STOP Living Average: Build Your Elite Daily Routine

Brief Summary

This video provides a blueprint for building an elite daily routine to transform your life. The speaker argues that the difference between the top 1% and the rest of the world is not talent or luck, but routine. The video outlines four key areas to focus on: rewiring your brain, physical optimization, mental mastery, and a blueprint for putting it all together.

  • Rewire your brain: Wake up early (5:00 a.m.) to dominate the day before distractions set in. This boosts confidence and clarity.
  • Physical optimization: Treat your body like a Ferrari, fueling it with hydration and cold exposure. Engage in daily cardio to improve cardiovascular health and boost confidence.
  • Mental mastery: Avoid excessive social media and digital content consumption. Prioritize reading and tackle the hardest tasks first.
  • Blueprint: Plan your day the night before, optimize your sleep, and follow a morning protocol that prioritizes work and high-information intake.

Introduction

The speaker begins by highlighting the difference between the top 1% and the rest of the world. He argues that most people live on autopilot, accepting their circumstances and living in a "cage" built by life. He contrasts this with the elite, who do not succumb to circumstance and actively shape their lives. The speaker shares his own personal journey, transitioning from a dead-end construction job to financial and location freedom, emphasizing the importance of taking control of your routine.

Rewire Your Brain

The speaker advocates for waking up at 5:00 a.m. to dominate the day before distractions set in. He emphasizes the psychological impact of this early start, boosting confidence and clarity. The early morning hours provide a period of low stimulation, allowing for focused work and a sense of accomplishment. This early morning routine, he argues, is a key habit of the elite.

Physical Optimization

The speaker uses the analogy of a wood chopper to illustrate the importance of physical optimization. Just as a sharp axe is more effective, a well-maintained body performs better. He emphasizes the importance of hydration, cold exposure, and daily cardio. Cold showers, he argues, are a confidence booster and help regulate sleep patterns. Daily cardio, even if it's just walking, is crucial for cardiovascular health and overall well-being.

Mental Mastery

The speaker highlights the importance of mental mastery, emphasizing that the mind can be both a best friend and a worst enemy. He stresses the need to train the mind to process information effectively. Excessive social media and digital content consumption are identified as dangers, potentially affecting the brain negatively. He encourages prioritizing reading and tackling the hardest tasks first, as this sets the tone for a more productive day.

Blueprint

The speaker outlines a blueprint for implementing the previously discussed strategies. He emphasizes the importance of planning the night before, including picking out clothes, writing down three non-negotiable tasks, and reflecting on personal objectives and wins. Optimizing sleep by placing phones in another room and creating a cool, dark environment is also crucial. The morning protocol involves waking up with one alarm, avoiding distractions, and prioritizing work and high-information intake.

Outro

The speaker concludes by reiterating the importance of energy conservation, suggesting working in 90-minute blocks with breaks for hydration, movement, and reading. He emphasizes that living an elite lifestyle requires living an elite life, and implementing the changes outlined in the video will make a significant difference. He shares his own personal transformation, going from living in a college dorm to achieving financial and location freedom, as proof of the effectiveness of this approach. He encourages viewers to set their alarms for 5:00 a.m. and start implementing these changes, emphasizing that the elite don't ease into excellence, they jump in headfirst.

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0:00 look at your life right now you wake up in the morning you scroll Instagram you go to work tired you come back home you watch Netflix and repeat you're living in a cage you built yourself and here's the thing the difference between you and the top 1% in this world isn't Talent OR luck it's the goddamn routine today I'm going to show you exactly how to build your Elite daily routine to transform your life and if you think that you can't do it today in this video I'm going to prove to you that you can let me tell you something that doesn't feel right okay 95% of people actually live their life on autopilot my right you go to school you hang out with your school buddies you go to work get your degree get your career you work till you're too old to work and that's it that's just the sad reality of 95% of people on this Earth okay they accept it like sheep they live their life on

0:45 circumstance but the difference between you and the elite is that they do not succumb to circumstance they do not live in this cage that was built around them by life okay [ __ ] that cage we're going here to change that [ __ ] now trust me I was I was in the same position as as 95% of people before I I had a construction job know I had a blue colar job I was working 6:00 a.m. to 6: p.m. whole dead mornings right in the middle of summer sweating my ass off on the on the road I was there dead end job guys that's not the life okay look at the life I have right now I've got Financial Freedom I've got location Freedom it all started by saying no to my circumstances and ignoring momentum number one thing that we need to hack in our daily routine is we need to change the body the body comes before any anything else if you

