Do you really want to change your life? What if I told you that one hour a day is enough? But it must be a very special hour: a sacred hour.
"The early bird catches the worm."
Proverb.
When you are talking about change your life many of us automatically think of a new job abroad, a sudden stroke of luck, or perhaps a spiritual trip to India. We are deeply convinced that by escaping from our environment and our daily life we ​​will really be able to make a change in our life (speaking of turning points, read this post later: "Waiting for the turning point").
It would be foolish to think that the changes I have listed do not touch us, but often their contribution is much more marginal than we might expect. Changing what is outside (city, work, etc.) does not necessarily change our life. If we really want to change our lives, we have to start from what's inside: we have to start from ourselves.
Do you want to change your life? Change your habits
Changing ourselves means first of all changing what we do every single day: ours habits. If you really want to change your life, if you really want to achieve different (better) results than you have so far, the first place to start is your habits.
You can set long-term goals that are fantastic, wonderful, superfragilistic, and spiritual, but if you have habits that run counter to these goals every day, forget about making the slightest change.
"To change your life, only the actions you take every day count."
Yes, well André, the little speech as a 4-bit motivator is clear to me and it's not the first time you've talked to me about it, but let's get to the point: what mizzica do I have to do to change my life? Where should I start from ?!
To start with: don't make this mistake!
One of GetPersonalGrowth's first successful articles was about 10 habits for change your life. These habits are damn powerful, but they have one small problem: they are too many.
For those at the beginning of their personal growthtrying to establish all these habits at the same time is a titanic (and often frustrating) undertaking. If we find ourselves in a time where we face a lot of difficulties, adding further frustration is the least of the things we should do. Much better to focus on one habit, but that it is a really… effective habit.
The # 1 habit of changing your life
He often talks about it Robin Sharma, author of "The Monaco who sold his Ferrari". Tony Robbins, the American education guru, has included it as the first step in one of his most famous change programs. Successful entrepreneurs and managers have been integrating it into their agenda for years now. I'm talking aboutHoly Hour (The Holy Hour); a habit as simple as it is powerful.
But what exactly does this habit consist of?
Having a sacred hour means starting your day by dedicating time to yourself and your personal growth. It means carving out an hour in which nothing and nobody can disturb us. It means program your brain for success.
'Mazza André, today like me just one of those gurus who scream from a stage with stroboscopic lights aimed at the audience to ston him. Everything good?
Beyond the sensationalist definitions, having a sacred hour basically means dedicating the first 60 minutes of the morning to very specific activities; activities that are able to have a positive influence on the rest of our day. This is what I'm talking about.
The 20-20-20 rule: what to do in your sacred hour
There are Andrè! I get it! In my holy hour I could: check my email, look at my Facebook profile and then hang around for the rest of the hour on some random site! Cool, right ?!
Here, if you want to really make the most of yours sacred hour, there are some activities that you absolutely must avoid and others that you should instead put in place without hesitation. Those to avoid are those listed by my nice alter ego. As for the activities to be included in your holy hour, my advice is to apply the 20-20-20 rule:
- 20 minutes of physical activity. Depending on your training level, you can start the day with a simple walk (perhaps using breathwalking), a regenerating jog or a total body workout. Starting the day by training your body will give you the right energy to face your daily "jungle".
- 20 minutes of meditation. Meditating immediately after exercising is one of the strategies to obtain the best benefits of this millenary practice. In short, after taking care of our body, we focus on our spirit. The balance that you will achieve over time, with meditative practice, will be of enormous help to you to have the right perspective on the rest of the day's events. If you don't have the faintest idea how to do it, I wrote an article in which I explain how to start meditating.
- 20 minutes of reading. Body, spirit ... and mind. My advice is to dedicate the last 20 minutes of your holy hour to reading (preferably not novels). I already told you about the why you should read 52 books a year. Doing it early in the morning, after a meditation session, will help you to better absorb certain concepts. If you are short of material you can take inspiration from the section resources from the blog.
That's it! I'm not asking you to take my word for it. Try to carve out a sacred hour every morning for the next 7 days and then let me know how it went: what were your feelings? How did you feel for the rest of the day? What was your level of productivity? I repeat: try and let me know ;-)
