Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor Podcast.

I'm your host, Rachel Cook.

In today's episode, I'm joined by author, speaker, and podcaster, Jeff Sanders.

Jeff hosts the 5am Miracle Podcast, and his most recent book, The Free Time Formula,

is all about how we can define and create the habits that lead to focus,

productivity, happiness, and success. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jeff. Jeff, thank you so

much for joining us today on Modern Mentor. It's a pleasure to have you here. Yeah, thank you.

It's a bit here today. Well,. I'm excited to dig into some of your

expertise. I know you are the 5 a.m. Miracle Guy, and I would love to share with my listeners,

first and foremost, just a little bit about the backstory and what is so magical for you about 5am.

I think 5am is kind of a miraculous thing.. It was not my story growing up. I definitely

was the late riser, the last minute kind of guy. I think that's what led me to early mornings

was that I got to a place in my mid-20s where I was kind of tired of waking up feeling exhausted.

I was tired of waking up feeling like I don't, I'm rushing here. And I was busy at the time. I had a full-time job. I was tired of waking up feeling like I don't, I'm rushing here. So I,

and I was busy at the time. I had a full time job. I was training for a marathon, building a side

business. I like, how do I make this work? So I tried wake up at 5 a.m. one day and I loved it.

It just clicked right away, mostly because I woke up and went for a run and the morning run like really

transformed how I thought of my day. And so then that led to more productivity down the road.

And so instead of running in the morning later on, I started doing major work projects or

personal goals. And I've just optimized those early morning hours to make it my time.

And I didn't have that before in that way. And so I

think that early mornings can be miraculous. 5 a.m. is optional. But I think that embracing this idea of

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