1:30 can't master your body you won't master your mind if you can't master your mind you won't master your life first we're going to rewire the brain okay the 5: a.m. wake up isn't some mindful yoga [ __ ] that you just wake up and you meditate just because 5:00 a.m. is the time to do that no it's all about dominating the part of the day where other people are sleeping it's purely psychological right when I wake up at 5:00 a.m. and I start doing my [ __ ] I get this weird sense of confidence right and it's because I know that nobody else out there is doing the same thing except for the top 1% the psychological impact you have actually three times is your confidence boost right from waking up in the morning and doing it at an outrageous hour skyrockets the psychological abilities next what comes after that is actually the productivity because you've got like zero sense of

2:17 distraction cuz you wake up and you're too preoccupied with this notion that you've woken up at 5: a.m. to do something you go and do it there's no notion of distraction you're not there to like [ __ ] around okay if you go try to do something at 3:00 p.m. after you've had a day at work trust me you going to be distracted and on top of that you got this sense of clarity like because from the night before you've told yourself I'm going to wake up at 5:00 a.m. and I'm going to do these three tasks you wake up and you do them you've got this sense of clarity this Vision okay it's unbelievable this is the biggest hack anybody who doesn't make use of their morning is really missing out imagine this boost every single morning of your life imagine the compounding effect that has okay you don't just do it once you do it twice three four five you start doing it week in week out the confidence boost you get from that is insane right this 5:00 a.m. to 7: a.m. window is truly truly a

3:04 blessed time of the day that's what their lead are doing okay in their daily routine they make use of that morning block once you knock out that morning block do you know how easy it is to go to the gym sometimes when you when you sleep in and then you scroll and you do [ __ ] and then you go to work right you've already had so much stimulation that for you to go to the gym is actually very difficult but if you've woken up early and forced yourself to do something that isn't pleasurable okay low stimulation for you to go to the gym now feels like a reward that's how you stay consistent number two when it comes to body we also have to talk about physical optimization that means harnessing your body to its truest capability I've got an interesting analogy okay let's let's say um I don't know who told me this story but there's a story about two Wood Choppers right there's one big wood Chopper he's a big guy he's got a big Axe and there a

3:50 little guy okay with a little axe they both are applying for the same job or whatever and so the the boss says Okay I want you two to compete whoever can cut the most trees and one day gets the job so they go at it and the big guy with the big ax is going he's cutting all the trees down okay but he looks over and and he sees half the time the little the little guy ain't even chopping trees but by the end of the day turns out the little guy chopped more trees how did he do it well turns out every couple trees he stopped and sharpened his axe your body is an axe you need to look after it you need to sharpen it like it's a blade it needs to be effective it needs to be deadly it needs to be lethal okay in the way you operate in the way you perform everything has to be to the best capability you can you don't put [ __ ]

4:36 fuel in a Ferrari your body is a Ferrari you put good fuel in that means you hydrate I wake up in the morning 5:00 a.m. 4:30 I go do my work and immediately I've got a 1.5 L water bottle next to me and I'm sipping that over the next 2 3 hours I'm sipping it sipping it sipping it okay I go to the gym again I've got another bottle I'm sipping that I'm sipping that I'm sipping that constantly hydrating your skin glows your mind works wonders productivity goes through the roof physical Performance top okay it's important hydrate number two you need to start doing cold exposures okay in the morning preferably after you do your you know your morning block of work jump in a cold shower it doesn't have to be an ice bath but I can't even remember the last time I had a hot shower in the morning to be honest I can't even remember the last time I had a hot shower full stop most of my shower was now a cold okay when I started my

5:22 physical and lifestyle transformation in Kansas before I even moved out to Los Angeles I was doing cold showers especially in the morning it's so it's so important why because that stress that cortisol Spike you get in the morning actually helps process the Melatonin that's stealing your brain from when you were sleeping right will will set your Cadian Rhythm which will help you fall asleep easier at night not only will it make you stimulate in the morning it will help you fall asleep at night okay number two you getting in the cold shower in the morning is also it's just like waking up at 5:00 a.m. and doing work it's hard okay it's scary but once you do it you get a confidence boost you feel like the man okay and halfway the battle I'd say 50 % of the barrel is you feeling like a man okay me right when I come out here keep in mind I'm in my underwear right I wake up in the morning I've got my work in and I

