The 5 am club

implement
so much of the philosophies I’ve
shared with you up until now. The Spellbinder has carefully developed the
model I’m about to reveal, over many, many years working with business-
builders, masterful achievers and change-makers like myself. Today’s session
isn’t so much about why you should embrace the morning ritual of rising
before the sun. It’s much more about how you can get this routine done. As a
lifetime
regime,” explained the industrialist as he rubbed an earlobe like an
imaginative child rubbing a magic lamp.
“Awesome,” said the artist. “I need this. The practical ways to make sure I
don’t stop getting up at 5 
AM
after this adventure ends.”
“Cool,” indicated the billionaire. “Then let’s go!”
Two burly security guards then led the billionaire, the entrepreneur and
the artist through a private entrance into the complex, usually reserved for
heads of state, members of royalty and other global leaders. Once inside the
monument, which was dark and still, the billionaire began his discourse.
“This is a fascinating, riveting, confusing and exciting period in the
lifeline of the world. For those showing up as victims each morning, and
every day, the future will be very hard, dangerous and frightening because
they won’t know what hit them. And they’ll be absolutely unprotected to deal
with the environmental, economic and societal upheaval that is coming. Yet
for the dedicated minority who have habituated a battleproofed morning
routine to defend their gifts, cultivated heroic personal restraint and developed
a bulletproofed character through the rigorous training of their muscles of
self-discipline, the times ahead will be phenomenally rich, harmonious and
ultra-productive. Those who have armored themselves against the turbulence
on its way by installing a world-class and carefully granulated morning ritual
will actually be in a position to leverage all the messiness into humongous
opportunity. And transform all the confusion into a supreme sense of clarity,
genius and calmness that allows them to win.”
The billionaire rubbed his turban and then, for some reason unknown to
his two students, began to whisper.
“The first insight I’ll offer you here is that your brain is constructed for
expansion. Yes, I’ll agree those who are stuck in their pro and personal lives
and those who are working under a mentality of can’t versus running a
psychology of possibility will argue that there’s no way they can make the
improvements they need to make by wiring in great habits like being
members of The 5 
AM
Club. They’ll fight to the death on the ‘reality’ of why
it’s impossible for them to accelerate their creativity, productivity, prosperity,
performance and impact. They’ll totally try to get you to believe their

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rationalizations for being unable to materialize an amazing career and
manifest an exquisite private life. They have given away their power to make
change for so long, they’ve come to believe their powerlessness represents the
truth. Neglect your power long enough and you’ll eventually believe you
don’t have any. But, the reality of their conditions is a very different story.
The fact is that such people—good, well-intentioned, talent-filled people—
have allowed the forces of their sovereign selves to become corrupted so
often they’ve succumbed to a state of acute passivity. Yes, most people are
passive instead of active builders of the ambitions within them. And then
unconsciously they’ve manufactured a series of excuses about why they can’t
show up as leaders in their work and capable creators of their lives because
they’re so scared to leave the safety of their stuckedness and make the very
improvements that would bring them to glory.”
The billionaire stopped to draw in a giant gulp of air. A ray of golden
sunlight peeked into the Taj Mahal. Then he carried on.
“Science now confirms that our brains can continue to grow throughout
our lives. This beautiful phenomenon is called neuroplasticity. And it speaks
to the fact that the human brain, like personal willpower, is a lot more like a
muscle than previously understood. It’s plastic in a way. Push it and it’ll
expand. Flex it and it’ll extend—and become more potent for your use in the
tallest expression of your most radiant gifts. So, you want to make sure you
exercise your brain aggressively to make new habits like getting up early your
new normal.