The Miracle Morning (Updated and Expanded Edition): The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) (Miracle Morning Book Series)

This is the first book I have finished, probably in my adult life and definitely in the last 10yrs. Normally I skip through the books finding bits and pieces that catch my interest before losing interest. Now each morning I wake up and I'm excited to sit down and read The Miracle Morning and practice the Life S.A.V.E.R.S. Why is The Miracle Morning different? It has inspired me to be the successful entrepreneur I had always envisioned I would be "someday." Not there yet, but I expect to be in 90 days. All along deep inside I knew I would most likely fail at this too, since that's how I viewed everything I had attempted to do in my life. I was afraid of failure, so if I didn't try I couldn't fail. Right? Hal shared all his real life traumatic and life altering experiences, failures and devastating financial set backs. Which I could relate to on a personal level. If Hal could go thru all that which is similar to my life experiences and he come out the other side more successful and found an even greater amount of financial freedom, then I could to. "If" I implemented all of the steps that enabled Hal to not only reach his goals but exceed his own expectations of those goals. Just like the restaurant scene from "When Harry met Sally", I looked at Hal's life and said to myself, "I want what Hal is having." The book made me go deep within myself and ask myself why did I fail? Basically it is what I would tell myself right before I would embark on a new job, a promise to a friend or family member that I would do something or be somewhere, my core being would say, "you know you won't follow through." My stomach would clench and I would fell sick inside. This would be followed by extreme guilt because I didn't follow through on anything. Then my inner voice would say, "see I told you, you wouldn't do it!" "You are such a failure. You can't stick to your word or promises." This book has changed that mind set. Now I don't tell myself "I will", instead I tell myself, "I am". When I journal I write, I am successful, I visualise myself being successful, what that feels like and last but not least how I am going to execute it. I visualise each and every step of the way. How those steps are going to make me feel. No more commitment issues. Those are not allowed! No excuses either . Those are replaced with accountability. No more self hate. Hate has been replace with self love, confidence, peace, joy and freedom. Like I said at the beginning, The Miracle Morning is a life changer! I am going back to what my mother instilled in me from childhood and throughout my adult life which I had lost some where along the way. Mom: "Amy, you can do and be anything you want to do or be in the whole wide world. You are beautiful, intelligent, funny, strong, people like being around you and people love you. All you have to do is put your mind to it. Remember it's mind over matter! If you believe you can then you can, BUT if you don't believe you can then you won't. It's all yours for the taking...all you have to do is go out and get it." What she left out was the "how to's" how to set a goal and most importantly what actions need to be taken to reach and exceed my own expectations. Hal not only gives you the confidence that you can but he also gives you a plan of action. An action plan which will help you to execute those actions to reach your own level of success you've ever imagined but never knew quite how to get there. These steps can apply to any and every aspect of your life. So what are you waiting for? Thank you Hal for your transparency and sharing your life experiences from the good, bad, happy, sad, triumphs and tribulations with the world. Because of you, now I am experiencing things I only dreamed of but never imagined it being my reality. Thank you Hal for the gift that keeps on giving. It's feels like Christmas morning 24/7. With much love and gratitude, Amy

Before my wife and I discovered the original book and podcast we were at jobs that we hated, with salaries lower than we deserved. We had accepted mediocrity, only temporarily thankfully. Hal’s story and Hal’s words sparked a mindset shift, they created urgency in this short life. We were empowered to take the steps to leave our jobs and strive for better ones. It’s easier to do nothing you know. It’s safe. We interviewed and networked relentlessly for 3 months. We now have amazing, fulfilling new jobs. At my new sales job, these MM practices allowed me to break records and double my income in 4 months. I found the clarity and creativity to implement a new approach, fueled by positivity, mindfulness and relentless thirst for action. My new leaders and mentors called upon me to spread this mindset and approach to others- I very quickly get promoted, now I triple my income within 12 months… My task now is to help other salesmen to do great things, to add value to their clients and to themselves. My focus is always on my family, our bond and our love is stronger than ever- Hal’s methods have made me a better husband and father, but I know you want to hear about the financial aspects of my last year- it’s what really ‘sells’. My professional success has allowed us to live a less stressful life, full of certainty and clarity. And fun vacations. Hal gave this to us. And now it is your turn. Change your life, as soon as tomorrow morning. This newest version of the book has amazing new insights like how to set yourself up for a great morning, and specific answers to very specific problems we all face today. There's far more practical advice on accountability and discipline, my team is loving the lessons I have distilled down for them, and a few of them are enjoying reading the full book themselves.

