I changed my morning routine... again.

I’ve fallen off my 4am gym routine.

You’re probably laughing like, no duh, Amy, that’s totally unsustainable.

Maybe. But it was the only way to go for me for a solid 6 months. I lived for it.

And then… holidays came. I traveled. I ate. I relaxed.

When I got back home and into my usual flow, it was time to start climbing out of bed at 3:30 am again and getting the gym bag ready.

And I just couldn’t do it.

After 6 months of near-perfect execution, I was taken down by the same challenge everyone has when they fall off.

I stopped.

Lack of motivation comes from lack of action. Not the other way around.

It seems like you should be able to get motivated first so that the action feels more natural. But even if you find a spark, that source of energy is fleeting, making the strategy completely unsustainable.

If you want to keep your motivation consistent— to feel like things are always going your way, even when they’re not, and you need to push through—there’s only one way to get motivated.

Act.

Use it or lose it. It’s so true. Even if you take action painstakingly, just for the sake of saying you did it. Even if it still didn’t feel any better. You’ve proven to yourself you’ll follow through on a promise.

That’s the whole game right there. Trusting yourself.

Because I wasn’t following through for a couple of weeks of early gym attendance, I fell out of a 6-month habit.

Now, since January, I’ve worked my way back to 4am. Mostly because it’s truly been the best time for me to reverse engineer success in my life. It just fits.

But I’ve never gotten back to a great stride with it the way I did before.

Things change. We change. We evolve. And the truth is, my body is changing.

It’s bad enough not to follow through on a promise to yourself. It’s worse when you don’t listen to your body as you continue to grow.

Imperfection doesn’t equal undone. When there’s a better way, go there. You only know better because of all you’ve already done.

That wisdom is extraordinary to your experience. And it applies perfectly to your life and your life alone.

How fun is it that I’m trying a brand new morning routine—with a post-kid-dropoff 8 am workout—during the relaunch of my bestselling book Good Morning, Good Life?

I think it’s quite fitting.

Today is the last day to pre-order the book, and you’ll want to make sure you get your bonuses. Be sure you’re following me on Instagram for some fun surprises that might pop up ;)

Welcome to The ROLE Model

My framework for building a personal brand that creates opportunities, income, and influence. It guides you to Reveal Your Focus, Optimize Your Energy, Lead the Movement, and Elevate Your Impact.

R — Reveal Your Focus

There’s a version of you who said: “I’ll do this every day.” And then life happened. Travel. Holidays. Exhaustion. And then... it just stopped.

What habit have you let quietly slip that actually matters to who you’re becoming?

Not the habit for Instagram. Not the habit because someone told you to. The one you chose because you knew in your gut it would move you forward.

Name it. Write it down. Make good on the promise.

O — Optimize Your Energy

Stop trying to come up with more to do.

Start trying to identify what you can master that will deliver in greater numbers.

L — Lead The Movement

When you think of your personal brand, you’re probably worried about the strategy serving the business first.

That’s your imposter syndrome talking.

Whether you gatekeep the good stuff or think that your average day isn’t that interesting. All you’re doing is thinking of yourself first and assuming it’s not a good enough reason to put your face out there.

I can’t share myself unless it’s for a good reason: to promote my business.

Stop it.

Give away all the best stuff you know for free. It will build a loyal community for the rest of your life.

Don’t you think you could make that worth it?

E — Elevate Your Impact

If you only think about what you lack, you’ll make decisions from the place you are right now.

If you act as though what you want is already here, you’ll make decisions from the place you’ll be next.

And you’ll get there far sooner.

Go after the life you want!
Amy

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