 So in this video, I'm going to give you five reasons on why you should get up at 5 a.m and explain why people that wake up early have an insane Productivity advantage. So let's get into it. It's not a secret. Some of the greatest thinkers and achievers have been known to wake up early For instance, serial entrepreneur Richard Branson owns Virgin He gets up at 545 a.m The current CEO of Apple Tim Cook gets up at 4 30 a.m And Howard Schultz the CEO of Starbucks is up at 6 a.m with his freaking coffee in his hand So what's the cause behind this madness? Well, why is it that so many people are getting up early? There's a number of reasons, right? I'm sure you've heard the adage or maxim the early bird gets the worm That sounds ridiculous. It sounds silly, but it's very true and there's five reasons on why you should get up early I'm gonna outline them right now can reason number one Waking up early allows you to enter the flow states now psychologists Mihai Chick sent me high. I think so you pronounce it stated in his book that flow is Being completely involved in an activity for its own sake the ego falls away time flies Action every action movement and thought follows inevitably from the previous one like playing jazz Your whole being is involved and you're using your skill to the utmost Now basically flow is being in the zone picture Kobe Bryant playing for the Lakers, right picture Tiger Woods on the field is being in the zone completely consumed in your work and Waking up early because of the nature of the environment Usually people aren't up at that time. You are able to really go deep into your work You're really able to do that deep work That Cal Newport talks about to do that concentrated effort where you can really make some progress because what people fail to understand is Multitasking doesn't exist right multitasking is Not a real thing when you brain tries to multitask you're switching between two things So you need dedicated time where you can focus on one thing and just kill that thing Alright, so the second reason on why you should get up early in the morning is because it removes ego depletion Now ego depletion is a term coined by some scientists It refers to the tendency for our willpower to be in finite amounts, right? So think of your willpower kind of like a battery Is you go out throughout your day exerting your willpower the battery goes down, of course Now things like such a willpower are filtering distractions Resisting temptations suppressing emotions restraining aggression trying to impress others Implementing new behaviors and doing things we don't like all these things decrease our willpower Think of it. Have you ever had a day where you're irritated at work? You just everything was going wrong and then you get home and you find out that it's a lot easier for you to be triggered Or a lot easier for you to let out on someone It's because your willpower is low It's harder for you to resist the urge just to get angry or if you've had a day where you do a labor intensive work For a couple of hours and you get home. The only thing you want to do is kick back and watch TV You don't really necessarily want to do anything that involves willpower exertion. It's not because of the physical Tiredness that you have is also the mental the mental fatigue that you've suffered throughout the day. So if you can Do your most intensive or your most important task in the morning while your willpower reserves are high You are on the way to instant productivity You have to eat the frog as Brian Tracy likes to say the third reason I would like to advise that you get your ass up in the morning Is because it allows you time to have a morning ritual Now morning ritual is your own personal ritual a sort of activities that you're going to do every single day For example, it could be meditating for 20 minutes Exercising eating a healthy breakfast and then beginning work on your most important task. That's a pretty solid morning ritual right there The thing is morning rituals the activities we do in them become habits, right? And our habits shape us once our habits become factors of a subconscious mind once we no longer have to think about them They're on autopilot and they shape us it might seem small at the time But small incremental changes in our lives small incremental gains Create a huge difference in the long term. I had a tap that was leaking, right? And I didn't think it was anything but at the end of the month when the water bill came down I was like, what the fuck? For example, if the plane is fine from Los Angeles It's going to New York City. It's 1% off course that plane ain't going to land in New York City It's going somewhere else. Okay, so small changes make big differences And the people in the morning rituals are dictating their lives. They're choosing the activities. They want to do They're looking at a trajectory they want to get at and they're going that way Other people don't have money rituals. They wake up at 9 a.m when it's time for work and they brush their teeth quickly eat and Go to work they learn the day dictate them if you wake up in the morning You can take some control over your life choose your trajectory by getting the morning set You might have to go to work. You might have to do other things throughout the day But the morning is yours. It's sacred Reason number four perhaps one of the most important reasons is that it gives you time to sit and think and plan To sit down with your thoughts To see if you are on the right trajectory to hit your goals to Reflect on your past to reflect on your values your ethics your personal metrics To be honest with yourself. Are you going where you want to go? Now David I either said in his book the weather superior man Go find a quiet place where you can be alone and just think he advises that every man and Every woman too I suppose Has to find some time throughout the year where they can take the week off and just think reflect and see Now you don't have to take a week off you do this every morning if you wake up early Because you have to understand that if you are not careful your life purpose can be shaped by everyone else If you're not careful your life will fly by without you ever accomplishing anything you wanted. I remember Bernie where in The top five regrets of dying said that One of the biggest regrets was people saying I wish I had the courage to live life true to myself And not the life others expect of me if you have time every morning to sit down with your thoughts and plan You wouldn't live with these regrets You'd be more calculate more conscious more aware of where your life is headed You know when you're making mistakes It's only when we don't have time to sit down and think and plan when we are letting the day drag As left right and center that we end up being somewhere where we never intended to be a couple years from now So that's probably the most important reason to wake up in the morning so that you can have that alone time when it's quiet To be there with your thoughts Okay, the last reason on why you should wake up at 5 a.m. Is a bit of a selfish one It's because of the intrinsic motivation you get from it There's something about getting up early in the morning before the sunset that gives you that psychological advantage. I Remember watching a video Mike Tyson running in the morning when it's really dark He said that I know my opponent is not doing this and that's why I'm gonna beat them I know for a fact there's no way my opponent is working as hard as me right now I'm up here running in the morning It's the same thing as a Navy seal a Navy seal knows he's a badass because of what he's endured because of what he's Experienced hell week running 40 K's and doing all kinds of crazy shit Same thing with you when you wake up at 5 a.m. Every morning. It gives you a crazy psychological advantage You know you're a badass when you do it You know that you're a badass when you accomplish more in your first three hours and what people do in their whole days So to conclude I only have one question for you. What time are you gonna get up tomorrow morning?