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Blink 3 of 8 - The 5 AM Club
by Robin Sharma
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John C. Maxwell
The Secret of Your Success Is Determined by Your Daily Agenda
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Make Today Count emphasizes the importance of dedicating daily effort toward personal growth and success. Maxwell offers practical advice to prioritize essential habits and mindset shifts, ensuring productive and fulfilling days.
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Make Today Count
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Today is the day
Every single day writes its own story. Each morning brings fresh opportunities, and each evening closes another chapter in your story. You might dream of achieving great things someday, but the truth is that your future is being shaped right now, in today’s choices and actions.
Building a life of meaning and achievement comes down to two basic elements working together. The first is making good decisions, and the second is following through on those decisions with daily discipline. Think of these as setting your goals and then pursuing them with unwavering commitment.
One without the other leads nowhere. Having great plans without taking action leaves you with unfulfilled dreams. Random action without direction simply wastes energy.
The magic happens when clear decisions meet consistent discipline. This mix turns ordinary days into remarkable achievement. It’s a mix broken down into twelve key elements of life, organized in four main areas. This combination works like building blocks to create lasting results.
Throughout this Blink, you’ll discover how to build a strong foundation through your attitude, priorities, and health. You’ll learn to fuel continuous growth through personal development, family connections, and focused thinking. You’ll see how to take action through commitment, financial wisdom, and faith. Finally, we’ll cover creating lasting impact through meaningful relationships, genuine generosity, and living your values.
These twelve elements flow together naturally. They form one complete system that makes every day an opportunity for progress. As you learn how they connect and apply specific strategies in each area, you’ll develop a natural rhythm that turns scattered efforts into purposeful progress.
And that’s the thing about creating an extraordinary life: it doesn’t require grand gestures or dramatic changes. It’s built day by day, through small choices and consistent actions that align with your deepest values and highest goals. Your next masterpiece day is waiting to begin. Let’s now move on to how you can start doing so.
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What is Make Today Count about?
Make Today Count (2004) presents a comprehensive system for transforming ordinary days into extraordinary achievements by mastering twelve essential elements of daily life. Through practical guidance on attitude, priorities, health, relationships, and values, it shows how good decisions paired with consistent daily actions create lasting positive change. When these elements work together, small steps build into significant and meaningful progress.
Who should read Make Today Count?
- Personal development enthusiasts interested in practical systems for growth
- Busy executives seeking to optimize their daily schedule
- Anyone seeking to create more structured and meaningful days
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