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Will your relationships with the people close to you suffer during and after doing the 75 Hard Program?
I got a sad email from a heartbroken father. His daughter’s boyfriend was doing 75 Hard and at about day 30 abruptly ended the 7-year relationship for no apparent reason. He wanted to know if that was part of 75 Hard.
That is definitely not part of the program, but could be an outcome and a possible downside of you completing 75 Hard.
If you complete the 75 Hard Program it will have an effect on your relationships with those around you. Everything has a positive or negative effect on your relationships no matter what you do or do not do.
The 75 Hard Program, as outlined by Andy Friesella (2 workouts per day, a perfect diet, drink a gallon of water a day, read 10 pages of a self improvement book a day, and take a progress picture, for 75 days straight), will have a profound effect on the people close to you.
Through this website, I’m hoping you do the program. I’m hoping it changes you for the better (it will if you do it and don’t cheat), and I’m hoping that the people around you will see you get better and want to do the same. If we can get that effect to spider web out in the world, we can make the world a better place. I know, pipe dreams, but those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, just might.
When you complete this program you will grow five to ten years in maturity in less than three months. You will feel like the people around you haven’t changed, but you have. And you are right. Sometimes you have to give the people around you time to ketchup, and sometimes you will leave them behind. That is their choice. Do they want to improve and grow as a person or not?
I’m getting old and crotchety, if you want to improve yourself I’ll bend over backward to help you. I’m as loyal as a puppy. If you don’t want to improve yourself, get better as a person, and better at what you do, I’ve got no time for you.
You will find the same things. You can either spend an extraordinary amount of time trying to change someone or move on. During the 75 days, you will not have time to work on anyone but yourself. Doing two workouts a day, planning all your meals, and making sure you take time to read and drink water, takes up all your free time. The first time I did the program, I don’t think I spent more than four hours for the entire 75 days watching TV. The average American watches their screens for over four hours a day.
After doing the program, you won’t be average anymore. You will be above the crowd and you will want to spend time with other people that want to be on the top.
Since finishing the program the first time, I am working in a totally new job, field, and industry. I was pissed off at my old company because they wanted to be the same, and not improve policies or procedures, or the company, or themselves. So, I was thankful when they pushed me out at the beginning of the Pandemic and I found a new company and boss to work for. People that wanted to be better and get things done.
As usual, there is always one (a Marine Corps saying meaning nothing will be perfect with a group of people, there will always be one person that is messed up). And he does nothing but pisses me off! And I don’t want anything to do with him. I have to work with him, for now, but if I was his direct boss, I would simply replace him. I don’t have time to argue with someone daily that doesn’t want to do their job, let alone doesn’t care to get better.
The change is worth doing the 75 Hard Program, but like anything in life, there is a downside. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Ben Branam