6:09 come out here in my underwear and I'm feeling like a million dollars cuz I'm in shape I see myself ripped in the mirror I get in the in the pool I get out I'm in my undies I look like discipline I look like hard work it's the same effect right when you when you're in shape it's the same effect when you get in a cold trou you get in a cold trou you get out you're feeling invigorated you're feeling tight you're feeling stimulated ready to attack the day that's how it needs to be every single morning it needs to compound your daily movement right you want to aim for probably 10,000 steps now sometimes if your job doesn't allow you to get 10,000 steps you need to get your cardio in in the gym okay you need to get used to doing daily cardio I don't care if you're bulking I don't care what you're doing right you need to get used to daily cardio daily cardio will set you apart not only will you keep you looking stripped where your muscles are tight it

6:54 will keep you healthy cardiovascular system needs to be looked after okay you need to circulate that blood you need to put your heart rate up every day get your cardio in every single day you know what I like to do if I don't hit my step count or if I didn't get enough exercise during that day I'll hit 20 40 minutes on the on the treadmill just walking 12% incline very fast maybe 6 km per hour you know I'll be sweating like crazy by 30 minutes or I'll get on the rowing machine and then I'll just burn 50 calories okay I'll do one set where I'll just burn 50 calories in the rowing machine I'll rest for a couple minutes and I'll repeat I'll do that five times there's so many variations of cardio and you can just develop your own really I've got few cardio workers I like to do another one I like to do is 500 M roll 1 km run and three sets to that whatever it is doesn't matter but you need to get

7:39 used to doing cardio every day it's just like waking up in the morning and doing cold shower it's putting yourself through something that you don't enjoy doing once you finish it you feel like the man okay and that's what the elite are doing at the top they do things that they don't want to do but secretly feeds their ego it feeds their subconscious mind telling them that they are the boss okay they are a top performer and if you don't already know this you need to be working out four to five times a week at least okay like I said being in shape is the ultimate confidence booster it's the ultimate vitamin pill it's the ultimate supplement the best supplement you can have in your life so when you look at yourself in the mirror and you see hard work and you see discipline that only get comes about from eating healthy and working out often number three mental Mastery right your mind is either your best friend or your worst enemy so we

8:25 need to train it because everything everything is processed by the brain everything is changed opinions perspectives ideas everything you consume from the outside world and internalize is set by the brain if you don't have the right framework in place you will process [ __ ] wrong and it will affect you long term right for example if you see yourself as a smoker every time you have an opportunity to smoke it will be an uphill battle because you see yourself as a smoker if you don't see yourself as a smoker if you see yourself as a healthy person if you truly believe that you won't have this uphill battle every every time someone around you smoking a cigarette that's the truth that applies to everything if you see yourself as a healthy person if you see yourself as someone you know every morning I wake up at 5: I do a cold shower I do my cardio you see yourself

9:11 as an active healthy person for you to go to the gym actually just feeds that state of who you are and that helps you long term okay so again you need to look after your brain the dangers by far the biggest dangers of this day and age is social media okay the digital world consuming too much content online can actually really affect your brain horribly that's why we stay away from explicit content online okay it's too much stimulation it's not good for your brain that's why we stay away from excessive scrolling online if you're scrolling to consume that's not good you can scroll to get ideas right if for me I'm a content creator I scrolled because I need to get ideas and you see what people are doing out there that's okay but for you to scroll just to consume and to fill up your time and make you feel like something you're not that's not okay that's dangerous so you need to set your priorities straight Scroll once

9:56 you've done everything set three daily non-negotiables complete the then let yourself you know after you've worked out after you eaten okay I'm going to allow myself to to scroll for half an hour okay especially if I'm a consecrator that's important last thing of mental Mastery is you need to do the hardest thing first okay once you knock out the hardest thing of the day your day becomes so much easier I promise you once you knock out that first initial thing especially when it's early in the morning once you knock that out I promise you everything else becomes a breeze everything else becomes a piece of cake because you've you've done the highest engaging task everything after that is it's like yeah so it literally feels like a step down like okay now I can relax now I can go to the gym it's that feeling it's not [ __ ] now I have to go to the gym man you get me so you do the hardest thing and first thing in the

