Hal Elrod survived a head-on collision at 70 mph that broke 11 bones and caused brain damage, then a cancer diagnosis with 20-30% survival odds. He credits the Miracle Morning routine (meditation, affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading, journaling) with his recovery and transformation.
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How do you show up at your best Every single day?
A year and a half into my Cutco career, I give a speech at a conference. Driving home that night, I was hit head on by a drunk driver at 70 miles per hour. And when I came out of the coma, I had to face this unimaginable reality. If you're looking someone to really inspire your audience and to really engage them, there's really no one better than Hal. The doctor said, permanent brain damage and I might never walk again. And the way that I processed it ended up being very empowering.
I think Hal has incredible energy. Have to say this was like a two thumbs up recommendation.
We had tremendous feedback after the event. Surveys were impeccable. His responses were just so, so solid. And still to this day, people speak about Hal.
How can I selflessly add value to the people that I love?
I said, dad, I can't change that I was in a car accident. I can't change that I broke 11 bones. I can't change that I have permanent brain damage. So there's no value in wishing that I could. There's no value in resisting it and saying, I wish this didn't happen. It's not fair. I don't deserve it. We have keynotes all the time, but this one was different. Probably one of the most impactful keynote speakers that we've had. Every painful emotion that you or I have ever experienced in our life is self created by our level of resistance to our reality. I couldn't change that I was in a car accident, but I could change my mindset then. I can damn well choose my attitude, all my emotion, all my thoughts, my prayers, my everything is going into possibility number two, which is to walk again. The doctors came in a week later with routine X rays. And then they said, we don't know how to explain this, but your body is healing so quickly, you're ready to take your first step today in therapy. This picture was taken the next day.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
We saw how that shift their mindset and made them believe that they can actually overcome and achieve everything that they're willing to.
I was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer, which comes with a 20 to 30% survival rate. I made the decision when I was diagnosed with cancer. I'll be the happiest, most grateful I've ever been in my life. While I go through the most difficult time in my life. Instead of being at the mercy of when bad things happen, you feel bad, and when good things happen, you feel good. Consider that no matter what happens, you actually get to choose how you feel. You already have everything that you need to be the happiest that you could ever be. And it's called life.
I have this deep spiritual knowing. This is part of your journey. You were meant to go through this and then share this experience. Utilize this to help other people. Wow. This is the greatest opportunity for growth I've ever had. Yeah. It's our choice to determine whether it happened to us or happened for us. Sure. And we're talking about a special guest, Hal Elrod. So the author of the Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod. How are you? Oh, it's a pleasure, man. I want level 10 success in every area of my life. Isn't that true for all of us? Right. We want level 10 health, level 10 in our business, level 10 relationships. I want level 10 success. But my level of personal development is like at a 2. The secret to achieving level 10 success in your life is you have to dedicate time to becoming a level 10 person. That's the essence of the miracle morning. It's a daily practice that enables you to become a better version of who you were when you went to bed the night before. He has a way to connect with your audience and to help them set their day and set the intention of their day so that people will get the results that they're intending to get. I'm going to go home and find out what the world's most successful people do for their personal development. Silence, meditation. Doing affirmations. The V is for visualization, reading, exercising. And the final S is for scribing, journaling. What if I woke up tomorrow and I implemented the six most timeless, proven, scientifically proven personal development practices in the history of humanity? All six of them? I'm now starting to realize what are my goals and what am I doing every day to move actively toward them. Business increased. I had a record year.
You know, I've had a big turning point. I'm growing my company at record rates, and everyone's bonding and galvanizing in the.
Office with this kind of energy that I feel right now, this confidence that I was feeling that morning. If I go into every day like this, it's only a matter of time before I become a level 10 person capable of creating and sustaining level 10 success that I wanted. Elevating yourself to the highest level so you can elevate those around you, and together we can elevate the consciousness of humanity. One morning and one person at a time. And today you are that person. So thank you for being here. Thank you so much. I love you guys and gals.
