Dan Luca is an expert coach, trainer and motivational speaker specializing in productivity and worklife balance for entrepreneurs and everyone who strives for a better way of life. He helps people create a lifestyle that balances family, health, hobbies, spirituality and business, so they can live their best life possible. He has created two online programmes, the 5 AM Productivity Coaching for entrepreneurs and the 5 AM Online Club for more than 1,000 early risers. Dan publishes strategies and systems that he has tested on more than thousands of his own coaching clients. Because of this extensive hands-on experience, he can vouch for his methods without blinking an eye.
The author is based in Romania. His other books include The Dream Life Blueprint: Design and Live Your Crazy-Happy Life and Productivity SuperHero: Become the Most Organised and Disciplined Person You Know in 30 Days or Less which are Kindle editions.
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Contents
Introduction
Hi!
My name is Dan Luca and I am going to guide you through this potentially life-changing journey.
I am an entrepreneur, a productivity expert, a worklife balance coach and a super-dad. For as long as I can remember, Ive tried to get the most out of my life, my time and my effort. I went to great lengths, over a period of more than 18 years, to achieve the level of energy, clarity and confidence that I enjoy today.
Ill share my personal story in the next part, but before that let me tell you something.
First of all, congratulations for having the courage to make the first step in altering things towards a more fulfilling life and investing the time, energy and money to make it happen.
Secondly, Ill make sure that your journey through this course is gentle but steady as well as show you all the pieces and the ways to implement them so that this puzzle fits nicely together in the end.
Thirdly, all the things that are in this book (or course) are science based, client tested and time proven so that you get all the advantages of our research, but without the hassle of testing. Thousands of my clients are living proof that once you experience this change, you wont ever consider going back.
This programme is made up of four main parts and a bonus section. At each stage of the course, you will get all the necessary tools, templates and resources so that you can fully implement every bit of information.
The first part is about time-tested conditions and strategies you can use to achieve your best sleep possible. Well cover all the aspects, starting with the bedroom and continuing with the evening routine, as well as techniques to make you fall asleep easier. All these and more will be duly covered.
The second part is about the morning ritual. This 10-step ritual came into existence after more than six years of fierce testing, trial and error, not to mention many a-ha moments that more than a thousand clients of mine and I have experienced. You will get all the ins and outs regarding why you need to be high on energy, clarity and confidence from the first hour in the morning.
The third part is about waking up at 5 a.m. Ill give you 50 reasons to do just that. Ill teach you how to find a wake-up partner. I will also give you concrete steps to work on during the day so that you wake up more easily in the morning. All this and other fascinating stuff awaits you.
The fourth part is the 8-Week System that will take you from where you are and get you to a superhero schedule that includes all the strategies from the first three parts.
I wont talk about the bonus section now; Ill let you discover it on your own.
Now, in order to get the most out of this course and really make a change in your life, please follow these guidelines:
Before committing to changing any aspect of your life, please make sure that you study the entire course
After you have studied the three modules on Getting the Best Sleep, Practising the Morning Ritual and Waking up at 5 a.m., go straight to the 8-Week System and start implementing the actual schedule
Before starting the 8-Week System, make sure all of the external conditions are met:
The bedroom conditions
The evening routine conditions
The breakfast ingredients
You will get amazing results if you stick to the guidelines presented here. Otherwise, while you will still make significant changes, youll not get the most out of this programme.
Now let me tell you how I came about creating this programme and why I am so passionate about these things.
Disclosure: Im not getting any commission from introducing you to the devices or any other tools discussed in this programme.
My Story:
The Source of My Passion
For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed helping people fulfil their potential and not leave all the goodness inside themselves to go to waste. In high school, I was the go-to person for little personal dramas. I always had a kind word and a strategy for my teenage friends. So, you could say that I was already a natural coach back then.
At the same time, I was passionate about flows, processes and all kinds of improvements that brought about greater efficiency. It was natural that I would go on and do a business management course at the university.
Back then, way before knowing what I wanted to do with my life, I made a promise to myself that if the management part would become my work, the people development part would remain a hobby.
For about 10 years this deal that I had struck with myself worked out pretty well and I explored a variety of positions, from being a Senior Buyer at a tech company to being a Financial Auditor in a Big 4 Auditing Company, to being a Project Manager at a Training Company, while at the same time keeping in touch with lots of different and interesting endeavours.
During that period, I witnessed and lived first-hand the 18-hour working days, a seven-days-a-week work schedule, as well as months on end of work without rest and recovery even for a single day. So, I know very well what excess looks like. I know very well how it feels to lose all your friends due to an extremely tough workload. I know how it feels to wake up in the middle of the night simply because the figures dont balance on the spreadsheet.
This was one of the most important triggers that led me into the productivity field, but without the excesses and the imbalances. I knew great things could be achieved without sacrificing health, relationships or selling ones soul.
