Hal Elrod - The Miracle Equation: The Two Decisions That Move Your Biggest Goals from Possible, to Probable, to Inevitable

Copyright 2019 by Hal Elrod

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Published in the United States by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Elrod, Hal, 1979 author.

Title: The miracle equation / Hal Elrod.

Description: New York : Harmony Books, [2019]

Identifiers: LCCN 2018058103 | ISBN 9781984823700 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781984823724 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-realization. | Self-actualization (Psychology)

Classification: LCC BF637.S4 E4455 2019 | DDC 158.1dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018058103

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Ebook ISBN9781984823724

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This book is dedicated to the people whom my heart belongs to and my world revolves aroundmy family.

Ursula, my wife for life, your love and support make everything I do possible (including this book). I adore you.

Sophie and Halsten, you are my favorite miracles. My mission in life is to be the best father I can possibly be for you.

I love you all more than I (or any author) could ever put into words.

I messed up with my last book, The Miracle Morning.

My goal was to change one million lives, one morning at a time. I took that goal seriously. It took more than eighteen months of nonstop promotion to hit a wave of momentum and more than five years to reach that goal, but the book did eventually make it into the hands of more than one million people who needed it. To get there, I was interviewed on hundreds of podcasts, did more than a dozen television interviews, filled my speaking engagement calendar, and created a Facebook community so I could interact with readers directly, all to light a beacon for those looking to better themselves with a simple yet highly effective daily personal development practice.

From the outside, it looked as though I had achieved that goal. If you are one of the more than one million people who have read that book, joined the Miracle Morning Community on Facebook, or been impacted by someone in the previous two camps, you may be scratching your head and wondering How can a book and a message that have reachedand seemingly helpedso many people not be considered a success? I know. It took me a while to accept this perspective myself. I mean, by all measurements, I had achieved my goal.

The Miracle Morning is now practiced daily by hundreds of thousands of people in more than one hundred countries. I receive messages daily from people with stories of miraculous health recoveries (from cancer survivors to accident victims), many pounds shed, books written, and new businesses started. People have moved, traveled, and found love. Generally speaking, the Miracle Morning has supported countless people to discover and share their own unique gifts, which makes the world better for all of us.

All of these wins fill my heart with tremendous gratitude.

Still, something had been nagging at me since that book was published in 2012. Though having a committed daily personal development practice is what will enable you to develop the internal qualities and characteristics you need to achieve everything you want in your life, it doesnt actually produce achievements. Its only half of the equation, so to speak. You can meditate every day, read personal development books, gain clarity by journaling, and become the most knowledgeable, confident, and prepared person you could ever beand then do nothing. How helpful is that?

Maybe this scenario sounds familiar to you. Your bookshelves are overflowing with more wisdom than you have time to read, or you are a regular at how to transform your life lectures and conferences. Still, you feel as though something is missing. The results just arent there. Your bank account isnt where you want it to be. The personal relationship that youre in and that you expected to be so fulfillingisnt. Maybe you are struggling to start or build a business, find a career that suits you, or just find happiness in your everyday life. Or maybe all of the above has happened, yet you are still driven to attain that elusive next level of personal or professional success.

If you have found yourself in this situation (and trust me, Ive been guilty of it myself), you may well be (probably unknowingly) part of an overflowing group of personal development junkies. Speaking as a recovering member, I know we love the high of those Ah-ha! moments, and thats what we chase. But nothing ever really changes. No lasting transformation occurs. We just continue on, persistently wanting the same things. I used to devour book after book, believing that with each new morsel of wisdom I absorbed, I became a better version of myself. As if just that knowledge, tucked safely inside my brain, were sufficient. Its not uncommon to think that engaging in daily personal development is enough in and of itself. But its not. If youre sick of setting goals only to beat yourself up for not achieving them, you are not alone (and you will also get a lot out of this book).

You must follow your daily personal development practice with a proven process to set and achieve meaningful goals that will consistently improve the quality of your life. I still remember the day I stopped, looked at my life, and realized I can do more. I can be more. And Im no longer willing to settle. I had basically coasted through my younger years, putting in the smallest amount of effort necessary to get the greatest return, and I was no longer okay with that. So I began actively moving toward my biggest goals, instead of expecting (more like hoping) that they would come to me if I could just visualize them clearly enough in my mind. Over time, I developed a process that translates the synthesis of all that personal development knowledge into action. I realized that from that action, which is oftentimes simple and quite ordinary, extraordinary results will emerge.

If you are a regular in the personal development world, youve already heard that anything is possible. And I do believe that. Yet possible isnt enough to get you out of bed in the morning fueled with the internal motivation to tackle your biggest dreams. I wish it were, but its not. Offering a halfway-there plan wasnt enough. With my next bookthis bookI wanted to create something that would help move your success from possible to probable and eventually to inevitable.

The Miracle Equation is that process. As youll learn, the Miracle Equation is deceptively simple to explain but only a small percentage of our society understand how to execute it. It consists of only two decisions:

The first decision is to maintain Unwavering Faith and the second is to put forth Extraordinary Effort, and the key to creating tangible, measurable miracles is to do both, over an extended period of time.

When we study the worlds most prolific achievers, innovators, philanthropists, athletes, and just about anyone else who has made a significant contribution to the world, we see that they have done so by establishing and maintaining Unwavering Faith that they could and then putting forth Extraordinary Effort until they did. When you consistently maintain Unwavering Faith and put forth Extraordinary Effort over an extended period of time, you cannot fail. You may stumble, you may experience setbacks, but your success will ultimately move from possibleto probableto inevitable.