This was well written and easy to read . The cover is nice and is durable as a book can be . The price was ok but for a soft cover could be better . It was easy to read and definitely something to learn from .

I came across this book when I was least expecting it a little over a year ago. It was absolutely life-changing, and the new version has more content and is even better than the first version! Before reading this book, my mornings were rushed and I seldom had time for personal growth and self-care. My priorities were out of balance, it had been years since I had set non-work-related goals, and one of my important relationships was floundering. It's important to understand this is more than just a book: The author spells out six essential activities in the Miracle Morning routine and explains why they work and how to do them. I had never done some of the steps before, but it was easy to start once I understood them. Doing the Miracle Morning routine helped me find the time I needed to refocus, set, and follow through with goals in ten important areas of my life; My relationship improved dramatically; I started exercising, feeling healthier, and am in the best physical shape of my life; I weathered a difficult work transition with relative ease; and I was able to realign my day-to-day activities with my core values. The Miracle Morning routine is adaptable to your lifestyle, available time, and preferences. It’s effective whether you get up super early, or you just incorporate the routine whenever you wake up. (I’m mentioning this because some people have more flexibility in their schedule than others.) As a result of reading this book, I feel less stressed, calmer, more in control of my mornings, and my life. I have purchased several copies to give to people I know, because it is truly one of the most life-changing books that you can read.

I love the principles behind having a morning routine. Some have suggested you don't need the mornings to do all this. No you don't, but I believe it's the best way. The reason is when you go through your daily life, you can't control what happens to you. However you can control how you start your day. So no matter what craziness happens during the day, you've made time to focus on yourself and personal growth. Also it gets you ready for the day. If you feel grateful, do your affirmations, get the blood flowing, and focus on the goals you want to achieve for yourself in the morning, the rest of the day you're going to see the world through that filter. If you wake up and watch the news, check what your friends are complaining about on Facebook, watch some TV, grab a quick sugar filled breakfast and then head out the door to start your day, then you've set yourself up for a lazy and unproductive. Do that for 365 days and see what happens. I know because my morning routine did nothing for me. I worked at a restaurant so I didn't work till nights. I'd sleep in, watch tv, check my email, check social media, eat breakfast while doing this, and then do this until lunch time. After lunch, I'd do more of the same until it was time for work. Hal's book speaks to me like an old friend teaching me the best way to maximize my mornings. I like that he doesn't come off like a guru. He sounds like a regular guy who's overcome a lot in his life and discovered the one thing that makes him able to achieve so much in life. There's no guessing what you need to do. He lays out a plan for you that has not only worked for him, but his coaching clients. If you saw my Kindle book, it's covered in highlights and notes. So much great inspiration and lessons in it to review. I believe the people who think a morning routine is stupid aren't willing to try it. Don't dismiss it unless you've actually tried it. The worst possible scenario is you life is the same as it is. It definitely won't get any worse from following the routine that Hal outlines in the book. The best possible scenario is that it can change your life. Isn't that worth the risk? Just remember if you want to achieve something you've never achieved before, then you have to do what you have never done before.

Well written book. I've also read the 5-AM club and this book is similar with some added ideas to help you live your absolutely best life. It has a bonus chapter that talks about a bedtime routine as well. I think it's a great refresher book if you're already getting up early and have a routine. If you're just getting started it really has great ideas on what to incorporate into your lifestyle to get started and stick with it.

