Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

The 5AM Club with @sharmaleadership

24 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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In this motivational segment, the speaker introduces "The 5 AM Club" as a high‑performance routine he has taught to billionaires, NBA athletes, and film icons for over 25 years. He cites a University College London study indicating that forming a new habit takes about 66 days to become automatic, positioning early‑morning wake‑up as a psychological advantage for productivity. The speaker warns that most people abandon the practice after a day or two, likening it to quitting after a few basketball practices or cooking lessons. He stresses that world‑class performers succeed by falling in love with the process and cultivating patience—a virtue he claims is increasingly rare.

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So let's transition over to the mother of all routines. What is The 5 AM Club? Well, it's a method that I've been teaching to the billionaires and the NBA stars and the film icons. And these people I've been mentoring for the past quarter of a century. And essentially, you know, let's go to the science of University College London. They say to install a new habit, it takes roughly 66 days before you reach a point of automaticity. So any one of your followers can join The 5 AM Club and rise before the sun. And get that incredible psychological advantage to be more productive and more effective. But the thing is, most people try it for a day or two and it's hard and they give up. That's like saying, I wanna win an NBA title. I practiced for 2 or 3 days. I didn't have the title. I guess I'm not the kind of person who can be a champion. It's like saying, I wanna be an incredible master chef and I watched a video or two and it didn't work. If you look at all world-class producers, they fall in love with the process and they have this virtue that most people don't practice anymore, which is patience. Hmm.