Welcome back to the be a remarkable student series This is volume 3. So if you haven't seen the previous two, we've already looked at What are the most scientifically
effective ways to study? We've already looked at how do you get yourself to study
when you have zero motivation? And today we're going to talk about How do you wake up early? How do you wake up
at the time that you set without hitting the snooze
button again, and again? And how and why is it
going to change your life? Why should you even bother? On a scale from 1 to 10, I want you to write down your
answer in the comments, right now Are you a 10? Are you a 10 out of 10 for doing this? And if you are anything but a 10 Why not? Don't just listen, take action. So the first thing that
I want to say here is go to bed at a set time early. So that you have a better chance
of waking up early in the morning that 4 a.m. Wake up, 5 a.m. Wake up it doesn't just start at 4 a.m, and it doesn't just depend on
what kind of alarm clock you're using, what bed you're sleeping in. The most important thing is, did you get your 8 hours of sleep? Are you going to bed at
the same time every single day? So you want to train yourself, just like you would train a puppy to go to bed at the same
time every single day. So that your circadian rhythm, the rhythm that you are naturally in based on your environment, your psychology you're going to bed at the same time. So your body knows it's 8 o'clock, the Sun has gone down
and it's time for me to go to bed. Train yourself, create a habit so that you go to sleep every
single day at the same time. Now, how can you do this?
And why should you do this? As well, I've already said it's important for you to go to bed
and get 6 to 8 hours of sleep. Most of us need this It's not a nice to have,
it is a necessity. And the reason for this,
is there are studies out there that show even just half an hour
or an hour every single day of not getting enough sleep
it has a cumulative effect. And so that compounding
effect of all that sleep debt that you've accrued, you're going to have
to pay off at some point. And those of us who are living
and working and walking around with not enough sleep it has the same effect
as being intoxicated. So would you ever do
your revision or your studying after taking a couple of shots of alcohol? No, you wouldn't because it's not going to help you focus and the most underrated sleep hack, the most underrated
productivity hack of them all is going to bed on time,
get your 8 hours of sleep. And what you want to do is use what you've learned
about building good habits that each habit you build has a trigger, a routine and a reward. So maybe your trigger is, I'm going to drink a cold glass of milk and then I'm going to turn off
all of my electronic devices, I'm going to say goodnight
to the people that I love, put my phone in another room, I'm going to close the curtains,
take a deep breath in and close my eyes. Because if I can't
stick to this for myself Well, how much do I really
care about these goals? How much do I really
care about these dreams? How much do I really care about
actualizing that best version of me? Giving myself the best chance possible to study, to be remarkable. Don't just listen, take action. And this leads me to the second proven way some of you have heard
of the great speaker and role model and inspiration that is David Goggins And he talks about
developing a calloused mind. The reason he wakes up at 4:00 a.m Is he is training his body just like
when he's training in the gym and on his hands, he develops calluses
from all the pull ups that he has done where he's hit the world record. In the same way, I want my mind to know you may have a tactical advantage over me, you may know me inside out,
you may try and conquer my weaknesses, but guess what? I'm going to callus myself to that, I'm going to develop
such a powerful routine that I am going to
stick to every single day because there are so many flaws
and things I need to change about myself that I'm going to be
immune to your tactics, immune to my weaknesses. So develop a calloused mind,
imagine that you are hardening yourself. At 4 a.m. You wake up. It's dark outside, There is nobody else on your street awake, it's cold, it's damp, it's boring, it's not fun but you know what? I'm the first one up. But you know what?
While you were sleeping I was doing work and I didn't feel like it but already by the time 8:00 a.m. Rolls in You're going to look around
and realize, I've done so much already. My day has been won and if you start strong
you have a much better chance of finishing strong. Don't leave these things
to the last minute. Try and be up when the sun is up. Try and be asleep when the sun is down. If that works for the way
you are in the world, but whatever you do build your routine in a way
and this is a really useful tactic to developing that calloused mind. And the third thing, this is something that I've learned
in my experience as a life coach is mentally ceck In with yourself. When anyone I'm speaking with
in a one-to-one coaching session says, "I'm going to do this" my first question is always
the same thing on a scale from 1 to 10 and I want you to write down your
answer in the comments, right now. Are you a 10? Are you a 10 out of 10 for doing this? And if you are anything but a 10 Why not? If you're 9, what would get you to a 10? If you're 8, what would get you to a 10? I ask this question because if you don't have certainty, certainty in your mind "I am definitely going to wake up
at 4 o'clock tomorrow" What do you think is going to happen at 3:55 a.m. or 4:55 a.m.
whenever you're waking up and that alarm clock goes off and you're cozy, you're wrapped up in your covers
and you want comfort, your brain wants comfort you don't care about being remarkable,
you don't care about waking up early. "Let me just have 10 more minutes" It's going to happen,
you are going to be tempted to sabotage not only your goals but yourself. And so ask yourself before you go to bed, close your eyes and just
tap yourself on the head and say, "Listen, let me have
an honest conversation with myself. Am I doing this? Am I a 10? If I'm not a 10,
what's going to get me to a 10? Why is this important? Why do I want to wake up
at 4 a.m. 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 7 a.m.? What is the plan?
I'm going to wake up and do what? The clearer you are the less thinking you have
to do when you wake up and complexity is your
enemy of implementation. Tip number 4 Use tools and tactics to your advantage. You can go on your phone right now, most of you have smart phones
or you know someone that does and you can download an app
where you have to scan a barcode before it turns off. You can sleep with the curtains open so you have no choice but to
wake up when the sun hits your eyes you can't get back to sleep. Use these things, design
your environment in a way that nudges you to take
the right course of action. Design it for yourself rather than being a dead fish
that goes with the flow. So look around at your
environment and think about what can I do to trigger
me towards action, to trigger me towards
that best version of me, the remarkable student inside. If you're trying to be like everyone else,
keep doing what everyone else does but if you want what no one else has you're going to have to do some things
that no one else is willing to do. And the final,
I left the best tip till last is learn your sleep chronotype. Waking up at 4 a.m.
won't change your life if... your body isn't designed for that,
your lifestyle is not designed for that. If it means you're only
getting 4 hours of sleep what is the point? And there is a test that you can Google called the sleep chronotype
by Dr. Michael Breus. You have something known as the PER3 gene and what this gene does in your DNA it's coded into you that you have a natural
rhythm to your day, you know this already learn to manage your energy not your time So create a graph. On one axis, you've got the time of day, on the other axis you've got
your energy and map how what is my energy like throughout the day? At 10 a.m. I have a lot of
energy I'm really creative, but at 1 p.m. I'm finished. But then at 6 p.m. I feel really energized, I'm so creative, I have 100 ideas and then at 11 p.m, my mind is wired to get work done, I need to get to sleep now. So learn your sleep chronotype and realize that
everyone's routine is different, everyone's sleep routine is different, everyone's journey is different,
everyone's success is different, you are different. You weren't born to fit in,
you were born to stand out and the key to belonging
to any group, any tribe is knowing yourself and creating an environment
and a structure around you that is going to change your life. And for the bonus, 6th tip, is journaling. Writing down your thoughts and clarifying what is
essential and what is not. And what I mean here
is not just arbitrarily, randomly writing down
whatever comes to mind but in a structured way. Now here's the good news,
you don't have to figure out what those things are.
There are thousands of people over thousands of years of human history who have found the way to focus your mind using journaling. And today's video is actually sponsored by
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is ruining your life. Peace.
