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Interesting Insights

the book is definitely worth visiting but I felt as though it was lacking. i had hoped there would be more science and deeper insights. this is literally just interviews with people regarding what they do in the morning. its interesting as a general census but does little to help you construct ideas and decisions on formulating your own morning routine.

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May not be realistic for all.

Overall, a good book that we can all take advice from. Seemed like most of the examples came from high ranking leaders of companies, or writers that do not have set schedules and created one to have more structure. For the rest of us working 9 to 5's, there's a moderate amount of examples we can employ.

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Insightful

I would recommend this book to anyone researching how leaders and top performers use their morning routine to set the tone for their day. #Audible1

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Realistic for Real People?

This book made me wonder if it was realistic for working professionals. It was great to hear the morning routine of so many people and I am finally at the point where my "dictators" don't require as much attention, but in order for me to add any more to my own morning routine besides meditation and journaling, my wake up time would be before 5 AM. I believe this book shows the ppwer of routine, but I feel like people working jobs that are still measured by time versus competency don't have flexibility to rise at 8-8:30 AM.

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Great Reference

Great reference for morning routines and they pretty much cover all of them from every perspective. Only negative point is the narration is very limited.

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Interesting, but perhaps a bit overkill

I liked the book and hearing about various morning routines, but 6+ hours of just listening to different individual’s routines with minimal commentary/tips gets to be a bit much. Overall interesting, but not quite a 5 star book.

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Repetitive and biased

The selection of interviewees seems biased and this really skewed the results. The questions were conductive to obtain certain type of answers “Do you mediate?” That caused people who didn’t to find excuses (after all it’s “inn”) even to the point of saying their exercise routine is their meditation. Then they would explain more about that then about how to create good habits which was way mor important. The idea is good and it’s not a total waste of time but I found it too biased to be really useful.

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