Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

I think one of the most important things a human being can do is press the pause button each

morning while the rest of the world is asleep and ask yourself, how can I fortify my mindset?

How can I insulate my heart set? How can I optimize my outset? How can I escalate my soul set?

The four interior empires that have introduced in the 5 a.m. club so that when I walk out in the world,

I'm creative, I'm productive, I'm compassionate. the 5 a.m. club so that when I walk out in the world, I'm creative,

I'm productive, I'm compassionate, I radiate positivity, and I have resilience in case I get

knocked down. And so I think one of the best ways you can do that is this 2020-20 formula

that I've been teaching to the billionaires, the NBA stars, the film icons,

and many of the most successful people on the planet for 24 years. The 2020-20 formula is simply this.

You get up at 5 a.m. and anyone can get up a 5 a.m. One of the gifts of a human being is neuroplasticity.

We are built to change.

So please, I would encourage, you know, if we recite our excuses long enough,

we actually believe they're true.

We are built to change.

We are built to grow.

We are built to own our heroic nature.

And so according to University College London, if we do any practice or habit for 66 days,

we reach a point of automaticity where it becomes easier to do that new habit than not do the new habit.

Once you wire in the new habit, for the first 20 minutes, 5 to 520, you move because you can release BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic

factor, which promotes neurogenesis, it optimizes your brain. If you move first thing in the

morning, you release serotonin, which makes you feel good. You release dopamine, which, you know,

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