[A Sip of a Book] Waking Up at 4 AM for 10 Years...

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The author, who has 2.06 million YouTube subscribers, has maintained a routine of waking up at 4 a.m. for 10 years. Rather than simply waking up early, the author focused on efficient and productive work and named this experience 'Super Morning.' The reason for concentrating so much in the morning is that there are hardly any variables during that time of day, allowing for complete focus. The author introduces methods for planning from daily to yearly scales and shares gamification and tracking techniques for those who easily give up.

Any change or action we take inevitably produces results, big or small. Instead of doubting whether Super Morning can truly change my life and doing nothing, it is better to try it first. Not wasting a day and taking even one step while clearly aiming in the direction I want is not just about having a diligent and productive attitude but ultimately a way to cherish and love my life more. - p.41, from "Changing My Life by Changing My Morning Routine"

Super Morning means setting the cycle for managing life plans to at least every morning and repeating it. If we do not handle it daily, we gradually lose memory of the tasks we are performing and may eventually lose our course. In other words, the important thing is to 'regularly sustain the activity.' - p.45, from "My Luxurious Time That No One Disturbs"

Why do people fail to maintain Super Morning? Before answering this question, I say we should first reflect on why we want to change from before. Looking into the reasons for failing to maintain Super Morning, it often comes down to the absence of a 'perfect motivation' to change life through Super Morning. (Omitted) The name Super Morning itself conveys a superhuman power and overwhelming momentum. To actually reach the goals I want to achieve, equally strong motivation and execution power are necessary. - p.64, from "Why Resolutions Often Last Only Three Days"

Imagine that a person's life is divided into HP (Health Point) and MP (Mental Point), like a game character. (Omitted) What if we assume that a person who always manages and replenishes HP and MP in real life competes toward the same vision as someone who does not? Intuitively, who would reach the vision faster? Naturally, it would be the former. - p.87, from "What to Do Instead of Making Excuses About Having No Time"

Until the teenage years, people try to study or find a career path by riding on social systems, but as adults, without a forced system, they become negligent in creating input. Our growth graph stops at some point. From then on, we must create a system to gather and exert energy ourselves. - p.103, from "One Dense Hour Is Better Than Ten Loose Hours"

The 8M presented here is an eight-step guide to designing my life. If you become a monarch managing all elements composing your life, how would you do it? First, set the monarch's life goals and create detailed categories to achieve them. There are officers responsible for managing those detailed categories, and those officers work loyally for the monarch. - p.113, from "The Most Efficient System for Designing Life, 8M"

I majored in Industrial Engineering at university. Industrial Engineering is generally described as the study of optimizing human systems. (Omitted) Thinking about it, this process is similar to self-development in our lives. Just as various elements must be adjusted and optimized for a single target value, our lives can be viewed as divided into various components. When each is optimized, the results mesh together, and the trajectory of life can reach the desired goal accurately and quickly. - p.125, from "Let's Divide My Life by Components"

The reason it is difficult to create a system to manage my life at first is that at the starting stage, I do not know how to identify and segment life areas. At this time, just dividing into large parts of body and mind can be overwhelming, and it may be daunting to figure out how to fill the empty spaces. However, once you get used to setting and executing even small plans in one part of life, you will naturally feel the need to add and subdivide areas for planning. - p.148, from "No Organization Is a Conglomerate from the Start"

There is a term called 'tracking.' It refers to tracking and observing flying objects such as satellites to determine their orbit and position. When a satellite does not move as planned or has a problem, tracking is a method to find clues about what went wrong and where to correct. I call the process of tracking my plans and actions, collecting information, and reviewing it 'tracking.' - p.172, from "Identify Where I Spend My Time Every Day"

If we had a status window in reality, could we not demonstrate outstanding abilities like protagonists in regression stories? If we could see a status window, we could check how our abilities improve at every moment. When given a mission, we could assess our capabilities and confidently take it on, and even if a difficult mission appears, we could gauge what abilities we need to develop further to accomplish it. - p.212, from "Create a Status Window to Check Your Abilities"

Super Morning | Written by Yeo Juyeop | 21st Century Books | 264 pages | 19,800 KRW