The book consists of three parts. The first part is "Strengthening self-cognition", which explains how to adjust and strengthen the cognition of one's own goals from three dimensions: values, mentality and goals. The second part is "changing the mode of thinking" and entering the practical link. Combining Larsen's experience in special forces, it introduces the specific methods from four aspects: target selection, plan execution, ability training and inner dialogue, which is very operational. The third part is "the method of improving performance", which belongs to high-level improvement skills. The summary is as follows:
The first part is psychological preparation, orientation determination, psychological adjustment and implementation planning. Life is long, like a marathon. Determining the goal of life is like determining the route in advance, establishing the confidence to win, and planning the pace strategy and energy supply plan at each stage before running a marathon. Only by adequate preparation can the race be successfully completed.
Robert Frost has a famous saying in The Road Not Taken: "Two paths meander through the forest, and I chose the lonely one, which leads to all the differences." In life, the choice of route is very important. Values determine the direction of life.
to change yourself, first of all, you should change your values, and you can't think that you can't. If others can do it, why can't you? Just compare with yourself, be your best self, and don't blindly compare with others. Only by finding the right values can you find the direction of action. To correct mistakes in time, you need to constantly examine your life. Secondly, mentality is crucial. If you don't do it for fear of failure, you will never succeed. Let go of your fears and focus 8% of your attention on meeting success, instead of looking ahead and looking back. Third, to choose a good goal in life, a good goal worthy of all your efforts must have two elements. First, it must be something that can touch you; Second, it must be of high standard, specific and clear path.
in short, if you want to be stronger, you should clarify three points: First, you must have a clear self-awareness. It is necessary to sort out your own values and clarify which values are most important to you, such as health, wealth, position, etc., and have a clear order. The second is to adjust the mentality of success, not afraid of change, not afraid of hardships and dangers. The third is to refine the goal, subdivide a big goal into practical and quantifiable small goals, step by step, until it is realized.
The second part is methodology, and the marathon is taken as an analogy, just like the training plans and the pace plan in the process of running a marathon, which is refined to every 1 kilometers to ensure that you will not quit halfway.
First of all, you should have the psychological expectation of getting out of the comfort zone. No one can succeed casually. Secondly, the key to determining the goal is to implement it. Once it is decided, go ahead. Three points should be kept in mind in the implementation of the goal: constant reminder, patient persistence, predicting potential adversity and making psychological adjustment. Third, in the process of implementation, we should focus on continuous practice and let go of the idea of talent, which is simply not worth mentioning in the face of persistent practice. We should believe more in the "1,-hour law" and turn deliberate practice into a habit. For example, if you run a marathon, only through long-term systematic scientific training can you ensure that you can finish the race safely and without injury. Fourth, we should attach importance to psychological suggestion. Adjust your language and use more positive words. The whole horse is like life, which will make you give up from time to time during the period of hitting the wall. Only by insisting on hinting that "I can do it, there is no worse situation, and I can definitely reach the finish line", you can definitely do it.
the third part is higher-order methodology. The first method is visualization, which is to rehearse all the situations that will happen in detail in your mind. This is the same as the method in Deliberate Practice. The second method is to strengthen the feeling of visiting the site, and strengthen it repeatedly to be sure. The third way is to act like your ideal self. This embodies the "law of attraction", as long as you want to, always want to and actively practice, it is possible to "get what you want".
"The difference between excellent and ordinary people, those who can exert their potential and those who can't, lies in seemingly trivial and inconspicuous details." After working for more than ten years, I have a deeper understanding of this sentence. The gap between people is not thousands of miles, only the details at hand, from which we can see clearly a person's characteristics and potential.
Finally, Larson provided a training plan for the seven-day Hell Week. Before the implementation of the plan, there are 15 behavioral agreements. These 15 points are also what I recognize and work hard to do. The special records are as follows:
1. Get up on time every day and go to bed on time.
2. Work hard every day, concentrate and be extremely awake.
3. Try your best to follow the plan.
4. Play every role of yourself, live in the present and be the best you can at any time.
5. Keep a happy mood anytime and anywhere, be positive and goal-oriented.
6. Energetic and self-motivated.
7. Maintain high-quality rest and sleep.
8. Improve your clothes and makeup.
9. All personal questions must be answered before going to bed at night.
1. Social media is not allowed during working hours.
11. It is forbidden to send text messages, phone calls and e-mails to friends during working hours.
12. Minimize small talk with colleagues.
13. Exercise at least once a day.
14. You can only eat healthy food this week.
15. Don't watch TV.
fate is an excuse for the weak, and luck is a modest word for the strong. If you want to change, just get rid of the excuses and do it.