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We live in the age of dramatic distraction and at 5 a.m. there just is a magic in the air. You've experienced it. You've been talking about the 5 a.m. club, you know, there's a reason why the great Saints, the great artists, the great billionaires, the great

writers, many of them got up at 5 a.m.

It's just the time of least distraction.

Now you're up at 5 a.m.

And in the book I explained how to do it over 66 days,

so it becomes easy.

University College of London says if you do any new skill

for 66 days, you reach a point called

automaticity where it actually becomes easier to get up at 5 a.m. than not to

get up at 5 a.m. once you're up at 5 a.m.

What do you do?

From 5 to 520, the first part of the 20-20 formula,

you want to move.

And it's not just walking, it's sweaty exercise because science has confirmed when you sweat you release

B D&F brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which is an absolute game changer. It optimizes your brain and accelerates your learning

by sweating from 5 to 520 whether it's spinning or running or boxing. What else you're doing is you're increasing your metabolic rate,

you're releasing cortisol, the fear hormone, and you're releasing dopamine,

which is the inspirational neurotransmitter.

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