59 pages 1 hour read

Robin Sharma

The 5 Am Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

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Chapters 8-10Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 8 Summary: “The 5 AM Method: The Morning Routine of World-Builders”

Mr. Riley, who reveals that his full name is Stone Riley, meets the artist and the entrepreneur at 5:00 a.m. the next morning. He is dressed much differently than when he first met his guests at the Spellbinder’s speech. He is also shaved and looks altogether more like a billionaire than he did previously. Also evident is that Riley appears quite fit, and he is enthusiastic upon meeting his guests. He provides some background about himself, that he was raised in a farming family in California. The artist asks him if he learned the importance of waking up early from his farmer father, to which Riley says no. Instead, he learned it from the Spellbinder. Even though his father was a good model for a morning routine, Riley was too young to really understand the value of it. When he first tried to seek the Spellbinder’s guidance, there was a three-year waiting list, as the man was one of the most highly regarded personal coaches in the world. Riley was persistent and finally was able to secure the Spellbinder’s services.

As Riley comments on what he initially learned from the 5:00 a.