a.m., we can focus on one high-value activity without getting distracted.
  • At 5 a.m, we are well placed to achieve a state of flow in our thinking - trasient hypofrontality
• 5am is the time of least distraction, highest human glory and greatest peace.
• Historymakers capitalize on their talents, avoid distraction, achieve every day and master themselves
  • freedom from distraction is key
  • concentrating on a few amazing work projects rather than many good ones
  • Stripping out everything that distracts you from a relentless focus on what's most important
  • day-stacking - the small things done daily are way more important than big things done once in a while
    • Enhancing one ability or skill by just one percent every day. It's a small change, but over a year it amounts to a 365 percent improvement.
  • personal mastery practice
• Dedication and discipline beats brilliance and giftedness every day of the week
• Giving attention to each of the four interior empires will allow you to master yourself and your chosen field
  • Mindset
  • Healthset - your physical health
    • you can't be a titan of industry if you're dead
  • Heartset - emotional life and well-being
    • unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and they will come forth later in uglier ways.
  • Soulset - spirituality
• The 20/20/20 formula ensures that waking up at 5 a.m. generates incredible results
  • 20 minutes to move
  • 20 minutes to reflect
  • 20 minutes to grow
• Embracing sleep and the "twin-cycle of elite performance" is essential to maximizing the potential of the 5am club
• When you wake up, jump out of bed immediately, before the weaker part of our character can come up with reasons to stay under the duvet