10:42 morning that sets you up for the rest of the day additional tip for mastering your mind is you want to be reading okay if you can read that's awesome get yourself a book maybe read that on the car instead of listening to music maybe sit down outside in the morning after you've done your work read for 30 minutes maybe if you cycle to to the gym like I was doing last summer or you know you catch the boss to school listen to audio books don't [ __ ] listen to music again low stimulation High information that's what we need to chase number four here's the blueprint okay this is how you piece everything together night before is the most crucial aspect of this it's the easiest part of the day but it's also the easiest to miss not because it's hard right not because it's hard but because it's easy night before make sure you have your clothes picked out that should be the easiest get your clothes

11:27 picked out and right in your journey what you're going to do tomorrow write down what you're going to wake up write down the three non-negotiables write down what you're going to accomplish during the day then on the next page write down your [ __ ] objective in your life right now what are you chasing right now then write the tactics how am I going to do that then write your wins what have you done so far that you're proud of I promise you if you do this every night your life will become so much more clear on top of optimizing the night before optimize your sleep place your phone in another room if you can if you can get like a separate like alarm do that okay low temperature in the room I'm talking talking 18° that's going to help you have the best sleep possible make it [ __ ] dark make it cold make it absent of any stimulation I promise you if you get good sleep 7 to8 hours and you've written down what you need to do the next day you're going to feel

12:13 like you're on an energy drink the whole time morning protocol okay the morning protocol you wake up with one alarm no snooze no distractions get straight to work no scrolling no stimulation High information right that's how we do it we knock out the morning like a superhero you want to have an lifestyle you want to have an elite presence you need to have an elite night before you need to have an elite morning I said it so many times on my Instagram last year fix your [ __ ] morning you fix your day cuz what happens when you fix your day you fix your week you fix your week you fix your month fix your month fix your year fix enough years fix your [ __ ] life that's how it works and for your body we talked about a hydration movement hydration exercise you make sure you're hydrated you make sure you're well fed and you exercise you get an elite

12:58 physique you get in Elite shape You' be proud of it discipline and hard work there's no other better supplement than that on the planet I promise you and here's the last thing about the blueprint energy conservation you want to typically work in 90-minute blocks that's how I like to work I like to set timers I don't really set time what I do is on my phone okay I'll set up a stopwatch where I can see the time that's passed and literally I just every time I look at my phone I can see the clock running I can see the clock running and I can know okay I've been working for an hour I've been working for an hour and 20 once I see that stopwatch hit 90 minutes that's when I allow myself to go get a [ __ ] drink that's when I allow myself to maybe go for a walk that's when I allow myself maybe to go outside and read a chapter on the book go for a swim okay you working 90-minute blocks that's the most effective and that's science proven that top 5% that top 1% that you want to be

13:47 before you can live that lifestyle you have to live that life you have to live that person you can only live that person once you implement these changes I've told you in this video I promise you it makes all the difference I've been doing this for the last 2 three years okay okay and in the last8 months alone I live I went from living in a college dorm to having location freedom and Financial Freedom okay I'm living proof that if you just lock in you won't have to clock in you think that if your life is so hard and you're sleeping in now you think your life's hard you're not going to the gym and you're eating [ __ ] you think that it's going to be easier if you start going to a gym you start eating healthier no you're going to have to hold yourself to a higher standard but I promise you once you break the first barrier once you know what you're truly capable of what you can actually achieve what you can actually put yourself through especially if in your 20s like this is especially for anyone in your twiners you should be pushing yourself to the Limit you should

14:33 be knowing what your what your standards are so that you can pursue that for the rest of your life that's how it really does work here's what you're going to do right now you are going to set your alarm for 5:00 a.m. tomorrow and before you go to bed tonight you're going to write down exactly what you're going to do you're going to write your [ __ ] objective in your life right now your tactics and your wins and you're just going to do it no questions asked because the elite doesn't ease into Excellence all right they don't step in and they don't tread lightly they don't say okay tomorrow I'm going to wait wake up at 7:00 and then after that I'm going to wake up at 6:00 and I'm going to wake up no they just jump in head first they put yourself in the deep end of the pool and you just go for it okay so drop a comment below if you're ready to take your life to the next level comment maybe what you're doing right now that's helping you change into the elite version of yourself and remember your routine is either building you up for

15:18 the life you want or it's keeping you in that cage that life has created for you remember we say no to momentum and we say no to circumstance and we say yes to change I'll catch you later

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