Welcome back to
the be a remarkable student series
This is volume 3.
So if you haven't seen the previous two,
we've already looked at
What are the most scientifically effective ways to study?
We've already looked at
how do you get yourself to study when you have zero motivation?
And today we're going to talk about
How do you wake up early?
How do you wake up at the time that you set
without hitting the snooze button again, and again?
And how and why is it going to change your life?
Why should you even bother?
On a scale from 1 to 10,
I want you to write down your answer in the comments, right now
Are you a 10?
Are you a 10 out of 10 for doing this?
And if you are anything but a 10
Why not?
Don't just listen, take action.
So the first thing that I want to say here is
go to bed at a set time
early.
So that you have a better chance of waking up early in the morning
that 4 a.m. Wake up, 5 a.m. Wake up
it doesn't just start at 4 a.m,
and it doesn't just depend on what kind of alarm clock you're using,
what bed you're sleeping in.
The most important thing is,
did you get your 8 hours of sleep?
Are you going to bed at the same time every single day?
So you want to train yourself,
just like you would train a puppy
to go to bed at the same time every single day.
So that your circadian rhythm,
the rhythm that you are naturally in
based on your environment, your psychology
you're going to bed at the same time.
So your body knows it's 8 o'clock,
the Sun has gone down and it's time for me to go to bed.
Train yourself, create a habit
so that you go to sleep every single day at the same time.
Now, how can you do this? And why should you do this?
As well, I've already said it's important
for you to go to bed and get 6 to 8 hours of sleep.
Most of us need this
It's not a nice to have, it is a necessity.
And the reason for this, is there are studies out there that show
even just half an hour or an hour every single day
of not getting enough sleep it has a cumulative effect.
And so that compounding effect of all that sleep debt
that you've accrued,
you're going to have to pay off at some point.
And those of us who are living and working and walking around
with not enough sleep
it has the same effect as being intoxicated.
So would you ever do your revision or your studying
after taking a couple of shots of alcohol?
No, you wouldn't
because it's not going to help you focus
and the most underrated sleep hack,
the most underrated productivity hack of them all
is going to bed on time, get your 8 hours of sleep.
And what you want to do
is use what you've learned about building good habits
that each habit you build
has a trigger, a routine and a reward.
So maybe your trigger is,
I'm going to drink a cold glass of milk
and then I'm going to turn off all of my electronic devices,
I'm going to say goodnight to the people that I love,
put my phone in another room,
I'm going to close the curtains, take a deep breath in
and close my eyes.
Because if I can't stick to this for myself
Well, how much do I really care about these goals?
How much do I really care about these dreams?
How much do I really care about actualizing that best version of me?
Giving myself the best chance possible
to study, to be remarkable.
Don't just listen, take action.
And this leads me to the second proven way
some of you have heard of the great speaker
and role model and inspiration that is
David Goggins
And he talks about developing a calloused mind.
The reason he wakes up at 4:00 a.m
Is he is training his body just like when he's training in the gym
and on his hands, he develops calluses from all the pull ups that he has done
where he's hit the world record.
In the same way, I want my mind to know
you may have a tactical advantage over me,
you may know me inside out, you may try and conquer my weaknesses,
but guess what?
I'm going to callus myself to that,
I'm going to develop such a powerful routine
that I am going to stick to every single day
because there are so many flaws and things I need to change about myself
that I'm going to be immune to your tactics,
immune to my weaknesses.
So develop a calloused mind, imagine that you are hardening yourself.
At 4 a.m. You wake up. It's dark outside,
There is nobody else on your street awake,
it's cold, it's damp, it's boring,
it's not fun
but you know what?
I'm the first one up.
But you know what? While you were sleeping I was doing work
and I didn't feel like it
but already by the time 8:00 a.m. Rolls in
You're going to look around and realize, I've done so much already.
My day has been won
and if you start strong you have a much better chance
of finishing strong.
Don't leave these things to the last minute.
Try and be up when the sun is up.
Try and be asleep when the sun is down.
