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- Hey, it's Terri.
I want you to watch this video that went viral last year,
all about my 5:00 am morning routine.
Now this morning ritual I started
absolutely changed my entire life, and I'm not exaggerating.
Now, I truly understand why Benjamin Franklin said,
"Early to bed, early to rise,
makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
This routine improved my health.
It's made me quite a bit of money
and given me wisdom to live my life with passion,
just like Benjamin said.
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before I show you the video real quick?
Would you take a second and subscribe to our channel?
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So I want to say thank you for doing that for me.
Now watch this video for inspiration
to win the battle of the bed
and set your alarm a little bit earlier in 2021.
I'll never forget the day we moved into our beautiful home.
I was carrying a box of shoes into my new dream closet,
and a young woman who was hired by a cleaning company
to help us get it all ready for the move in,
she stopped me and out of nowhere she asked,
"Ma'am, I just wanna know
how do you get a life like this?"
Without hesitating, I said, "Your routine."
"Hmm?" she said, totally confused.
I said, "If you'll change your morning routine,
you can change your whole life."
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Now, if you had told me back in 2002,
when at 33 years old, and my life was such a mess,
that my decision on that rainy day in September
to get up earlier and invest in myself
would transform my entire life,
I would not have believed it.
But it was the best choice I could have ever made
in myself and in my future.
For years, my days consisted of waking up
at the last minute to go to work,
jamming out to my favorite songs all the way to the office,
grabbing my daily burrito at lunch
with a Texas size sweet tea,
and filling my evenings with hours
of watching other people live their dreams.
And for years, I lived paycheck to paycheck,
had credit card debt, car loans, no savings account.
My house was disorganized,
and I had no real goals for the future.
I was average.
Well, one day in prayer, I heard this phrase,
"Don't be average and your life won't be average."
Well, when I finally looked at my life
and got disgusted with my poor habits,
realizing I was miserable, I was in debt.
I had no vision or dreams for my life.
Something had to change,
not to mention I had a five-year-old little girl
to me for inspiration, for a role model.
Well, that's why I decided to start
the journey of transformation with a simple trick,
setting my alarm a little earlier
and establishing the five morning habits for success.
John Acuff says
"If your dream isn't worth 30 minutes of your time,
you either got the wrong dream,
or you're pretending to have one."
Well, all I did was I simply grabbed a notebook back then
and began to write down five things
that popped into my mind.
Now these were five new habits I wanted to practice
every day for the next 21 days.
Behavioral psychologists have reported
that a change in behavior can be noticed
in as early as 21 days of consistent repetition.
Well next, I grabbed a wall calendar and a big thick pen.
And each day that I was committed to my daily five
then I would put a giant mark across that date.
It was almost as if the thrill of making that X
gave me the focus I needed to get up and go for it again.
I was determined to not skip a day,
but at the end of that 21 day goal
to keep my 5:00 am routine,
something truly remarkable changed, me. (laughs)
My mindset was improving, my body was slimming,
my attitude was shifting,
and my dreams were coming alive on the inside of me.
That routine led to paying off my debts,
building my savings account, organizing my house,
which later led to starting my own organization,
writing nine books, hosting a TV show, and on and on.
That's why I wanna emphasize
the point of this entire video.
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.
Let me repeat that.
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.
Now the most successful people in the world
have something in common.
They practice mind over mattress.
They win the battle of the bed.
In other words, they cherish the morning hours,
to get up and invest in themselves
while the rest of the world chooses to snooze.
And that used to be me.
I never realized until 2002 that each morning
I didn't conquer the covers,
it was taking me further from success.
Each morning that I slept an extra 30 minutes
was compounding to an extra 10 hours each month
that could change my life or keep me stuck.
I like to think of this change in mindset
like a car stuck in the mud.
You just need a little traction to move an inch,
and then you can gain momentum to move out and move on.
Well, that's what happens
when you start waking up a little bit earlier each day.
It's just the shove you need to gain that traction
to catapult you miles ahead of where you wanna be, right?
Well, I'm gonna walk you through my 5:00 am routine,
but first I put together a free download for you this week
to help you take charge of your morning routine.
That's where it all changed for me.
So all you have to do is first subscribe to this channel
by pushing the little arrow below,
and then click the link in the description
to get a free chapter called,
"The 5 Morning Habits for a Successful Life."
And this is taken straight from my best-selling book,
"5 Things Successful People Do Before 8 A.M."
So let me walk you through my 5:00 am routine.
Every morning, my first alarm goes off at 4:50.
The second alarm is at 5:00 am, and I am up and out of bed.
I brush my teeth, put on some makeup,
because I'm not just one of those natural girls
like most of y'all wish I was,
but you know you take what you get
and you don't throw a fit, right? (laughs)
I put on my workout clothes
that I lay out the night before,
and I am in the kitchen by 5:35 am.
I grab some cold water,
take my vitamins that are already organized to save time,
and I'm out the door.
Now in the beginning days of this routine,
I would go for a walk in the neighborhood.
Now I go to the gym.
There's just something so cool
about being up and out when it's still dark outside.
I don't know, it just makes you feel successful.
I guess because after you study the routines
of the most successful people, they are up before dawn.
Now, you're joining their ranks.
Plus it just feels like it's just you and God.
I love my drives to the gym in the dark.
I use this time to just pray,
worship God with music on in the background.
I like to make declarations
and confess God's word while I'm driving.
And some of my declarations at this moment are
I'm energetic, I'm enthusiastic,
I'm disciplined, spirit, soul, and body.
I'm in the best shape of my life.
I enjoy working out.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
I say that every time I go to the gym.
