 What's up, everybody? Ricky Caruth here. Welcome back to my channel. So today I want to talk to you about my Million-dollar morning routine. Okay, so over the years. I've tweaked this time and time again I'm always changing stuff up and trying to figure out what's more effective. What's more productive. I'm trying to adapt I'm trying to get better every day every single day I try to get just 1% better than I was the day before that's my mantra So I'm always doing this with my my morning routine trying to figure out what's better How can I squeeze a little bit more out of it every single day? I'm trying to think about how can I squeeze more out of it, but I feel like I'm a really good Routine right now pretty good momentum I have a pretty good little little thing going on with my morning routine right at this time Or to share with you and I've done plenty of morning routine videos And if you go back and watch the older morning routine videos, you'll see each one I'm tweaking it and getting a little better as I go and also I want to give you guys a book recommendation Right now and that is the slight edge by Jeff Olson if you're one of these people who are really searching around to try to figure out a really good morning routine that Probably means you're looking to live a better life. You're probably trying to be more successful You're probably trying to do all kinds of incredible things in your life And I'm telling you right now the slight edge is the best book I ever read I'm going to put a link in the description for you to go and buy this book And I really hope that you do because this one changed my life It was the only book that I actually read twice and it's not on audible There's no audio book that I found anywhere for this. You literally have to read it You know as a real book, which you know I don't know I would think that not a lot of people do that anymore Most people are listening to their books or maybe even reading them on Kindle or some kind of digital form But this one you have to read it and it's a original copy But it's an incredibly inspiring book and it will help you get into the routines that you need To be successful that will actually help you visualize the little things that you're doing on a day-to-day basis now That's going to get you where you want to be in the next five to ten years because that's what it's all about It's all about routines and it's all about what you're doing on a daily basis the little things that compound over time Also, I'll put a link in the description for my two books zero to diamond enlist the last and I'm working on a third book And I'll be honest with you guys Writing is something that I'm really into I don't get to do it a lot because I'm so busy as a full-time real estate agent and a Real estate coach. I'm a speaker. I do a lot of these videos Podcasts Instagram Facebook all that stuff So I'm not to a place in my life where I can really a hundred percent focus on writing But I'll tell you right now when I do get to that point You're gonna see book after book after book after book come out because I have so many incredible book ideas And I love to write so be on the lookout for that as well And if you guys want to get fired up and stay fired up go to iconic com back slash Ricky to get the best deals on motivational artwork Okay, you've seen these in some of my videos. You see other people that have them You may have even bought some of yourself go to iconic com back slash Ricky to get the best deal on a Motivational piece of art pick out what you think is that quote that special piece of art That's really gonna keep you in a very fired up state of mind Order it let them deliver it to you put it up in your workspace and become inspired Now let's talk about where I am with my morning routine currently This is subject to change at any moment I've been on this morning routine for quite a while even through the pandemic I stayed on this morning routine even through having a child who is now seven months old Baby Whitley is growing so fast and she's so Incredibly adorable if you guys haven't seen pictures you can see her on my Instagram or my Facebook And my wife Carlin is just the most amazing mother in the world. I've never seen anything like it I couldn't even imagine How this is all playing out so I can't wait to to really see how she blossoms into a beautiful young lady So on and so forth. It's the joys of life but back to my morning routine So I know you guys know this you probably see it on my Instagram story every day But I'm waking up still at 4 30 every morning. That's what time my alarm clock goes off. I get up I get moving around. I took a picture of the coffee machine time stamp it Put it on my Instagram story, and I'm off to the races. So from there from 4 30 to 5 30 I'm literally answering Instagram DMs. Okay, I can't do it during the day. I'm too busy So I do it between 4 30 and 5 30. I really get down and dirty in those DMs It's going down in the DM and I'm answering and helping you Okay, that's the best place to get me if you need something from here Just want to say hi or reach me on a personal level Hit me on Instagram because I'm answering those DMs and especially if you have a problem or a question That's what I'm here for and I really feel obligated to answer all those Questions because if I don't then I feel like I'm literally turning the back my back on the market And I'm not standing up and doing what I'm sitting here telling you that I want to do that I'm going to do which is make the industry a better place and help reduce the failure rate in the industry So that's what I'm doing between 4 30 and 5 30 if my daughter happens to wake up I'm gonna feed her. I'm gonna put her back to bed I'm gonna get my pre-workout drink and I'm gonna get my workout clothes on I'm gonna start moving around loosening up stretching and getting ready for my workout So I created and built and I'm still adding to a Gym in my home right I have two double-car garages. So my second garage half of it I made it my gym my in-house gym. I just walked to my garage. I have a dip bar with a pull-up bar I've got weights I've got a back extension machine and I have all kinds of things that I'm adding to it That's this being delivered as we speak and I'm gonna continue kind of building a little bit by little bit Every time I feel like I I want another machine or a different piece of equipment I'm gonna order it and just continue building that up to where it's it's basically gonna be