The 5 AM Club: How to Get More Done While the World Is Sleeping

by Michael Lombardi

How The Most Successful People In The World Get Things Done

Let’s face it, not all of us are morning people. I certainly was not one. There is nothing today like waking up early in the morning, taking your time to enjoy the day first before heading off to your chaotic workplace. You just feel energized throughout the entire day.

However, most of us never experience that and end up spending the majority of our days in a cloud of laziness because of waking up later than we should.

In this book you will find a variety of different ways to help you wake up early without having to fight against yourself, how to wake up feeling energized and how to wake up and be as productive as possible.

Join The 5 AM Club
5 AM is simply a magical time to wake up and begin your day. You will achieve mental clarity and simply get things done. There will be no distractions from your phone, social media or even friends and family - everyone is sleeping.

Peak Productivity
•Introducing The Morning Energizer Routine
•Setting The Stage For Early Morning Success
•6 Tips To Start Waking Up Early
•Waking Up Early and Accomplishing Your Goals
•Start Your Day Off On The Right Foot

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Productivity, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Psychology

38 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 23, 2015

Reviews

[Kevin Conti]

This book contains some good information, but it gets masked by the horrible story and characters. Every character is annoying and feels fake.

Here's the good information out of the book:

1) Habits take a minimum of 66 days to implement, not 30 like is commonly said (the 30 day rule was taken out of context from the literature it pulled from)

2) 20/20/20 Formula: What to do at 5AM
- 5:00 to 5:20 = Move (Exercise)
- 5:20 to 5:40 = Reflect (Journal/Pray/Meditate/Etc)
- 5:40 to 6:00 = Grow (Learn something)

3) Wind down from electronics two hours before bed to get effective sleep
3b) Create a pre-sleep routine

4) Wake up at 5AM: Allows you to accomplish things before everyone else wakes up, which builds a very strong identity, as well as lets you accomplish goals without worrying about having willpower later in the day. Comes only at the expense of going to bed earlier (before 10), which wasn't a productive part of your day anyway.

[Skylar]

Half-decent material (as in missing half the material), well-organized, and very poorly written. Typos, misspellings, missing words, and missing punctuation. 40% of this very short book is promotional materials for the author. I've never seen a book with such an unjustifiably high average review.

[Deepti Berry]

Abandoned the Book
Started well, got interesting but then it just got stuck in a rut.
I know it’s a self help book but More than 350 pages of just the importance of getting up at 5am, he just rambles on and on about one thing. As if, if we get up at 5am, everyone will be a millionaire.
It’s too long, boring and the story associated with it is hard to be believable!!
Hence Abandoned

[Honor]

Disappointing

A few good tips, but badly written overall with a lot of redundancy in some sections. Much better resources elsewhere on this subject.

[Oliver]

Basic Advice, Poorly Articulated

Whoever wrote this book had a terrible command of the English language and just wanted to make a quick buck off of our collective curiosity. Nothing the book offers is particularly helpful, or in any way novel, though it repeats itself often.
Honestly, I could believe that more time was devoted to finding the cover photo for the book than on any part of the manuscript or editing process. Fortunately, I got this book for free, but if I hadn't I'd be quite upset.

[Scott Parker]

Interesting tips

It started off good then just repeated itself in every chapter. It bounced around as to what to do at 5 AM. it is written by someone that doesn't speak or write English very good. Now with that being said I was able to pick up some tips on getting myself more organized in the morning.

[Aly]

Short book full of great advice.

1. Recognize why it’s a struggle to wake up early
2. List all the reasons waking up early would benefit me
3. Describe the ways my life would change for the better if I was able to wake up earlier
4. Figure out how much sleep I need to avoid a sleep deficit
5. Start bed time routine at the same time every night, end it at the same time every night, and have my head hit the pillow at the same time every night.
6. Practice relaxation techniques to be in a peaceful state before my head hits the pillow (reading, meditating). Avoid stimulation-phone/tv/working out to close to the start of my routine.

[Mind the Book]

Sådana här s.k. böcker blir jag så irriterad på: egenpublicerat, undermåligt redigerat dravel i ihophäftade worddokument, ungefär. Ofta sålda via Amazon.

Trots detta när jag fortfarande en 5 a.m.-vision och har fört det vidare till the young ones i Led & Org. Min väckarklocka (läs: mobil eller aktivitetsarmband) har ringt 5.55 i flera år, men då är 'the hour of power' egentligen nästan förbi!

[Prajwal Katyal]

I appreciate the efforts of the author,
but the book lacked in content.
Most of the things were dragging repeatedly and the productive content was introduced at large intervals.
It seemed like the author could have done better.
The review for 30 days towards the end was applaudable.
All in all it was a quick read, with little to grasp.

[Renee Dutton]

Good message and fairly entertaining.

[Shikha]

"Never place the alarm device just beside your pillow or on your bed. Because it may have some health related complications."

Aren't I reading the book to know more in the first place?!

I'm sorry, but I have read better self-help answers on Quora!

[Manav Budhani]

Nice book

Worth reading!
Everyone must read at least once.. Nice book and good content. Overall it is above average and I personally liked it.

[Y]

I still cannot get up at 5am everyday, but I can get up at 7am and arrive the office at 8am to work without being disburbed.

