Welcome to the Shalene Show. Shalene has helped thousands with her books, seminars,

and online academies. She's the author of The New York Times Best Selling Book Push

in a Mother of Two. My name is Shalene Johnson. I'm a New York Times

bestselling author. I am the co-creator of The Smart Success Academy.

The Marketing Impact Academy, which is an online school that teaches you,

yo, everything that nobody else is teaching you about everything you need to know

in order to build and grow. An online business that's pretty much automated.

That's the Marketing Impact Academy. You might also be seeing me if you wake up

really early in the morning right now. My Pio Informatials on TV. If you watch TV,

I am so happy that you're here and I'm here to tell you that we're all capable of growth.

And realizing when it's time for us to look in the mirror, understand that we're human,

realize we have to be honest with ourselves, stop kidding ourselves, stop pretending.

And that's what I had to do this year because truth be told. If I'm going to be completely honest

and completely vulnerable in this moment, I have to tell you I've been being dishonest,

not just with you, but with myself. And a little bit of a phony when it comes to my rituals.

Here's what I mean. For the last 15, 20 years, I have been prescribing to people to follow a morning

ritual. My own morning ritual worked great for me. I thought that morning ritual started at 4.30 AM,

sometimes 4.45 AM, waking up every day at that hour to first listen to my personal development,

go in exercise. I would listen to personal development for about 30 minutes or I would use

it time to pray or listen to a Bible-based podcast. And then I would go in exercise for an hour.

Then I would come home and create my to-do list and so on and so forth. Now,

why I need you to understand that I'm human and it's important to be honest with yourself is

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