Hal Elrod, Author of The Miracle Morning | Your Blueprint for Life's Toughest Challenges

The death of a sibling.
Being declared dead after a head-on collision with a drunk driver.
Suffering financially during the Great Recession.
CANCER.
Today’s guest, Hal Elrod, has battled all of these tough challenges.
His little sister passed away in his mother's arms. Years later, Hal was hit by a drunk driver, broke 11 bones, declared dead, and once revived, learned that he might have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. (He eventually regained his ability to walk.) And after that, he was slammed hard in the wallet during the Great Recession.
But he's a fighter. He needed to develop practices to build his resilience.
So Hal created “The Miracle Morning,” a morning routine practice that gained massive popularity when he released it in 2012.
The six-step Miracle Morning routine is coined S.A.V.E.R.S. -- silence, affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading, and scribing (writing).
The routine became wildly popular, in part due to its flexibility; Hal explains that time-crunched people can start this as a six-minute routine; dedicating just ONE minute to each of these six steps. Over time, people can see the positive changes that this makes, and expand the time they allot for this.
The routine is now the subject of a documentary, also called the Miracle Morning, available on Prime Video. Midway through filming, Hal was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and given a 30 percent chance of survival. He let the cameras roll as he coped with his diagnosis in real time.
He joins us on this podcast to describe that experience, and to talk about the practices that he's used to stay productive in the face of grief, severe injury and cancer.
He talks to us about:
-- the powerful Five-Minute Rule that helped him recover from a nearly fatal car crash
-- the six most popular personal development practices of the successful
-- specific tactics you can harness to create YOUR most successful life.
As we move into the New Year, many of you are setting goals and resolutions.
Hal describes specific, actionable tactics that you can use to build scaffolding and support around your new goals.
Enjoy!
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[@mayyang8350]

Excellent episode! So many fantastic takeaways, and Paula’s message at the end is perfect!

[@nazb33]

I'm a quarter way through this video and I can appreciate everything I've heard in the interview. After going through my final moments 3 times, and then coming back from those moments, I now know what I must do which is, as we say in hindi, "Seva" which means "service". I'm so thankful for those final moments to keep me on track to fulfil what I must do. I love actual life now. There is no limit because my service will continue long after I'm gone.
I gotta thank RUclips for adding this video to my feed. You got a new subscriber to boot ❤
Update: I've now watched the full interview. Paula, you're an absolute legend to bring on this guest. I'm forwarding this video on because the people in my life don't listen to my words but to hear this interview will hopefully open their minds and hearts. Thank you again Paula. I love your voice by the way. It's so soothing ❤🙏🏽👍🏽

[@JimMurray2]

This man is a miracle. He speaks with the urgency of someone who has a secret cheat code to put out into a world full of people who need it yesterday.

[@moninsan159]

Thus guy is amazing 👏 I can't believe I listened to the entire hour long

[@SteveJohnson-ht6kv]

This guy has the energy of a greasy self help guru. Yikes! But I’m glad his message resonates with some people.