passed by. And a wisp of a rainbow could be seen spreading across the
Spanish Steps.
“You’re kidding me brother, right?” laughed the artist as he twirled a
dreadlock. “You really slept in your exercise gear?”
“I did,” admitted the billionaire. “And my running shoes were laid out
right next to my bed. I did whatever it took to eliminate
the death grip that
common excuses could have over me.”
The entrepreneur was nodding. She appeared stronger and happier as each
day passed.
“Anyway, let me keep jamming on the point about exercising first thing in
your morning. By working out intensely, you’ll stimulate that natural
pharmacy of mastery which will make you feel fundamentally different than
when you first woke up. The way you feel when you first wake up really isn’t
the way you’ll feel only twenty minutes later at 5:20
AM
, when you run this
strategy to bulletproof your neurobiology and battleproof your physiology.
Please remember that! Obviously, the sweaty movement also transforms your
psychology over time. Even if you’re usually a ‘non-morning person’ and
grumpy at the beginning of your day, you’ll change—the whole ‘neurons that
fire together, wire together’ thing. You’ll feel the confidence every leader
without a title needs. You’ll have the focus to
stay on task for hours and
hours, so you get your most brilliant work done. And you’ll feel much calmer.
See, the boost in norepinephrine that fierce morning activity generates not
only improves your attention, it leaves you feeling significantly more serene.
And more good research proves that exercise regulates the amygdala in the
limbic system, the ancient brain we discussed in an earlier class at my beach
in Mauritius, so that your responses to stimuli ranging from a hard project or a
difficult client to a rude driver or a screaming baby are much more graceful
instead of hysterical.”
“Pretty marvelous benefits,” remarked the entrepreneur. “You’re right, Mr.
Riley. I couldn’t put a price tag on having all these weapons of mass
productivity in my arsenal.”
“Precisely,” said the billionaire as he hugged the entrepreneur. “I do love
you two,” he added. “I’ll miss you both.”
In that moment, the mentor’s usual hopefulness
shifted into some
unknown sadness. “Our time together is coming to an end. Maybe we’ll meet
again. I really hope so. But I don’t know . . .”
His voice trailed off, and he looked away again, up at the white church
that stood behind where they had gathered, a glorious tribute to the brightest
examples of visionary architecture. The billionaire reached into a pocket of
his black sweatpants
and pulled out a pill, popping it into his mouth like a
child consuming a tiny piece of candy.
“Anyhoo, as you can also see on the deconstruction,” he went on, holding
up the model, “working out first thing in the morning also elevates your
metabolism—and it fuels the fat-burning engine of your body so you burn any
excess more efficiently and lean out more quickly. Another valuable triumph,
right? Oh, and as you optimize your fitness you’ll set yourself up to stay
healthy your entire lifetime. ‘Train harder. Live longer’
is a smart motto I
built my empires by. You now know that one of the keys to legendary is
longevity. Do not die. You can’t own your game and change the world if
you’re pushing up daisies in a cemetery,” the titan of industry articulated
energetically.
“The primary point that I’m trying to offer
on the first part of this
calibrated versus superficial morning protocol is essentially this: your life will
feel and work a hundred times better when you’re in the finest physical
condition you’ve ever been in. Sweaty exercise as your first move after rising
with the sun really is a total life-changer. Period. So, do whatever it takes to
code in this habit. Whatever it takes, cats.”
“Can I ask you another question, Mr. Riley?” the entrepreneur asked
politely.
“Go for it,” said the billionaire.
“What if I want to exercise for longer than twenty minutes?”
“Totally cool,” noted the billionaire. “This morning routine isn’t written in
stone like those words carved into that obelisk up there,”
he added as he
pointed up to the monument sitting on a small platform just above the Spanish
Steps. “Take all I’m sharing and then make it yours. Customize it to fit your
preferences and make it bespoke, to suit your lifestyle.”
The billionaire inhaled a fresh breath of Roman air—the same air the
emperors, gladiators, statesmen and craftspeople breathed a thousand years
ago. Just imagine breathing that air. And standing there with these three
fascinating members of The 5
AM
Club.
“This brings me to the second
twenty-minute pocket of
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