1 Hour to Greatness…. The Power Hour
September 3, 2009 by Discovery
Filed under Featured Articles, Health and Bodybuilding
I was inspired originally on this by Anthony Robbins and have expanded on it since then with my life coach and sports psychology hat on….
How you start your day and the first hour you wake and what you do in it, will set the scene for your whole day’s effectiveness – hence referred to as the power hour –
1. From the alarm going off, get into a routine of GETTING UP WITHIN 5 MINUTES of the alarm – and then 60 seconds when you have got used to this.
2. STRETCH IN BED (muscle stretching gentlemen! 
your muscles are relaxed now and great time to invigorate with a 3-5 min mini stretch routine – especially around spinal column (where most stress will stem from).
3. Large GLASS OF WATER (not ice cold as contracts digestive system) (the more water you drink smokers, the less the craving – you also need more to flush the toxins out of your body (+smells).
4. Embark on a 30 MIN CARDIO EXERCISE (even if to start is a walk) – I personally run 3 times per week and on the days in between, walk the dog and while it is running around a field I use it to think of words of wisdom to share on my blogs, facebook, twitter etc – share good energy – it comes back to you. You will release immediate endorphins making you feel great, less fatigued (mentally) and stress levels will be lower.
5. IMPORTANT (from the book the Secret) – APPRECIATION – the Secret (law of attraction from the Universe); every morning (ideally within the power hour, while you are invigorating your body, exercise etc) appreciate 3 things about your life and surroundings – don’t focus on belongings – but opportunities and beauty and good alignments – the more you appreciate the beauty and good energy around you in the universe, not only will it make you feel better about yourself, but…. the more you radiate, positivity, good energy in appreciation of what is good in your life, you will not be focusing on the bad AND the universe will align to present you more of the good.
6. READ even if only for 20 minutes, something positive – perhaps the book the Secret, or Anthony Robbins “Awaken the Giant Within”. Get your mind in a positive and positive giving space.
7. GIVE GOOD ENERGY – share your positive thoughts to lift and inspire others (as I am sharing with you right now) – again the more you give out the more you will ‘attract’.
8. REVIEW YOUR DAILY GOALS: Don’t just end up at work and ‘react to the day’ go back to your weekly goal sheet – set a minimal criteria list for the day and some ‘Success’ goals (even if just 2 and you accomplish one, you know you are growing and becoming more successful because of them) – go back to previous days goals – did you achieve all you need to? Don’t panic and DONT…..!!! add all of uncompleted goals onto today – they will mount up and you will resent goal setting – instead – spread them over the next few days, are they really that important, perhaps they can be done next week, perhaps delegate to someone else.
9. CONNECT with someone you have not in a while – there are opportunities awaiting you that the universe is ready to give you, you simply need to reach out and connect to find new and intuitive opportunities to help others and help yourself.
10. ENCOURAGE – I have never had the opportunity to share with you my version of the “Wisdom of Geese”, but one of the insights of geese flying in true formation with common shared goals and support of one another, is that they are always HONKING – make sure today you are honking words of encouragement to others and not something else. You will get it back.
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Cool, great lifestyle…
Wow – awesome guide. Although THAT is a lot for the first hour of waking up. But, I truly need a guide for this. I usually just end up rolling over into my computer chair (whenever I get up) and sit on the computer for a bit loathing my life.
This list did not mention anything about eating though. When should you eat and what is a good diet plan for the morning?
This article is awesome, truely the way you start your day is the foundations of how your day is going to be.
I have the Tony Robbins collection, and was familiar with this idea. The way you broke it down is outstanding. My hour turned into a session remembering where I was lacking and how I had to work harder, thus a negative session which stopped occurring. This is a great reminder of how to do it properly and that it is supposed to be relaxing and fun.
Whenever I do 30 minutes of cardio in the morning like every other damn article recommends, I wind up almost vomiting and feeling tired and crappy for the rest of the day. This power hour is a great way to powerfully make your day worse
Wow, what a discovery! I think it was no coincidence that I chose to read this article as the first of many to come. I just stumbled over the ebook version of “The Secret” and am familiar with the insights, and was already implementing some of them when I woke up 45 minutes ago. And I’ve started, but not finished Anthony Robbins book “awaken the giant within” a few years ago and have been living a stable life since. I will now use both plus this article to do my own daily power hour so that I may attract the positive energy I need to get through the day. And for the guy above who had a question about what to eat. Eat something energizing, and healthy and helps you think, things like eggs, oatmeal, dairy products such as fruit smoothies, and whole grain cereals. Goodluck to all and thanks Discovery for the article.
This really works guys! Its like the snowball effect. Anybody wanna share some of their favorite songs to get amped to?
Hey Ryan,
since the whole of the British Army do most of their exercise early morning, I promise you it is just a matter of adjusting. I must admit when I started teaching Army PT many moons ago and it was always bloody first thing, I constantly felt like I had morning sickness lol. I then started having a light breakfast to put something in my stomach about 20-30 mins before running and after about 2 weeks the sickness went away. Now am able to to just get up, drink a glass of warm water and off I go, but if it is going to be really strenuous, I still recommend the light breakfast.
Also don’t forget that by exercising in the morning, your metabolic rate functions better helping you burn my fat throughout the day more naturally and will give you higher energy levels throughout the day too, not to mention increased metal alertness late in the afternoon when we normally start to flag.
Anyhows give it a try brother and let me know how you get on.
Is this site only meant to be for men – I’m reading The Game by Neil Strauss – found Mystery interesting and googled my way to this site…
I like the ideas that Discovery has listed here – I do the 30 min of cardio in the a.m 3 times a week – dont really have the time for the rest (read a book, eat brekkie @ home etc) but will certainly try
This is very effective. I do not know about vomiting while doing cardio, but perhaps you need to get used to the routine.
@Luke RE: Diet
Eat after the hour is over. The contents of the meal should be a lot of protein and carbohydrates.
Food options:
Cereal + Milk
Eggs
Nuts
Beans
Pasta
Rice
Fruit
Bread (toasted?)
Pick three or four of the options. The whole breakfast shouldn’t take much more than 5-15 minutes to make.
Note that the food options are pretty much the same for anytime of the day. Breakfast is where you need energy, but you need the same thing for lunch, so your options actually should be the same.
For dinner, it is best to go lighter on the carbs and protein and heavy on nutrient dense foods like fruit and nuts. The reason for this is that you do not need many calories at dinner because you are going to sleep in a bit.
Okay, that’s the simple of it. Good luck, have fun…nr 15. (Couldn’t help it.)
Sorce
This will most certainly ramp up my quest for self improvement! Thanks alot. Other great books are Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill , How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson!
Best Regards,
Finally something that that enables me to see tv outside ireland!