a full gym And I've really been enjoying that part of it since the quarantine since the pandemic I switched everything to working out at my house and I've really enjoyed that so You know, I have to drive anywhere I'm here and I have to worry about everybody else or somebody on the machines or any of that stuff I just get to work. So I'm jogging a lot now. I'm jogging more than I used to And I'm just I'm enjoying this phase of my life really where you know, I'm doing most everything from home And even during the day, I'm still working mostly from home You know, the pandemic is not over the virus is still out there So a lot of people scared and you know, we're seeing cases rise a lot in some of the states right now currently but I'm still working at my house, but a lot of people are back to work my my assistants are at the office They're working. I'm popping in from time to time actually worked there for about an hour today But overall I'm working mostly in my house. I've really been enjoying that as well. So Anyway, back to my morning routine for 30 to 530 man's room DM's then I start getting ready by 6 o'clock I'm in my gym and I'm working out till 7 o'clock, okay? And I'm hitting it as hard as possible as Hard as possible. I don't I if I'm working out legs I barely want to be able to walk back to my front door from working out shoulders I don't want to be able to raise my arms when I'm walking back to my front door I think you get the point every single part of my day. I want to give it my 110% and give it everything I got and when I'm done with it then I'm done I don't have to look back and say. Oh, you know, I didn't really finish that or I could have gave it a little more No, I gave it all I had and that's done. We're moving on to the next thing. You know what I mean? So so that's where I am 430 to 530 DM's. I'm at I'm working out by 6 7 o'clock I come in I walk my dogs and then my wife my beautiful wife has breakfast made for me Yes, I got scrambled eggs. I got oatmeal. I got my vitamins. I got my coffee I'm ready to roll. That's that's the same breakfast that I have every single morning. My wife says How can you eat that every single morning? But I just absolutely still love it I mean, I am a creature of routines Yeah, I am a creature of you know the same stuff and not really getting you know bored with certain things and Breakfast just happens to be one of those things now. I can get bored in my career I can start to get bored with selling 100 properties a year and decide no I want to start doing YouTube and coaching for free and all this stuff and speaking around the world So I can get bored and want to venture out and challenge myself a little more But in terms of breakfast, I'm okay with eggs and oatmeal from there. I'm gonna jump in the shower I'm gonna get my clothes on I'm gonna get ready to start working before 8 o'clock And then I'm off to the races and you guys know this part I'm gonna have a little meeting with myself meditate about my business I'm gonna make a list of everything I need to execute on for the day I make sure I have all my ducks in a row of a nice little list all my priorities all my hot prospects all the deals I'm negotiating any appointments. I know exactly what I have to do bam, bam, bam, bam I don't have to think anymore now. I just execute for the rest of the day and that's what I do I just absolutely boom boom boom boom take care of business a lot of people say How do you get so much done is because I make the list in the morning, right? And I look at this list and if you looked at the list you would think oh my god That's a lot of stuff, right? But if you have it organized on this list in front of you and you just knock it out one after another after another You can literally knock everything out in just a couple of seconds. This one takes a couple minutes This is a 15-minute conversation boom. There's a little email bam that parts done dot dot dot Before you know it you've accumulated so much productivity that it's just unreal So that that's one of the big secrets behind how I get so much done. I prioritize it in the morning I have a list of what I how I want to execute and then I take action I don't think anymore a lot of you are just thinking too much and not acting enough Right make the list and then take action and I'll give you a little bonus tip about three o'clock or so I'm gonna have another little meeting with myself to make sure that there's not anything I need to do before the end of the day to make my day complete a promise. I made someone a Phone call an email something. I was supposed to look up and make sure I've taken care of everyone I can I'm never gonna get to the complete end of my list There's some things that are always gonna carry over till tomorrow But you have to be okay with that and at five o'clock six o'clock whenever you knock off You need to completely shut down from work shut your mind off and be completely a hundred percent focused with your family Or whatever it is you do in the evenings and that way your brain can recharge You got to shut it off from your work So that you can recharge that way the next day you're recharged and you're ready to operate at a high level This is how you play at a very high level Every single day consistently without getting burnt out and now a lot of people ask me what time you go to bed Ricky You know, how do you get up at 4 30 every day? I go to bed about 10 o'clock every night, you know somewhere in there 9 30 10 o'clock somewhere in there I'm in bed. We're watching TV hanging out go to sleep wake up at 4 30 do it again and again and again and again for weeks months years Decades that's the million dollar morning routine. I hope you guys start this. I hope you hope you try it I hope it works for you I hope you start to enjoy it if you're not at the 4 30 club, you know if you're at 6 6 30 Just try 30 minutes earlier for a week or two then 30 minutes more earlier all the way till you get to that 4 30 And I promise you you're gonna be more productive You're gonna be like man I get more done before 7 o'clock that most people do all day long and most people aren't even up yet And that's when you're gonna see yourself through the principles in the slight edge That's what I'm gonna see yourself start to soar. Okay, so this is what I hope for you I want to see you soar reach out if there's anything that I can do to help you That's what I'm here for hit me up on Instagram much love. We'll see you guys in the next video. Let's go