If that works for the way you are in the world,
but whatever you do
build your routine in a way and this is a really useful tactic
to developing that calloused mind.
And the third thing,
this is something that I've learned in my experience as a life coach
is mentally ceck In with yourself.
When anyone I'm speaking with in a one-to-one coaching session
says, "I'm going to do this"
my first question is always the same thing
on a scale from 1 to 10
and I want you to write down your answer in the comments, right now.
Are you a 10?
Are you a 10 out of 10 for doing this?
And if you are anything but a 10
Why not?
If you're 9, what would get you to a 10?
If you're 8, what would get you to a 10?
I ask this question
because if you don't have certainty,
certainty in your mind
"I am definitely going to wake up at 4 o'clock tomorrow"
What do you think is going to happen
at 3:55 a.m. or 4:55 a.m. whenever you're waking up
and that alarm clock goes off
and you're cozy,
you're wrapped up in your covers and you want comfort,
your brain wants comfort
you don't care about being remarkable, you don't care about waking up early.
"Let me just have 10 more minutes"
It's going to happen, you are going to be tempted
to sabotage not only your goals
but yourself.
And so ask yourself before you go to bed,
close your eyes and just tap yourself on the head
and say, "Listen, let me have an honest conversation with myself.
Am I doing this?
Am I a 10?
If I'm not a 10, what's going to get me to a 10?
Why is this important?
Why do I want to wake up at 4 a.m. 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 7 a.m.?
What is the plan? I'm going to wake up and do what?
The clearer you are
the less thinking you have to do when you wake up
and complexity is your enemy of implementation.
Tip number 4
Use tools and tactics to your advantage.
You can go on your phone right now,
most of you have smart phones or you know someone that does
and you can download an app where you have to scan a barcode
before it turns off.
You can sleep with the curtains open
so you have no choice but to wake up when the sun hits your eyes
you can't get back to sleep.
Use these things, design your environment in a way
that nudges you to take the right course of action.
Design it for yourself
rather than being a dead fish that goes with the flow.
So look around at your environment and think about
what can I do to trigger me towards action,
to trigger me towards that best version of me,
the remarkable student inside.
If you're trying to be like everyone else, keep doing what everyone else does
but if you want what no one else has
you're going to have to do some things that no one else is willing to do.
And the final, I left the best tip till last
is learn your sleep chronotype.
Waking up at 4 a.m. won't change your life if...
your body isn't designed for that, your lifestyle is not designed for that.
If it means you're only getting 4 hours of sleep
what is the point?
And there is a test that you can Google
called the sleep chronotype by Dr. Michael Breus.
You have something known as the PER3 gene
and what this gene does in your DNA
it's coded into you
that you have a natural rhythm to your day,
you know this already
learn to manage your energy not your time
So create a graph.
On one axis, you've got the time of day,
on the other axis you've got your energy and map how
what is my energy like throughout the day?
At 10 a.m. I have a lot of energy I'm really creative,
but at 1 p.m. I'm finished.
But then at 6 p.m. I feel really energized,
I'm so creative, I have 100 ideas
and then at 11 p.m, my mind is wired
to get work done, I need to get to sleep now.
So learn your sleep chronotype
and realize that everyone's routine is different,
everyone's sleep routine is different,
everyone's journey is different, everyone's success is different,
you are different.
You weren't born to fit in, you were born to stand out
and the key to belonging to any group, any tribe
is knowing yourself
and creating an environment and a structure around you
that is going to change your life.
And for the bonus, 6th tip, is
journaling.
Writing down your thoughts
and clarifying what is essential and what is not.
And what I mean here is not just arbitrarily,
randomly writing down whatever comes to mind
but in a structured way.
Now here's the good news, you don't have to figure out
what those things are. There are thousands of people
over thousands of years of human history
who have found the way to focus your mind
using journaling.
And today's video is actually sponsored by Habit Nest Morning Sidekick Journal
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And the best thing is this
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and I'll see you in the next video
of this Being a remarkable student series
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The 5 ways that social media is ruining your life.
Peace.