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carlijnvdhart's review against another edition
3.0
Leuk concept, maar ga het niet doen. Vind namelijk niet dat je altijd je beste zelf zou moeten zijn en vind dit boek enorm veeleisend. Misschien een tip voor mensen die van nature minder veeleisend zijn.
colouradeaux's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
2.0
I really like the idea of hell week. However the book isn't designed with anyone who might be slightly neurodivergent in mind (☝️), or who struggles with mental health (☝️). The answer seems to be "just willpower your way through it" without actually getting to the root cause of the issue. Everything happens so fast in Hell Week that none of the habits will be sticky.
The author also sends to confuse "productivity" with "joy". Like no time to rest unless it's active rest, which honestly feels a bit toxic.
That said, I'm doing hell week lite, which I'm doing some of the principles, but certainly not all of them, unfortunately I think this wouldn't be good enough for the author, but it's good enough for me!
The author also sends to confuse "productivity" with "joy". Like no time to rest unless it's active rest, which honestly feels a bit toxic.
That said, I'm doing hell week lite, which I'm doing some of the principles, but certainly not all of them, unfortunately I think this wouldn't be good enough for the author, but it's good enough for me!
stagasaurus's review against another edition
3.0
I did like this book. It reframed a few things for me. I really like the idea of using a hell week as a way of practicing being your best self without huge commitment. I didn't follow the week as described in the book, I made up my own rules about what it meant to be my best self and followed those. What I learnt:
* It is expensive and time consuming to eat a super healthy diet. I normally eat sort of meh healthy, but trying to up my game cost a lot extra, and the more I tried to keep it to budget, the more time preparing food I had to do. This time felt like time wasted as I was trying to do productive work. This was something I hadn't considered before and something to think about where the balance is.
* Doing exercise every day definitely gave me more focus and helped me sleep better.
* If I wake up early in pain I can just get up and read rather than trying to force myself to go back to sleep.
* Keeping my phone away from myself is a good good good thing.
* What exactly am I saving my "good" clothes for? Unless I will be doing physical manual labour I can totally wear them on a "normal" day. It's not like these are designer pieces, just my favourite things in the wardrobe.
* I read a blog post where someone complained that she wouldn't be doing the "look your best" thing because she didn't have time to curl her hair daily. Nowhere does it say in the book that you have to curl your hair. I learnt that my definition of looking my best is to be clean, neat, brush my hair, brush my eyebrows and put on lip balm.
* Even when you are really trying to focus, there are only so many hours in the day for reading, meditating, preparing healthy meals, exercising, keeping your home hygienic, looking after others, doing productive work. I learnt that even the best me has only 24 hours. I definitely need to find some marginal gains, because a lot of my life is spent on Alice-running-to-keep-in-the-same-place tasks.
It was a useful exercise.
* It is expensive and time consuming to eat a super healthy diet. I normally eat sort of meh healthy, but trying to up my game cost a lot extra, and the more I tried to keep it to budget, the more time preparing food I had to do. This time felt like time wasted as I was trying to do productive work. This was something I hadn't considered before and something to think about where the balance is.
* Doing exercise every day definitely gave me more focus and helped me sleep better.
* If I wake up early in pain I can just get up and read rather than trying to force myself to go back to sleep.
* Keeping my phone away from myself is a good good good thing.
* What exactly am I saving my "good" clothes for? Unless I will be doing physical manual labour I can totally wear them on a "normal" day. It's not like these are designer pieces, just my favourite things in the wardrobe.
* I read a blog post where someone complained that she wouldn't be doing the "look your best" thing because she didn't have time to curl her hair daily. Nowhere does it say in the book that you have to curl your hair. I learnt that my definition of looking my best is to be clean, neat, brush my hair, brush my eyebrows and put on lip balm.
* Even when you are really trying to focus, there are only so many hours in the day for reading, meditating, preparing healthy meals, exercising, keeping your home hygienic, looking after others, doing productive work. I learnt that even the best me has only 24 hours. I definitely need to find some marginal gains, because a lot of my life is spent on Alice-running-to-keep-in-the-same-place tasks.
It was a useful exercise.
jessreads82's review against another edition
3.0
Good ideas
There were some good ideas in this book, and I liked the idea of the hell week. But most of the book I’ve read in other places, or it was just very generic information. The writer was very motivating with stories about the military, but it took me several years to finally finish this book because it didn’t resonate with me.
There were some good ideas in this book, and I liked the idea of the hell week. But most of the book I’ve read in other places, or it was just very generic information. The writer was very motivating with stories about the military, but it took me several years to finally finish this book because it didn’t resonate with me.
bennyawesome's review against another edition
3.0
1. Спи с 10 вечера до 5 утра.
2. Делай зарядку.
3. Думай положительные мысли.
4. Делай дела добросовествно.
5. The end.
2. Делай зарядку.
3. Думай положительные мысли.
4. Делай дела добросовествно.
5. The end.
abigailexists's review
I got 69% and I just didn't appeal to me anymore. It didn't give me any new information.
marrije's review
3.0
Conflicted. I really like the idea of doing a Hell Week - one week in which you rise at 5, go to bed at 10, work out for an hour each day, no tv, no social media, eat healthy and tackle as much work as you can, preferably the stuff that scares you or has been on your to-do list forever.
You're even supposed to work through the night on Thursday night, and the work all of Friday as well. I'm less enthusiastic about that. But the idea is good! A crazy schedule to gain momentum, I like that.
I feel conflicted about the book, though. It tries to do too much, tries to give your whole life an overhaul in that one week. It's full of Getting Things Done and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People quotes, plus lots of habit building popular science. Not bad, I guess, but might have been better for me if he had stuck to an intense, tough guy Navy SEAL approach.
Might do a hell week anyway... In a few weeks. Just to see what happens.
You're even supposed to work through the night on Thursday night, and the work all of Friday as well. I'm less enthusiastic about that. But the idea is good! A crazy schedule to gain momentum, I like that.
I feel conflicted about the book, though. It tries to do too much, tries to give your whole life an overhaul in that one week. It's full of Getting Things Done and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People quotes, plus lots of habit building popular science. Not bad, I guess, but might have been better for me if he had stuck to an intense, tough guy Navy SEAL approach.
Might do a hell week anyway... In a few weeks. Just to see what happens.
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