When I found out Hal was writing this book I thought: "I don't need this, I already get up early and do all this stuff." Most of my adult life I have woken up early and done most of what Hal recommends but it has never been this productive or fun! The largest measure of success for me is that my wife has been waking up with me--Hal's simple system has done in less than a week what I could not do in almost 10 years of marriage =) If you have read lots of other "self help" authors it will be easy to see where Hal's influence comes from but what I really like about this book is that it is more actionable than many others out there. Some books have great ideas but they leave it up to do to take the steps necessary--or maybe they give 2 to 3 suggestions at the end of the chapter. Other books give you a system that is so set that it destroys creativity and flow. Hal breaks it down into each part and then shows how the parts work together. They say that if you get a good workout then you burn calories all day long. Since I have been doing Hal's system my mind is more creative and my vision more clear all day long than it ever has been before. For my wife and I this works. . . better than any other system that I have ever done and it is the first system I have been able to get my wife to do--and to do consistently! I have read many books and served with great leaders (one example is Arlen B Crouch who is former CEO of Franklin Covey who I worked with for about 6 months in a service organization and on leadership teams with him) but for me the "Miracle Morning" gives me direction and vision but without constricting my "free flow" and creativity. An aged lady once gave her husband a great compliment about how her husband treated her and their children: "He gave us roots and wings." Hal's system gives you roots to dig in and wings to fly--it is a full system that is strong and complete but it can be customized for each day and each person. I am grateful that my wife and I can get up and start our day off better than we ever have before. Thanks Hal!

When I go to a new town, I ask the locals what's the best restaurant in town, and if they say The Olive Garden, I pretty much know what kind of place I'm in. Don't get me wrong, Olive Garden is awesome if you're on a budget or if you've never had a fantastic Italian meal - it will provide sustenance, value, and even enough for a doggie bag. But, if you're used to dining on more rich and fresh fare, you'll leave a bit unsatisfied. That's how I felt about this book. I bought it because I heard him on Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income Podcast and thought, wow, this guy has great thoughts. I wonder what else is in that book? Turns out the podcast is basically a summation of the book and there's nothing much else in there. Dang. Thanks for shilling it for free, Hal, but it was disappointing that there wasn't more there. There are great books (he gives some examples in his, like _Think and Grow Rich_ ) that you should really check out that truly deserve five stars, but if you're just getting started, I think this book could be a game changer for someone needing life inspiration. While I don't regret giving him my money because he deserves it for putting his message out there for people to find it, it wasn't $10 of value for me - I am happy to have bought it and supported him coming on Pat Flynn's show. But there it is. None of the bonuses included were anything I felt I needed to look into, and maaaaaan . . . I won't even have leftovers for breakfast. His ideas are simple and could be summarized in a one-page document, and none are anything I haven't heard before (and implemented). I wish I'd been able to peruse a hardcopy, but I bought it for Kindle. It's definitely a skim through (I was done in an hour because it's filled largely with cheerleading and testimonials) that I'll never read again. But, again, if this is new to you - both how to get motivated to empower yourself and invest in your self-worth and motivations, then this book is great. It's going to give you everything you need to get started and take action. It's just not 5-stars great.

This book literally changed my life. I already had my ritual to wake up early and dedicate some time to myself, but it wasn't very well structured and I didn't really know how to make it more stable. This book has helped me very much to see benefits of waking up early and doing my morning "SAVERS". It did save me, and if anyone is looking for a way to improve their lives, this is the book to begin with!

The book is good and there are some practical things in there too. The book is in perfect condition.

