The Morning Mind: Use Your Brain to Master Your Day and Supercharge Your Life

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars | 172 ratings

Price: 17.32

Last update: 05-25-2024


About this item

Unleash positive thinking and productive imagination, and flip negative thoughts and behaviors into a lifetime to improve every aspect of your life - each morning, one day at a time.

Bad habits. Bad feelings. Bad mornings that turn into regrettable days.

Banish them all with simple brain hacks that flip negative thoughts and behaviors into positive, productive ones. Instead of dragging through your day, learn to wake up refreshed, recharge regularly, and live better than ever.

The Morning Mind makes it easy. Based on findings from neuroscience and medicine, the book helps you tamp down on the fear-driven reptile brain and tap into the part linked to thinking and imagination.

With topics ranging from diet and hydration to exercise and meditation, you’ll find ideas for activating your brain - and improving every aspect of your life:

  • Restore healthy cycles of waking and sleeping
  • Block harmful cortisol hormones
  • Boost mental performance
  • Create calmer mornings
  • Develop self-discipline
  • Stimulate creativity
  • Improve your leadership skills
  • And more.

From the moment the alarm clock rings, The Morning Mind helps you greet each day with gusto.

Accompanying charts and tables available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.


Top reviews from the United States

S. Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Productivity is increasing as I follow the suggestions.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
In my thirties through fifties, I was out walking early daily. I stopped when taking care of parents in the last stages of dementia, but the book reminded me of the benefits.

The suggestions are not just for morning tasks, but for tasks throughout the day following circadian rhythm patterns. Thank you.
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
This book is amazing, very informative. This book changed my life.
BIG AL
4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing “earth-shattering” here but still worth the read…
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2022
Book is well-organized and written so it flows nicely with lots of practical advice on how best to set up and execute a morning routine that works for you and is easy enough that you may just actually follow through on.
Kindle Customer
3.0 out of 5 stars Academic Book
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022
More an information book than self-help book but I learned a lot. I learned a lot from this book but I cannot help but compare it to the book "The Morning Mindset" which I enjoyed better. Just the same thank you to the authors of this book. ????????????
sudha
5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting and informative book
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2019
From a physiological perspective our brains are functionally similar. We all share structurally similar neural synapses. Yet, at a granular level how these synapses communicate differs; the emotional triggers and the responses differ. It’s this neuroplasticity that brings difference and diversity to our lives.

Owing to this very concept of neuroplasticity the book morning mind talks about how we can mold, condition and enhance our brains and lives.
There are three sections in the book:
The first section talks about our own internal clock. A few interesting easy to read physiological details on our circadian rhythm, how we tend to inadvertently abuse this rhythm and few helpful tips on what we can do to make the most of this precious tool inside us that can actually help to bring out the best in us, if given a chance.
The second section is all about the beginning of our day and the importance of slowing down in the mornings. Again, going back to the neuroplasticity of our brains, we can actually condition our brains against the phenomenon of morning rush and teach ourselves to slow down and breathe. It takes effort, but as the authors point out having small short term achievable goals will helps us to get there eventually. The key is to nudge ourselves to take that first step and keep going.
The third section tries to bring it all together and gives tips on how we can continue to find a routine that works for us and hold on to it.

My favorite parts of the book –
Repetition and routines are important and as the routine becomes mundane, we will eventually realize the self-discipline aspect of the routine seems like a serendipitous effortless outcome.
There is a section on the neuroscience of being a chef. Most chefs are required to focus, pay attention to details, multitask and remain calm. It’s interesting to read how they condition their thought process to go about doing these tasks.
There is a list of successful people and how they start out their days. My favorite (both the person and his routine) Ludwig van Beethoven woke up at dawn and drank a strong cup of coffee made from 60 beans that he handpicked!
Finally, there is a reference section for all scientific studies /statements discussed in the book.

Making a change in our routine is an individual choice. No book or method can magically make that happen for us. They can motivate us and nudge us to take the first step, the rest lies in the conditioning of our own unique neuroplasticity.
HappieSally
5.0 out of 5 stars Recalibrate your mornings through the science behind your own body.
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2022
When it comes to mornings, we can be doing everything we think is right, but still feel like it’s wrong! And that’s because we really could be doing all the wrong things for ourselves. “The Miracle Mind” uses everything our body does to regulate itself to tell us how or why some of the things we read in self help books work better for us than others.

While it is a science-y read (the authors are doctors), they take the time to explain how everything from our circadian rhythms to creativity and affirmations are working together to establish the unique natural flow of our body in terms anybody can understand. They also show us how tuning into that flow can change mornings. What I genuinely loved most were the little recaps at the end of each chapter and the section on changing habits.

I love that they don’t rely just on tips and tricks to create a process that sounds super easy, but doesn’t actually form habits when you hit the 21, 28, whatever arbitrary number mark. Instead, they give us a process to follow to create small habits we can easily turn into big habits and how to use affirmations and other techniques to support ourselves through change. I’m excited to put it into practice!
Patrick Barb
5.0 out of 5 stars Insights and advice on how to make the most of your mornings
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022
With its focus on the morning routine, The Morning Mind presents easy-to-follow steps for incorporating change in the way you approach mornings. The authors do a great job of breaking down the processes for achieving better habits, overcoming bad habits, and listening more to the "wizard" part of the brain than the lizard.

Each chapter presents new, invigorating information in a straightforward, yet encouraging manner. The summaries at the end of the chapters help put info into perspective as well. I found myself nodding along with so many of the insights presented here about access to creativity in the morning, the best times for sleeping and waking, and more.
Susanna M Cook
1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2021
Keep my interest and enjoyed the test at the end. Learned more about my self. I am working on becoming more of a wizard in control of my thoughts and actions.

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