![]() “Breath and the cold are the best friends you never knew you had,” writes Marcus at the beginning of the second chapter of Own the Day, Own Your Life. Now, your day is “primed for perfection.” 2: Deep Breath, Deep Freeze Finally, get moving to reset your internal clock. Then seek light – but not artificial one: open the blinds and stop being a bat Hydrate immediately, because most of us are chronically dehydrated, especially in the morning (after 7 hours of sleep in a dry climate, what would you expect?) do not – we repeat – do not drink any coffee! “By starting your morning off with intention, you set your day off on an important positive trajectory.” “We are highly sensitive to momentum,” notes Marcus. When put this way, it’s not a choice, is it?Īnd yet – you go on making the wrong one. ![]() “Do you slide out of bed and slink through your social media, or do you have purpose in your actions?” ![]() “How you wake up sets the tone for your day,” writes Marcus. MorningĪubrey Marcus’ book begins with a quote from none other than Aristotle: “well begun is half done.” For a reason: the first chapter is dedicated to waking up and the things which happen in the half hour after. Let’s put it this way: its subtitle – Optimized Practices for Waking, Working, Learning, Eating, Training, Playing, Sleeping, and Sex – is definitely not an exaggeration. Well, Aubrey Marcus is the guy who founded the company about a decade ago also, the guy who popularized the concept of “total human optimization” which is exactly what this 500-page mammoth of a book is all about. “This book is a road map for doing exactly that, written by an author whose results can’t be argued with.” Own the Day, Own Your Life SummaryĮven if you have never heard of Aubrey Marcus, you probably already know a lot about Onnit, “one of the fastest-growing human performance companies in America.” ![]() “The best way to change your life is to change what your life is made up of – your rituals, your habits, how you eat and think,” writes Ryan Holiday in his review of Own the Day, Own Your Life. Own the Day, Own Your Life is for everybody who has at least one shelf of his/her home library filled with about twenty how-to manuals for diet, health, work efficiency, sex life, etc. Who Should Read “Own the Day, Own Your Life”? And Why? ![]()
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