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TLP485: Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

The Leadership Podcast

Release Date: 11/12/2025

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Hal Elrod is the bestselling author of “The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM).” The book offers a practical morning routine that has transformed the lives of over 3 million people.  

In this episode, Hal describes discovering the six practices that became the SAVERS method (Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing) during the 2008 financial crisis when he needed to rebuild his life and income. He shares how implementing these practices every morning doubled his income within two months and became the foundation for helping millions of others. 

Listen to the full episode to hear how Hal turned life's hardest moments into practical tools for personal transformation and daily excellence.

You can find episode 485 on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Key Takeaways

[02:44] Hal reveals he realized during cancer at 37 that he was a workaholic, so now he drives his kids to school daily and shortens his workday to align with his family priority.

[04:33] Hal explains he learned the five minute rule at age 20 selling Cutco by feeling emotions for five minutes then saying "can't change it" and moving forward.

[07:25] Hal recounts being hit by a drunk driver at 70 mph at age 20 where he broke 11 bones and died at the scene for six minutes but applied the five minute rule to accept his reality.

[13:26] Hal confirms the five minute rule is the practical bridge to Viktor Frankl's concept of choosing one's attitude in any circumstance.

[21:05] Hal explains the Miracle Morning program and why the morning routine is important for making every day your best day.

[29:37] Hal shares that the expanded edition of his book adds 20 pages to the SAVERS section and two new chapters called the Miracle Evening and the Miracle Life.

[33:00] Hal shares that he gives up three hours of work each day to drive his kids to school, choosing lasting memories with them over more book sales.

[37:58] Hal explains that his experiences guide him toward a higher power’s purpose and shares that his parents’ response to his sister’s death taught him to turn adversity into service.

[43:12] Hal defines a good life as fulfilling your potential in service of others by showing up as your best self every day from a place of love.

[46:16] And remember…“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” - Marcus Aurelius

 

Quotable Quotes

"It's okay to be negative and get upset when things don't go your way, but do not dwell on it for an extended period of time."

"Set your timer for five minutes and give yourself five minutes to feel your emotions fully. Don't suppress them, don't try to act the way you think you should. Bitch, moan, complain, cry, vent, whatever you gotta do."

"Every painful emotion that we experienced was self created by our resistance to our reality."

"The last of man's freedoms, is to choose one's own attitude in any given set of circumstances."

"You cannot change reality in this moment as it exists. You can only do things in this moment to change the next moment or the moment after that."

"I believe that we create our own statistics."

"Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development."

"If you win the morning, you win the day because you're putting yourself in a peak physical, mental, emotional and spiritual state."

"Family men with businesses, not businessmen with families." (Front Row Dads tagline)

"Everything you've been through is intentional and it's part of your journey, so you can help as many people as you possibly can."

"Every day you wake up and you ask like, what's the best version of myself today? How can I show up at my best? How can I fulfill my limitless God given potential today?It's fulfilling your potential in service of others."

 

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