Before 5AM – Motivation for Success

It all starts with a good nights rest. ~ A new week, a new day and a new opportunity to thrive and feel alive. It all starts with you taking care of yourself and giving your mind, body and soul time to rest. ~ Turn off your devices. Turn off the TV and let your mind be still. Over stimulation to technology is what causes so much stress and anxiety in the modern world. ~ You’ve got to know when to shut things off and connect with yourself. It’s okay to not be stimulated and entertained all the time! ~ Give yourself time before bed to prepare your mind and soul for rest. Meditate, journal, read something that calms the soul or simply just sit in silence and allow your mind to gently calm down. ~ A good nights rest is your best defence against feeling stressed out, anxious and unmotivated. It’s time for you to start managing your energy levels, so you can perform and function at a high level daily and feel energetic and passionate about your life. ~ Have a few simple routines and rituals you run in the evening or before you head to bed, that allow you to get a good nights rest every night. Do what works best for you, but remember the name of the game is ENERGY! ~ Consistent rest is the key and no doubt everyone is going to ask me the most asked question in the world... “Joe, how many hours sleep should I get?” ~ So the simple answer is that everyone is different and everyone’s lifestyle and energy needs are different. I generally say that you want to get between 6 hours to 8 hours of consistent rest every night. ~ The “consistent” part is what determines your energy levels. Not the hours of rest. So that means, you have to be in bed at the same time and up at the same time every day. Your body responds well to patterns and routines and it is through those basic routines that you find greater levels of energy, over time. ~ If you are making great decisions with your diet, exercising for energy, (rather than trying to gain muscle or lose weight) and looking after your mental and spiritual state. Then you will naturally have more energy and be able to live off slightly less sleep than someone who is not managing those other key factors. ~ Rest well. @before5am

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My biggest concern when it comes to my industry and what you guys are consuming on social media is that most of you are using motivation and inspiration as a drug, a stimulant and a supplement to feel more pumped up, for very short periods of time. ~ Although that's great to have a bit of motivation flowing, it's just like taking a scoop of pre work out or having a strong coffee... it eventually drops off and you crash and I know many of you end up in a slump, feeling less motivated than before you tried to pump yourself up. ~ The truth is over the course of your lifetime you will be motivated, inspired & pumped up less than 30% of the time... that's the natural flow of life and who we are as human beings. ~ You can have a great attitude, great outlook and be a positive soul on this earth every day, which many of you are but the actual act of being so motivated and inspired to take action right here and right now, makes up a very small percentage of our life. ~ Now I know some of you want to mess with that ratio and be a rockstar every day, but the truth is no one is really like that... what you are actually seeing is someone running a very specific pattern every day. ~ What I want you guys to stop doing is looking for quick and cheap motivation and inspiration, I want you to start running a pattern... there is a time to be motivated, but most of the time you've got to get the job done and produce when you sure as hell don't feel like it! ~ You have to learn the art of going about your business calmly, rather than waiting for moments of inspiration to do your job and get things done. ~ Everything I teach you guys, ultimately comes down to training you to run a very specific, high level pattern and routine over the course of a lifetime - that's why it's called @before5am - I want you to run exceptional routines, habits and rituals, so you don't even need to be motivated and pumped up! ~ So don't worry or stress, when you don't feel motivated or pumped up... just go about your business calmly and get things done, that's where you ultimately make all your progress and gains over a long period of time. @before5am

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Have faith, that everything will be alright. • Take a deep breath. Step away from the world as you know it for a moment in time and just be still. • The chaos and the drama will always be there, it’s part of life. The constant whirlwind of noise, fear, frustration and inner conflict will always be there, waiting patiently for you to entertain them with your thoughts. • The feeling of uncertainty and doubt, will always find a way to creep into your life, whether you leave the door open or not. • But for a moment, learn to be still within your own mind, body and soul. Make still the mind to drown out the noise and the dark forces that pull at your heart strings. • Control the internal world and allow the external world to be. Clean up the mess you have created with your own emotions, thoughts, beliefs and values. Be still, allow all things to be as they are, until you have found the clarity and power within to act. • Be patient. Allow yourself time to respond to the many challenges life presents you with. Do not take it too personally, because it is in the best interests of the universe for you to grow and become stronger. • Be calm enough to feel your power within. Be still for a moment and then rise once more and walk in absolute faith knowing that all things will work out in your favour. In time. @before5am

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You don't have to give up, give in or feel like things aren't working out for you just because it is taking a lot longer than you had hoped for. ~ If it's important enough to you, if it's something you are passionate about and you believe in then it doesn't really matter how long it takes you to get there. ~ The main thing is to get there.....That's the thing that matters the most! ~ If all you are looking at is how long it's going to take the chances are you're not going to venture out on the journey towards the things that matter to you. ~ Focus on what matters and what matters is your destination, your vision and your purpose...not how long it will take or how hard it will be. @before5am

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I know that many of you work hard day in and day out and you are trying to build something but I'm asking you to STOP building, working and grinding! • Put the tools down! • Most of you don't even know what you're building... You have some faint idea of what you want but you have never taken the time time to design it and draw it out and plan it. • The great buildings you see each day around your city were all designed in specific detail well before anyone got a shovel or a jack hammer and maybe it's time you invest in the designing phase for a few days or a week and design your blueprint and your masterpiece of a life. • You have to design it before you can build it and that means sitting down and thinking about what you want your life to be like and how you are going to make those outcomes and experiences a reality. • If you don't design and plan your life out you will have to settle for what life gives you and I know deep down inside that's not what any of you want. • So this week, before the second Quarter of 2018 begins, you better pull out your pencil and paper and start designing the life you want and once you know what that looks like, break it down into simple steps and processes that you can actually execute. • Know everything there is to know about your goals, what's required, how much time and resources you need to make it happen. • Finally, don't forget each goal you set needs a specific time frame, so it becomes tangible and achievable but most of all creates a sense of urgency within... so you get up and get moving! • Get to work, April is just around the corner and I want each and everyone of you to have a few wins before the end of the year! @before5am