How The 5AM Club Went Viral And Became The Most Talked About Book Online
“I Joined the 5AM Club, It Changed My Life.”
“I Thought the 5AM Club was the Most Absurd Thing Ever. Then I Tried it.”
“The 5 A.M. Club: This Is How I Managed to Get Up at 5 A.M. Every Day — and How It Changed My Life.”
If you’ve spent any time on the internet lately you’ve probably seen an article with this kind of title. It’s all over social media, too. The hashtag #5AMClub has almost 340 million posts on TikTok alone, and there are thousands of videos in which early risers share their bleary-eyed morning routines and their “5-9s before their 9-5s.”
What Is The 5AM Club?
The 5 AM Club
- 22 min reading time
- audio version available
It’s all down to leadership coach Robin Sharma and his book The 5AM Club.
The book isn’t just about waking up early. It outlines a morning routine said to transform your productivity, health, creativity, and basically your whole life.
Thousands swear by the routine Sharma advises — an hour each morning dedicated to personal growth with 20 minutes of exercise, 20 minutes of meditation or journaling, and 20 minutes of learning or reading.
The book was published back in 2018, sold 15 million copies worldwide, and became a bit of a cult classic in the productivity and self-help space. Now, the rest of the world has caught on big time.
From A-niston, Jennifer to W-infrey, Oprah: Why Everyone Is Doing This Morning Routine
Readers can’t get enough of Sharma’s book, but they’re not the only ones raving about it.
Publications like Forbes, Glamour, The Guardian, and Vogue have all published articles diving into the ideas in The 5AM Club. And the likes of Inc, The Times, and Fortune have talked about the value of waking up at 5AM.
“Take excellent care of the front end of your day, and the rest of your day will pretty much take care of itself. Own your morning. Elevate your life.”
Celebs are big advocates of an early morning, too, often incorporating the habits Sharma recommends.
For example:
- Jennifer Aniston wakes up at 4:30AM when she’s working to work out, journal, and meditate. She also avoids screens for the first hour of her day.
- Business magnate Richard Branson gets up at 5AM to work out and spend time with his family before starting his work day.
- Oprah Winfrey is up at 6AM to work out and meditate (sensing a theme?).
So, you’ve seen the videos and read the articles, now it’s time to learn from the book itself.
Don’t have the time? Turn to Blinkist. Here’s how the app works, and how you can use it to transform your mornings.
Win Your Morning in 15 Minutes
Want in on the action, but don’t have time to read the full book? There’s an app for that.
Blinkist shares key insights from nonfiction books in 15-minute explainers you can read or listen to. That means you can get the key ideas from The 5AM Club now, and start implementing them tomorrow.
Plus, if you’re following Sharma’s routine, you can learn from entire books in your 20 minutes of learning each morning.
There are 7,500 books to choose from across 27 categories, too. And the team adds 70 new books a month. So if you really want to power up your productivity, check out titles like Tools of Titans — about the routines of billionaires, CEOs, and top athletes — and Atomic Habits — about building unbreakable habits.
Build Better Habits On the Go
Blinkist explainers are available in audio form, so you can listen to them as well as read them. Learn from trending productivity books and the latest self-help bestsellers on the go, like when working out, running errands, or commuting.
Build the habit of turning dead time into time you work on unlocking your full potential.
“I use Blinkist when I’m in between meetings and can’t get a giant task done, but at least I can be productive.”
Make Real Change to Your Mornings — and Life
Starting a new routine is hard. But as Sharma says himself in The 5AM Club, “All change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.”
Blinkist isn’t just there to teach you new information. It helps you apply that information to your life. Explainers are structured in a way that makes them memorable and actionable.
And users prove it — 91% say they’ve created better habits and 87% say they’ve made positive changes since using the app.
The App That Helps 31 Million People Change Their Lives
The 5AM Club is going viral — kind of like Blinkist. More than 31 million people turn to Blinkist to better themselves with the world’s top nonfiction books.
And just like with The 5AM Club, users aren’t afraid to shout about it online. Blinkist has 94,000 5-star ratings across app stores. And the reviews speak for themselves:
“Blinkist allows me to gain key insights from hundreds of books I never would have got around to reading! I read at least one book a day.”
“This app is a gamer changer for me.”
“Best app of the year so far and maybe full stop.”
One of the World’s Best Apps for Personal Development
Users aren’t the only ones who love Blinkist. The app has won awards from big names like Google and the United Nations, and everyone from Forbes to TechCrunch, The Guardian to The New York Times have talked about the app.
Apple even named it a top 20 app for lifelong learning, cementing its place in the self-development world.
Want to become a member of The 5AM Club? Download Blinkist to learn how.