[Jennifer]

Good concept, but difficult to read with the grammatical errors, typos, redundancy, vague tips on plan execution and strange phrasing overall.

[Pooja Banga]

How The Most Successful People In The World Get Things Done



Let’s face it, not all of us are morning people. I certainly was not one. There is nothing today like waking up early in the morning, taking your time to enjoy the day first before heading off to your chaotic workplace. You just feel energized throughout the entire day.

However, most of us never experience that and end up spending the majority of our days in a cloud of laziness because of waking up later than we should.

In this book you will find a variety of different ways to help you wake up early without having to fight against yourself, how to wake up feeling energized and how to wake up and be as productive as possible.

Join The 5 AM Club


5 AM is simply a magical time to wake up and begin your day. You will achieve mental clarity and simply get things done. There will be no distractions from your phone, social media or even friends and family - everyone is sleeping.

Peak Productivity


•Introducing The Morning Energizer Routine
•Setting The Stage For Early Morning Success
•6 Tips To Start Waking Up Early
•Waking Up Early and Accomplishing Your Goals
•Start Your Day Off On The Right Foot

[Lupita]

How you eat will affect how much sleep you need! It's funny but diet is fundamental to Everything in our lifestyle. If you cut back on your sleep for the sake of becoming an early riser but don't improve your diet, you end up functioning counterproductively during the day.

Overall, this book covers the importance of the sleep cycle as it pertains to our circadian rhythm. The author provides holistic suggestions for sleeping better in order to become a productive 5am riser. It doesn't happen overnight, but the transition is well worth it. Early risers and night owl brains are inherently different. What surprised me was the difference in the level of Nerve Energy between the two brain types. Night owls tend to stroll the rest of their day with an energy deficit. The early risers on the other hand, don't experience grogginess when they wake up but feel refreshed. They also are more organized, punctual, focused, and more successful.

[Pam Hutley]

It takes a while to get used to the authors style- a story narrative - with his theory along the way. Some will find this really annoying!
Much quotation from learned sources ( not boastful almost)
Basic theory sound - if mornings and productivity are your bag . Much sense, some within context of story a little contradictory or far fetched.
I enjoyed it as a read- as a journey of discovery for our two ‘subjects’ - as a theory I could have done with a summary chapter of key points without the contextualising in narrative.
It’s an easy read and its chapter structure is ‘friendly’ but you need time to get through it- and probs best to read quickly. I did skim over some of the padding….

SORRY THIS IS A REVIEW OF ROBIN SHARMA’S BOOK

[Jitendra Vishen]

The book doesn't offer any path braking info. It's all a about waking up early in the morning and doing the things you like most as the first thing will motivate. Planning about the work that you will do early on the morning will also help to reduce distractions. Social sites and phones are big a NO.

A'nt all these rules known to us to increase productivity in daily life ? Still for a beginner its a good book to start with. My rating 3/5.

[Nitin Jain]

A quick, no frills listen that gets straight to the point. Lombardi lays out the case for joining the 5 AM Club clearly and practically, covering what it takes to shift your mornings and build the kind of discipline that sets the tone for the day. Nothing groundbreaking if you have already read Robin Sharma's take, but this stands well on its own as a compact, actionable summary. Good for anyone looking for a short motivational nudge rather than a deep dive.

[Krystal]

I regret buying this book from the very first chapter. Weirdly written as a conversation between poorly built characters. The author over-utilises adjectives and his writing style is elementary. Don’t waste your time or money. If you want to get up at 5am, this book won’t help with that!! Buy an alarm clock instead.

[Lizzie]

This is a brilliant book

This is a fabulous book worth having as one of the bible's as a business owner because it helps you guide to get your business flying. It also organise your life

[Monica Gupta]

Short and sweet yet very compulsive

Nice read if I can implement this I will change my life for sure. Thanks for very practical and yet effective tips, I liked the concept of power naps

[Raghav Chopra]

Very motivational and nice book !

I liked this book very much. The author has given many good techniques to wake up easily in the morning and accomplish all your tasks while the rest of world is sleeping. I think everybody should join the 5 a.m. Club.

[Chirag Lokhande]

Same things repeated again and again, round and and round till the end. Book is all about 3 things, set a routine before sleep, do meditation or listen calm music, don't give stimulation to brain. That's it. You read the whole book.

[Sourabh]

Short sweet pointed action oriented

Loved the lucidity of writing. Michael is to the point without beating around the bush. Will surely implement n share further my experience. Though i m sure it is going to work!!

[Sumi Singh]

Gosh this was a short book! I listened to it on the plane from London and it did not convince me much that I need to get up at 5am to get going and be productive in my life. I admire those that can do this; but I need more convincing.

[Danielle Moore]

This book was a good and quick reminder/reinforcement for all of the things that I already know to do, but may not be doing as consistently as I would like. There were some reminders of how I can be more efficient with my time. Otherwise, I already do most of these things.

[Mark]

Self belp

Abit vauge not really what I wanted .it could have
been a bit more specific eg better techniques and links

[Kimberly Sanders]

Had some good ideas in it. Good short read, especially if you really don't know how to go about getting up.

[Gopal Raju]

Good read

Quick read, very concise & well articulated.
Answer questions of why waking up early is beneficial, what we need to do