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Well being- Join the 5am
club
5 am to 8 am are hours when one has least
interruptions, and the mind is
blank and full of potential. Achievers around the world
swear by the motto
success is a sunrise away
Not
everyone can wake up early.
Our
gadget-filled world has giv en us enough distractions to keep us awake
even when
we are in bed.And some of us do that because, after a hectic day,
night is
the only
`me-time' we get. However, there is an increasing awareness
of the benefits of
rising at 5am.High achievers all over the world find that
waking up before the
sun has a personal bonus it gives them an edge in the
cut-throat
environment that
they face as the day sets in.
Apple
CEO Tim Cook and Disney CEO Robert Iger both get up at 4.30am.
Former
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, used to get up at 4.30am
and head
straight to the gym, even when she was holding that post. Xerox
CEO Ursula
Burns wakes up at 5.15am. Prime Minister Narender Modi too,
begins his day
early. Richard Branson, founder, Virgin Group, is a dedicated
believer of the
5am club as is PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Gretchen Ruben,
popular author of the
Happiness Project, wakes up at 5am and works before
her family rises.
Laura
Vanderkam in her book What The Most Successful People Do Before
Breakfast
talks about the power of early mornings. “Waking up early allows
you
to start your day for victory. For new beginners to the 5am club, make
waking
up early a slow habit.“
Jeff
Sanders in his The 5am Miracle podcast says it is a miraculous time of
the day
as 5am has the power to morph a pitiful set of habits into a dazzling
array of
powerful strategies. “5am club is a way of life. It's a productivity
strategy, and
a means to achieve all you have ever de sired.“ Sanders asks
this rising number
of early-morning risers to “awaken them selves
emotionally, spiritually, physically
and mentally“. Early mornings are a
good time to exercise.
Studies
show that more than 90 per cent of people who exercise regularly
do so n
the morning when there are no other distractions.
Motivational
guru Robin Sharma, who's writing his book The 5am Club,
says our
most valuable hours are 5 am to 8 am. They have the least
interruptions.
Sharma
explains how we can all inculcate this habit. “When you wake up
uber-early
you have your day, your way.Don't lounge in bed after the alarm
clock
goes off. Jump out of bed and switch on the light. You need 66 days
for
it to become a habit. Being able to get up at 5am will make other
(much
harder) things easier because you've overcome one of the things that
holds
people back from greatness getting out of bed.“
A
study at the University of North Texas found that students who were
morning
people earned significantly higher grades than the ones who got up
late.
Biologist
Christoph Randler, after studying more than 300 university students
found
that early risers are also more likely to anticipate problems and be
proactive than
evening people.
Says
Vani Kapoor, golfer, “Waking up early gives me confidence and
strength. I can plan and strategise with a clear head.“
Gagan
Banga, vice-chairman & MD, Indiabulls Housing Finance, says,
“I wake up
by 5 am at least four times a week it gives me an edge.“
Blogger
Nimish Goel says, “After my student life, I lost the habit of waking
up early.
I recently got back on track because I realised getting up early
gives you a psy
chological edge over those who are still asleep.
You control the day rather than
the day controlling you.“
Sunil
Chetri, captain of the Indian foot ball team, says, “The 5am ritual
makes me
successful and happy.“ For Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant,
a classical dancer, waking
up early keeps her alert throughout the day.
“With an early headstart, I
feel emotionally and mentally in control.
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