How to change in just one week
What do you know about yourself? What are you strong in? What qualities would you like to improve? Can you look at yourself from outside to evaluate everything "as is"?
These questions are offered to you by Eric Bertrand Larssen,beginning with them his new book "At the Limit", published by the publishing house "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber". And this is not a theoretical course from the category of "How to become happy", but a very specific method of self-development lasting 7 days. Her name is "Hell Week".
Hell week
Eric Larssen is the personal trainer of businessmen andOlympic champions of Norway, "overgrown" the scale of his country and practicing now all over the world. In Russia, the book "At the Limit" launched a whole super marathon: for two months already more than 3,000 people have passed the "Infernal Week" and now share their experiences in social networks by the # hell week. Why did it become so popular and what is the essence of innovation? About everything in order.
Psychotherapist-Special Forces
When we hear something new, we must firstbelieve the narrator to try it on yourself. Otherwise, the information will remain an empty sound. Eric Larssen believe. First, his numerous "pupils" -transportmen really stood on the podium of the Olympic Games. Secondly, Larssen knows about what he says: spetsnaz training and deep knowledge in psychology give the most powerful joint effect.
Unit of identity
The course "Infernal Week" begins with the armyservice of Larssen. He, as a future officer, had to endure a very difficult test: a week of heavy physical exertion, almost without interruption to sleep and food. In such conditions, "survive" units. But later they become full-fledged identity units, rather than some 25% of oneself. Because they stop being afraid of any difficulties, knowing what their body and character really are capable of.
Become better
Larsson in just one week realized that alwayslived in his own comfort zone and used only a tiny fraction of his internal capabilities. And he also saw that most people live their lives the same way. Therefore, taking as a basis spetsnazovsky course, Larssen created a unique intensity, focusing on ordinary "non-military" people: from housewives and students to office workers and businessmen. All of them are united by one thing: if you want to become better, then you can become better. Even the most successful people have great potential for further development. The ceiling does not exist. Many people simply do not know about this.
Out of comfort zone
The main difficulty of any introspection is notrealize, and correct. Each change is an imminent exit from the notorious comfort zone. Therefore, it is easier to put up with some of your features than to fight them. But in fact on the other side of the scale - fully lived every day of life! And here you can already think: is this comfort zone so inviolable and precious? Or should you try to go beyond it, look at yourself from outside and wake up your strength?
Action plan
Hell week consists of seven days, for whichyou do not need to take leave or change the daily routine. The highlight of the course is that it fits perfectly into everyday life, no matter what a person does. But it is natural that very important adjustments have been made every day. General rules are as follows:
Rise at 05:00, call out at 22:00
Morning jogging / charging
Healthy food
Bar on watching TV
Restrictions on calls, SMS and chats with friends during business hours
One day for one problem
In addition to the general rules, for each of the seven daysthere is a program, the essence of which is the work on one of its problematic qualities. You can stick to Larssen's timetable, but it's quite possible to make your own - guided by your own knowledge of what in your personality requires improvement or replacement. Let's go through the days of the week and see what the author offers.
Monday. All attention is paid to our habits - all the actions that we do from day to dayday. First they need to be identified: write on the sheet of paper absolutely all of your habits, which you will remember - both useful and harmful. You can even ask about them from relatives and friends. The goal: to get rid of harmful ones and develop useful habits.
Tuesday.He attended concentration. How to tune in to the right business and not be distracted by dozens of secondary ones is the main message of the second day of the hellish week.
Wednesday. Is it familiar with the situation when everything is falling from your hands or do not know what to take? The third day is intensive - it's working with the distribution of own time. In other words, time management. It is important not only to be able to make a plan for a day or even a year, but also to implement it.
Thursday. When a person thinks that he is extremely exhausted, heshould ask yourself - what does he assess the level of his fatigue? Thursday changes these standards and raises the bar: what previously seemed a march-throw, from now on will seem like a walk in the park. This is the coolest day, which, according to the level of discomfort, is approaching the army source of the "hellish week". The chip of Thursday is that sleep at 22:00 is canceled!! Instead of seven hours of sleep, do what was postponed for a long time, for example, write letters to relatives and clean up the papers and files.
Friday. The next day is devoted to how correctly relax, using for this every free minute. After all, after a sleepless night, there are still eight hours to spend at work and it is necessary to maintain a positive attitude and cheerfulness. As Eric Larssen says, there are a lot of people at leisure. Changing activities, for example, can also be an excellent type of recreation.
Saturday. This day internal dialogue. Learning optimism and life-affirming thoughts! How to control your own thinking, to filter out negative and obsessive thoughts, how to choose the right words and what questions to ask yourself - this is devoted to the Sabbath.
Sunday. Take a pause and take your time ponder all that has happened in these seven days. The experiment is over. You have overcome difficult obstacles and in many cases acted very unaccustomed to yourself. What has changed inside you and around you? Do not rush with the answers, awareness is not instantaneous, it comes gradually, like the dawn.
The feeling of self-satisfaction from the passeddifficulties is a very valuable baggage of experience and knowledge that you can take with you and use it in the future when you need it. In the book "At the Limit" many saw the opportunity to "pump out" themselves and multiply their own abilities in just 7 days.
