The 777 Club
The 777 Club was created to help develop a new positive routine and teach consistency for people who struggle with change of routine and creating new habits. The 777 Club provides an environment where participants feel accountable for their commitments to change.
I originally wrote an e-book called Seven Secrets to Happiness explaining this routine and how it had really helped with my self-development practice and spiritual practice, but what I realised was many people were down loading the pdf but it would then end up the graveyard with all the other free e-books they had down loaded. That is when I decided to create the 777 Club , seven steps, seven days per week at seven am and the 777 Club was born.
I have found personally doing these 7 simple steps and it only taking 7 mins a day It could easily fit in to my life, and amazingly how much it made a huge impact on my daily life. I was more focused, more motivated, I was able to deal with situations more calmy and so much more. Below is the scientific evidence of the positive effects of each of the activities when done on their own.
What I found doing these set 7 things together every day in the morning , has created me a new habit and my brain now craves for it rather than at the beginning when it resisted getting up and doing the new routine.
The Seven Steps
Set an Intention for the day.
Write down 7 affirmations (I am happy, I am Beautiful, I am fearless), you create your own.
Write down what you are grateful for (I am grateful for my health, my family, the sun) again whatever comes to you.
Write down what you want to achieve today. Your daily goals (unless this is your first day you will have written them the night before).
1 minutes of meditation using the blessing ball of light (incorporate all of the above and visualise (audio of meditation is attached and explained in detail).
Visualise your day (feel, sense or see how you want your daily goals and day to go).
1minutes of exercise (link to Yoga poses attached at back, but any exercise is fine).
The Seven Steps in Seven Minutes
Take a minute to set your intention for the day, take one minute to write down your affirmation: Take one minute to write down what you’re grateful for: Take one minute to write down three goal/ tasks for the day, Visualise you carrying out your goals/taks out and completing them. Do one minute silent meditation: Do one minute exercise.
Why should we do these thing??
The benefits of the seven steps
Set a daily Intention
The fact that you have set an intention to do something, you are affirming what you would like to do, this in turn sends signals to the brain that you have made a decision, rather than you unconsciously just being on auto pilot. This in turn will set you up for the day rather than the day running you, you will start the day on your terms. It will also increase this becoming a habit
Writing 7 affirmations
Affirmations when practiced deliberately and regularly with heart/ head connection (which simply means when you say the affirmation in your head you feel shift in your heart through an emotional state) reinforce a chemical pathway in the brain. Research from Carnegie Mellon University provides the first evidence that self-affirmation can protect against the damaging effects of stress.
Writing down 7 things you are grateful for
When we practice gratitude deliberately and regularly with heart/head connection blocks toxic, negative emotions, such as envy, resentment, and regret. All of these emotions can destroy our happiness. There is also recent evidence showing that gratitude can reduce episodes of depression. When we practice gratitude deliberately and regularly with heart/head connection (which simply means when you say what you are grateful for in your head you feel shift in your heart through an emotional state) you get the benefits as stated above but there is evidence that people who kept gratitude journals exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole, and were generally more optimistic about the upcoming week.
Writing down 3 things you want to achieve today. Your daily goals
Writing down 3 simple goals deliberately and regularly. Trains the brain that you are able to achieve goals on a daily basis, which in turn helps when creating larger goals in life. According to a study done by Gail Matthews at Dominican University, those who wrote down their goals accomplished significantly more than those who did not write down their goals. In fact you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals and dreams, simply by writing them down on a regular basis.
Visualize your day
By visualizing your three simple goals been completed as you would like it to be, it can get you closer to where you want to be in life, and it can prepare you for success by training the brain for success. Brain studies now reveal that thoughts produce the same mental instructions as actions. Mental imagery impacts many cognitive processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning and memory. The brain is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It has been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence and self-efficacy, improve motor performance, prime your brain for success, and increase states of flow – all relevant to achieving your best life.
Mediation
When practiced deliberately and regularly with heart/ head connection, which simply means when you are either listening to a guided meditation or self-meditation you also feel shift in your heart through an emotional state. Studies indicate that after only 10 minutes of meditation, people can experience significant improvements in mindfulness, positive thoughts, lower depressive symptoms, boost in memory and ability to sustain attention for longer periods
1 minutes of exercise
Any amount of exercise will have the same effect. Scientists have discovered that exercise makes your brain release chemicals that make you feel good - the same chemicals that you get from antidepressants. For mild depression, research shows that physical activity can be as good as antidepressants or psychological treatments.
Ref: Gail Mathews (Dominican Republic University)
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https://yblempoweryou.wixsite.com/thee777club