So the first habit of course is exercise.
Now it's no surprise that physical fitness and success,
they go hand in hand.
Now, in addition to losing weight
and improving your overall physical appearance,
this ritual alone can build your self esteem,
reduce stress, improve sleep,
boost your memory and concentration,
and simply make you happier.
Now I always tell people,
stop looking at the one hour you don't have.
Look at the 20 minutes you do have,
and get moving, go for a walk.
Hey, five minutes is better than no minutes,
but do it again the next day and the next day and the next,
until you move up to 10 minutes or 20 or 30,
and I'm telling you, you won't wanna stop.
I like to get this habit done first
because it's the toughest one,
and it feels so good to get it done.
They say nobody ever left the gym saying,
"I wish I hadn't done that." (laughs)
So the second habit is pray or meditate.
I found out that no matter what religion
people are affiliated with,
successful people make prayer and meditation
a top priority in their day.
So as soon as I get back from the gym,
I eat something light, and then I go right into my study
to spend time with the Lord.
Now, this is where I journal my time with him.
I worship him many times
with worship music on in the background.
It just sets the atmosphere.
I write in my gratitude journal.
I just visit with the Lord about everything on my mind.
And many times I like to just walk in circles as I pray.
Joshua 1:8 says, "Keep this book of the law
always on your lips, meditate on it day and night,
so that you may be careful to do everything written in it."
Then it says this,
"Then you will be prosperous and successful."
So according to God, you have to meditate on his word
if you wanna be successful.
Well, prayer is simply talking to God.
Meditation is listening for God.
Now this single habit of prayer and meditation,
is the one you need more than any other habit.
Journal your time in prayer,
and you will discover the direction, the wisdom, the vision
that you've been longing for.
This one change in your routine
will dramatically affect everything in your life.
The third habit I do at this time also
is review my dreams and goals.
Now writing your dreams and goals is a clear key to success.
Everyone seems to agree on this.
However, only three out of every 100 adults
write their goals down on paper.
Well, this very act is a powerful motivator.
It forces you to get specific about your ambitions.
Tony Robbins says, "Setting goals is the first step
at turning the invisible into the visible."
Now, I'm not gonna say a lot about this
because I recorded several videos about this.
In fact, I encourage you to watch
"Goal-Setting: 11 Minutes That Can Change Your Life."
That will give you details on how to discover your goals
and set them the right way.
Now, I never leave my house without praying over my goals
and keeping them constantly before my eyes,
and they keep happening.
Now, the fourth habit that I had
to make myself add to my routine back in 2002,
and I'm so glad I did, was read.
Someone said, "Your life will be determined
over the next five years by two things,
the people you hang around and the books you read."
Well, I hated reading back then.
I hadn't read a book since school.
So I set an alarm for 20 minutes
and I started with one book,
and I kept my commitment to read
the next morning for 20 minutes and the next and the next.
And you know what?
Something surprising began to happen.
The more I read, the more I learned,
the more I learned, the more I began to earn.
I found out what we call the key to success, which is K-E-Y,
keep educating yourself.
The truth is success is tied to your personal development.
So you can't grow anymore if you don't learn anymore.
In other words, I love how Jim Rohn's mentor Earl Shoaff,
he would say it like this.
He said, "Learn to work harder on yourself
than you do on your job."
He said, "If you work hard on your job,
you'll make a living.
If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune."
It begins by building a personal library,
and all it takes it's 20 minutes a day.
So by this time I've worked out, spent time with the Lord,
reviewed my dreams and goals, and read.
so four habits, and it's only 7:30 in the morning.
Time for the fifth habit,
which is the easiest of all the habits to incorporate.
So the fifth habit is listen to audio teaching.
Now the truth is I've already done this
at the gym while working out.
Some people like to listen to music
because it gets their blood pumping.
That's fine, but I prefer to listen to motivation.
So I'm always listening while I'm working out.
But I also listen while I take a bath in the morning,
put my makeup on, style my hair,
and again on the way to the office.
And this is truly the easiest of all the habits.
It only requires two words
and very little physical effort, push play. (laughs)
Now successful people see every opportunity to learn,
to increase their knowledge, by listening to audios.
They grow as they go, right?
So start doing this while you're cleaning the kitchen,
loading the dishwasher, folding the laundry,
or making the beds.
Utilize your drive time to learn.
You will be amazed at the wisdom you will gain
instead of just dancing everywhere you go.
Plus the Bible says, "Faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of God."
So every time you hear God's word, faith comes,
and you can literally learn everything,
from marketing and business to finance
and spiritual guidance, leadership, nutrition advice,
as well as you can learn a whole foreign language,
all behind the steering wheel of your car.
So go to college in your car.
And I'm finished with all five habits
by eight o'clock in the morning.
So when I walk in the doors at my office,
I already feel so productive, energetic,
and like it's already been an amazing day.
So if you applied these habits,
could your life drastically change?
Well, the answer is 100%.
Remember it's not what you do once in a while
that causes you to live an exceptional life.
It's what you do consistently.
So if you're ready to take your life to the next level,
and you're wondering why you haven't achieved the dreams
that are in your heart,
it could boil down to what you're doing
at the break of dawn.
That's why I'm giving my subscribers
this free chapter from my book,
by just clicking the link in the description.
It's titled "The 5 Morning Habits for a Successful Life,"
and it can become your checklist for this year.
So simply subscribe if you haven't,
and then click the link in the description
to get your free chapter.
And I'm telling you from experience,
it wasn't 12 habits or 17 habits that changed my life.
It was five.
You can do this, and I'm cheering you on.
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