Miracle Making with Hal Elrod, Author of "The Miracle Morning" - 017

For most of my life, I was a night owl. Starting a little
more than 5 years ago, I went through a series of
transformations to better my life, and one of my greatest and
most difficult transformations was going from a night owl to
an early bird. When people heard what I was doing, many told
me about this amazing book, The Miracle Morning, widely
regarded as “one of the most life-changing books ever
written”. I read it (and listened to the audio book), and I
was inspired. When I started up my podcast, "How I Broke
Into," Hal Elrod was on the short list of people I just
had to interview.








Hal Elrod is the #1 best-selling author of The Miracle
Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed To
Transform Your Life… Before 8AM. It is also one of the
highest rated books on Amazon with over 1,300 five-star
reviews.








What’s even more incredible is that Hal actually died at age
20. He was hit head on by a drunk driver at 70 mph, broke 11
bones, died for 6 minutes, and spent 6 days in a coma only to
wake up to face the news that he may never walk again... Not
only did Hal walk, he went on to run a 52-mile ultra
marathon, become a hall of fame business achiever, an
international keynote speaker, one of the world’s top success
coaches, he’s a hip-hop recording artist, has been featured
in the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, writes for
Entrepreneur.com, has appeared on radio and TV shows across
the country, and the list just goes on and on. Robert
Kiyosaki, author of the all-time bestselling book, Rich Dad
Poor Dad, said the following about Hal: “Hal Elrod is a
genius and his book The Miracle Morning has been magical in
my life. As my rich dad often said, ‘I can always make
another dollar, but I cannot make another day.’ If you want
to maximize every day of your life, read The Miracle
Morning.'”






Notes from the show:


The Miracle Morning really changes lives: "What do you want
to change in your life right now?"


At 19, Hal started in sales. He didn't know how to sell, but
was enthusiastic and knew how to work hard.


At 20, Hal was hit by a drunk driver, and was told he would
never walk again. He thinks it was one of the best things to
ever happen to him. He chose to be grateful for what he had.


2 weeks after the crash, doctors were concerned that Hal was
having delusions and was in denial. He was always telling
jokes, smiling. He told his Dad, "I love my life by the five
minute rule... It's okay to be negative when things go wrong.
But not for more than 5 minutes."


"Everything happens for a reason, but I think we have to
choose the reason."


"We can take an adversity... if we learn and grow from it, it
becomes an advantage."


Cutco is a microcosm for life: "It's not about knives. It's
about who we're becoming."


"For anything we do in life, it's who we're becoming
that's more important than what we're
doing. Yet, the interesting thing is that
what we're doing determineswho we're becoming."


If it weren't for his mentor Jesse Levine, Hal would have
quit Cutco on the very first day.


Before Cutco, Hal had never heard the terms "personal
development" or "positive thinking."


You need to lead by example. You can't force people to
change. He pushed healthy eating and the Miracle Morning
practice on his wife, and she turned off. But when he stopped
pushing, she responded.


It's important to ask a lot of questions.


He recommends Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday.


Started doing The Miracle Morning practice with 1 other
person, his client Katie, and realized that if it could
change two people's lives, it could change a whole lot more.


The book has been translated into 20 languages, but he still
is surprised by its massive successful.


He believes the success of the book lies in distilling the 6
most powerful practices in personal development, which can be
applied in every arena.


The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families is coming out in
the fall of 2016.


The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Anchor


Happy for No Reason - Marci Shimoff


5 Minute Journal App


People have said they've gotten off of depression medication
within weeks of the Miracle Morning practice.


The Optimistic Child - Martin Seligman


To be physically fit, you have to work at it. Why would
emotional well-being be any different?


Hal believes in trying to exhaust other possibilities before
anti-depressants. He knows someone who stopped chemo and went
on a raw vegan diet, and hasn't had cancer since.


Socrates said, "Let thy medicine be thy food."


Make changes now that will allow you to live longer.


OmVana App


7 Minute Workout App - 30 seconds of exercise


Blinkist App


Hal's program is Best Year Ever.


Live program is in San Diego in
December: http://bestyeareverlive.com/


Hal's web site portal: http://halelrod.com/


Hal's Facebook
Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MyTMMCommunity/


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