#004 – Why 20-Year-Olds Stay Poor & The World's Best Morning Routine

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#004 at a Glance:

• Quote that got me thinking: Controlling What You Can

• Podcast you should listen to: Why 20-Year-Olds Stay Poor

• Hack: The World’s Best Morning Routine

• Tool you should start using: Monday.com

• Tweet I liked: Be Careful How You Speak.

Quote:

Podcast you should listen to:

Why 20-Year-Olds Stay Poor with Alex Hormozi

52% of high school seniors in the US believe that they will be a millionaire by age 25. In reality, less than 1% of people are actually millionaires by age 25.

So where does it all go wrong?

Young people mistakenly prioritise short-term earnings over their long-term earning potential.

I know I’ve been sharing a lot of Alex Hormozi content lately, but this podcast is really worth your time. (It’s only 24 mins).

Listen on Spotify here. Listen on Apple Podcasts here.

Hack:

The World’s Best Morning Routine

Came across this a few months ago when I was reading Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss.

I’ve been using it ever since and can honestly say that it’s the best morning routine I’ve tested (and I’ve tried about 20+ over the years):

1. Make your bed (2 minutes): A cluttered space is a cluttered mind. Gives you an easy ‘win’ to start the day.

2. Meditate/Pray/Breathing Exercises (10 minutes): This will depend on what works best for you, but the objective is to be calm and fully present. No distractions. This may be the only 10 minutes in your day when you get to be completely still.

3. Do 5-10 reps of something (1 minute): This isn’t a workout. The objective is to ‘prime’ your body. To wake it up, get the blood moving and the muscles working. I usually go with 15 push-ups and 15 sit-ups.

4. Journal (5 minutes): This doesn’t have to be a journal where you recount what happened the day before. You can list things that you’re grateful for, jot down some things you’re looking forward to, or simply force yourself to keep the pen moving on the page for 5 minutes writing anything that pops into your head.

5. Cold shower (2 minutes): It doesn’t have to start cold, but it has to finish cold!

20 minutes in total. Simple. Easily doable.

And if you think that you don’t have the time to fit in those 20 minutes:

• Wake up 20 minutes earlier

• Go on your phone for 20 minutes less in the morning

The choice is yours.

Let me know how you go. If you have a morning routine that works best for you, I’d love to hear it.

Tool you should start using:

Monday.com

monday.com is a customisable work management platform that allows you to easily track work flow, deadlines, tasks, and generally just maximise your efficiency and focus across the board.

I’ve never really used platforms like monday.com before until I started using it at mentored.com.au (where I work). Now I use it to track everything I have going on from my uni assignments and work to even this newsletter.

For example, this is what my monday.com looked like for Five to Thrive #004:

This isn’t an ad or sponsored post, it’s just a tool I think a lot of you will find extremely useful (it’s also free btw) 🙌

Tweet I liked:

That’s all for this week, thanks for reading!

Grateful for your support.

Stay hungry, stay humble, & stay curious. ⚡

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