I remember when I was younger my mum used to drill into my brain Tim early
bird gets the worm make sure you wake up nice and early
eventually it became a reality for me and what I find so fascinating today is
the fact that I just still see so many entrepreneurs who lie in who aren't
waking up early because if you look at the most successful entrepreneurs on
this planet the likes of Steve Jobs likes of Jack Dorsey the life of Richard
Branson they are all early risers because by waking up early you're tapping into
the time of the day where there are less demands meaning you can increase your
productivity by planning for rest of the day in advance in comparison to
everybody else and so being an early riser I've noticed is a real key trait
to success so in today's video I wanted to reveal to you the five easy ways to
rise earlier than anybody else these are the five steps that I've used in my
life to become an early riser so going on to the first point the first point is
to exercise during the day the reason being is if you look at us as a human
species back in the caveman era what did we use to do we still hunt for food we
used to constantly be on our feet burning calories going out breath
getting to the heart pumping the blood flowing and naturally we would want to
sleep when the Sun Goes Down why because we're exhausted but today for most
entrepreneurs out there this isn't the reality because we go from one meeting
to another meeting we just sit there in our office typing away on a piece of
metal that we call our computer or laptop it is very far from who we used
to really be and there's no surprise that you may be struggling to go to
sleep early right now it's no surprise that you may get to midnight and you
still feel like whoa I could run a freaking marathon it's because you
haven't really exhausted your body and gave given it the healthy you know run
it needs or the gym session it needs so make sure to exercise during the day and
you'll notice a big big difference in regards to not only how productive you
feel by getting the blood flowing but also how naturally you feel tired
earlier in the night okay and this ties in perfectly with the
second point the second point is to go to bed early and this may sound so
simple to you but what I found is most people out there aren't doing the simple
and so what I recommend is to take baby steps if right now you are sleeping at
midnight well gradually work yourself to 11:30 p.m. then to 11:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m. and so forth take baby steps to get to the ideal time to sleep my
recommendation is between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and after you've tried
everything else these baby steps it still doesn't work my recommendation is
to supplement with melatonin and what melatonin is is a hormone made by the
pineal gland a small gland in your brain and melatonin helps to control your
sleep and wake cycle and so melatonin is being released naturally in your body
right now that the times that you normally go to sleep for example at
midnight so what you can do to quickly adjust to a new time schedule is to
supplement melatonin at let's say at 9:00 p.m. the ideal time you want to go
to sleep this is what I actually supplement myself with when I'm
literally traveling all around the world speaking where I've literally got one
day to quickly adjust to a new time zone before going onto stage it's a super
powerful supplement but again with any supplements like melatonin be sure to
consult with your doctor just to make sure it's safe for you so going on to
the third point is to change your beliefs about mornings and the reason
being is this I found so many people out there have got subconscious beliefs
that's preventing them from actually making the big changes they want it's
almost like picture this you're in a car you've got one foot on accelerator
and one foot on the brake you're trying to move forwards but actually you're
just being stuck and so what I found is this most people out there who aren't
morning people who are trying to make the change are still complaining about
the morning to their friend and they're going to the office saying oh my god are
woke up this morning I'm so tired I was felt terrible I could hardly even open my
eyes and they're making their colleagues laugh they're making their staff laugh
but think about it these are subconscious beliefs that's bringing
you result in your life right now because how do you expect to get
good that something that you are making fun of how do you get expect to get
good at something that you hate so it's important that you change your beliefs
about mornings and you begin to love it you begin to identify with it and start
calling yourself a morning person and not a night owl okay that's very
important for you make sure you don't have subconscious sabotage that's currently
going on in your mind right now so that is that is the third point is to change
your beliefs about mornings going on to the fourth point the fourth
point is to not to drink anything that contains caffeine that includes coffee
coke green tea tea anything that you know contains caffeine avoid it at all
cost because what caffeine does is it basically triggers the fight-or-flight
response every time you take a sip it is terrible for the nervous system as it
just stimulates it unnecessarily and so what it really does is at the end of the
day you will feel more stress as a result you may fall feel more anxious
and that is the last thing an entrepreneur needs and some of you may
be thinking Tim but I can let you drink green tea or coffee and go to sleep fine
but what you realize is this you simply just become immune to caffeine and you
may think yeah it's not affecting me but the thing is your body still knows
there's caffeine in its system and so although you think you are sleeping you
are not getting the deep sleep and so that may be the reason why you're waking
up right now feeling more tired than when you actually went to sleep okay
because your your body has improperly gotten the deep sleep it actually needs
so my advice to you is to avoid caffeine at all cost it is harmful look of the
research it is not good for entrepreneurs who basically live in a
high-pressure environment so that is a fourth point to avoid coffee caffeine at
all cost now going on to the final point point number five is to set yourself up
to win what I can guarantee is that you have probably tried to wake up early in
the past and you probably failed at creating it into a habit now
Einstein says this insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting
different results so in order for you to create this into a new habit you have to
really think outside the box here and really think how can I set myself up to
win okay how can I knowing that I'm gonna feel bit tired when I wake up
in the morning like knowing the fact that you're not going to want to take a
cold shower first thing in the morning I mean what can you do to set yourself up
to win for example right most people snooze the alarm clock when it goes off
nice and early so what can you do is you can actually move that on top further
away from the bed so it forces you to get up to turn off the alarm clock and
that can act as a trigger for you to actually
wake up and actually create this new
habit that you want to reinforce another thing is you can put the gym clothes
nearer to the bed that way first thing in the morning when you wake up you put
the gym clothes on boom that's anchored and you can go straight to the gym and
get the blood pumping and feel instantly awake naturally that's what I mean by set
yourself up to win to really think about that right now
what habits you've got in your life right now that are negative and how can
you set yourself up to win so you can actually overcome that negative habit so
those are the five easy ways to rise earlier than anybody else I hope you
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in regards to any of the questions you've got also I'm going to chuck
around more videos for you to watch that will help you to move forwards in your
life and as always my friend follow your heart my friend and take action and
go live the life you're born to live speak to you soon