The 20/20/20 Formula

This last episode of our second season focuses on a formula from Robins Sharma's book, " The 5AM Club," that helps us take charge of our mornings and have control of our day.

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Hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of Living in Exhortation. My name is Moren Wendua, and today we're going to be talking about the 202020 formula. Have you heard of it? First off, I have to admit, I am not a morning person. For the longest time in my life, I managed to get more work done at night than early in the morning. However, I recently read a book called The 5am Club by Robin Sharmer, and for sure I was intrigued. The book goes out to give wisdom nuggets on how champions succeed, and we learn that it all begins with their morning routine. The emphasis here is that one should start off their day at 5 a.m. because it gives you an edge over many who haven't even thought about lifting up their head from their pillow. The author goes out to mention that there is a formula the super successful use to map out their day. It is called the 2020-20 rule. These are 60 minutes, or rather an hour, that have been subdivided into three portions for the first hour of one's morning when they wake up at 5 a.m. The first 20 minutes represent time to move, the second 20 represent time to reflect, and the last 20 represent time to grow. The move section is more doing exercises. Having a 20 minute exercise will help in making us a lot and the body ready for the day based on the release tension that happens once the exercise is done. For sure, this is not an easy activity to keep up consistently, but once we become accustomed to it, it becomes addictive and our mornings become deflated if we fail to exercise. The next 20 minutes are to reflect. This is where one can take time to pray, meditate, or even journal about our own feelings as well as what's going on in our minds, or what we are looking forward to do on that specific day. This helps us to get a clear picture of what's important, what's at stake, and the major items for us to achieve at any given day. It helps one to refocus and ensure that our priorities remain intact. Then you have the last 20, that is the grow pocket, which deals with mental stimulation. According to Robin Sharmer, he says that this is where one engages the mind into learning something new. This can be done through reading a book, studying online, or even listening to a podcast. The idea is to learn something new every day. This helps to build our mental muscle in order to expand our worldview and also build on our cognitive and problem-solving skills. Aiming to become a lifelong learner is the ultimate goal for any leader who is looking forward to increase their capacity. Should this be the order of how we include the three phases? My thoughts are you might as well mix it up and see how that works out for you. Whether you start with the grow pocket first or the reflect phase or even the move phase depends on the individual. Nevertheless, I must say, trying this out initially is rather truly difficult. You might not get into doing it consistently in the beginning, especially if you're not a morning person as I am. Mr. Sharma puts it this way. For one to adopt a new habit, they will have to go through a 66-day habit protocol. This is whereby the first 22 days are referred to as the destruction days, where you are destroying your old habits in order to accommodate your new ones. The next 22 days are the installation days, where now your body as well as your mind is getting the new habit into the system and is at the beginning stage of becoming comfortable with the new way of doing things. The next 22 days are the integration days where the body is in full gear and accustomed into the habit. So once you get into the rhythm, you'll find it difficult to stop. It becomes compelling, and you see yourself starting your day fresher, with more vigor and greater determination. Food for thought? I choose to believe so. Thank you so much for listening. Have a wonderful, wonderful day, and until next time, take care of yourselves and have a good one.