There are many self-help books available which you'd gone through, and once the excitement is over,chances are, it will keep company for the dust in your bookshelf. Here is a simple book, that will guaranteed to transform your life and you'll be sharing it with your friends. The Miracle Morning is simple, but the potential is so great, which makes you think why you didn't read this book a few years before! The most important thing about this book is that it's very simple and guaranteed to transform your life. Don't underestimate this small book, this is not only about getting up in the morning, but effectively transforming your life into a greater self even you couldn't believe you are capable of. Each chapters are important, you might consider some chapters are important and others are not, some of the reviews already said that certain chapters as various views, author testimonials etc., which contributes nothing. Well, you should read everything, even if you dismiss some part of the book or thumb through certain chapters, you are missing important keystones. For example, on Page 26, Hal says, "One of the most prevalent, yet not-so-obvious causes of mediocrity is isolating incidents,. We do this when we mistakenly assume that each choice we make, and each individual action we take, is only affecting that particular moment, or circumstance. For example, you may think it's no big deal to miss a workout, procrastinate on a project, or eat fast food because you'll get a "do-over" tomorrow. You make the mistake of thinking that skipping that workout only affects that incident, and you'll make a better choice next time. Nothing could be farther from the truth." And he continues to explain how it will affect us and our subconscious mind. So, there are many advices in this book you will find very useful, not because it's new, but because you've never considered it. The book after the introduction has divided into ten chapters. The first and second chapters are Hal's story mixed with parallels to your life and how you can positively change your life into a success. During these chapters he talks about financial difficulties and how damaging is the debt, finding time, overcoming the challenges, things to do every morning, the steps to become a morning person. These chapters are kind of story telling Hal's personal testimonies and the people inspired by his work and testimonies. Chapter 3 is a comprehensive chapter on acknowledging and rising above the limitations we have set ourselves which are thwarting our success in life. It identifies the causes of mediocrity, subconscious mind's lethal strategies of self-failing mechanisms, small isolating incidents we ignore but have great impact, and more importantly how to survive these limitations. Chapter 4 and 5 stresses on how to be a morning person, these chapters deal in making you a morning person in a very practical way. Even if you're dreading to get up early and a snooze-person like me, it will guaranteed to change you into an early morning person (actually I am writing this review at 4:30 a.m. and I did wake up four a.m.) Chapter 6 is the introduction of Life S.A.V.E.R.S (Silence, Affirmations, Visualisation, Exercise, Reading, and Scribing) the practices to save you from a life of unfulfilled potential. This may sound silly, for example, how silence and reading and things like that are going to make much difference. Once you go through Hal's insights and advices, you'll be amazed by the impact of his advices and wonder why you haven't thought any of this before. Each of the S.A.V.E.R.S has their own sections to explain its importance and example. This one is quite a large chapter. Chapter 7 is the pointer, the real results in six minutes, which is a short two and half pages chapter of a key procedure that will dictate your positive energy in your everyday life. This is one of the major keys to create success and happiness in your life. Chapter 8 is customizing your Miracle Morning, which explains how you can customize your daily life, your food habits, goals and dreams, overcoming the procrastination, and even weekends. Chapter 9 is forming habits that will transform your life (in 30 days). It will guide you through various parts of your comfort zone and give advice on how to break the circle of habitual failures like New Year resolutions, negative habits, addiction to the habits, fear for changes etc. In effect, this chapter is all about habit mastery and you'll have your chance to transform your life into a better one through its Day 1 to Day 30 instruction in three short parts. Chapter 10 is the challenge to transform your life in 30 days. You can do this! With testimonials, fast start kit and revision, this chapter is the last chapter of the book, but that's not the end it follows more sections. Conclusion is a short section that is a guidance. Where you are is the result of who you were and the title of this section is "Let today be the day you give up who you've been for who you can become." It has contact information of Hal Elrod followed by a special invitation from the Miracle Morning Community. An Essential Bonus is another section with the title "the Email that will change your life" it's an email strategy for identifying your weaknesses and strengths. This section is followed by a two page thought provoking quotes. Buy this book, it's worth buying, and keep the book with you, you will need to re-read it, mark it, reference it and unlike many self-help books this one will really transform you. Don't procrastinate, take time to read it and find the answers. I am pretty sure, once you go through this book, you'll probably moan, if you'd the chance to get this book five years before.

Imagine waking up early and being happy to do so, excited actually! This is what this book is all about, getting up early and changing your life! This book has changed my perspective in so many ways, achieving goals, being accountable and have the tools to do so. It is an inspiring story, easy to read, that is exactly why everyone should be reading this and putting these practices into their daily lives! If you are looking for motivation to take you to the next level, by following the S.A.V.E.R.S. set out in this book, you will open yourself and your life to the limitless potential trapped inside you that you were looking to unleash. Do not only yourself, but also those around you a favor and read the book, Guaranteed to change your life!

I started reading this book for few weeks now and have almost reached half of it. I simply love it, im enjoying each word and chapter. It is straight to the point and sentences are short which makes you read it faster while enjoying the learnings and stories the author shares. I highly recommend it to anyone who wakes up in the morning not knowing why and feeling life is passing by. Enjoy the learnings, apply the principles of the Miracle Morning and start feeling changes in your mood and mindset. Thank you Hal!