Life in Check
It's not enough to know the world around us: we must also know ourselves
The paradox of our time: while society is objectively getting richer and the standard of living and education is rising, people are not getting any happier. On the contrary, the problems we face today are multiplying, and with them comes an increase in the consumption of antidepressants, anxiolytics, alcohol, and drugs, as well as the number of divorces, suicides... Many of us are fumbling, and some are drowning. Anyone with a deeper education in philosophy, sociology, psychology, and other sciences is not surprised, let alone caught off guard. They can explain why this is the case, what is actually happening to us, what is leading us to it, and even what will lead us out of it and how to achieve an inner certainty that we are worth something as human beings.
In his book-length interview with the well-known journalist Renata Červenková, 'Život na uzdě' (Life on a Leash), Marian Jelínek does this in a way that is understandable, logical, and humorous. And what's more, with the conviction that each of us can live a better life if we are willing to do at least something for it.
Marian Jelínek
He graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport at Charles University, majoring in physical education–geography and coaching. He progressed from being an ice hockey player to a coach: among other things, he spent six years at German clubs and twelve years as Jaromír Jágr's fitness and later mental coach during his greatest sporting fame with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He also managed the Jágr Team company, which organised summer training camps attended by the best Czech NHL players, as well as charity matches. He won the championship title twice as a coach with Sparta and the Presidents' Cup with HC Plzeň, and was part of the coaching team at the 2005 World Championships in Vienna, where the Czech Republic won gold. His ever-deepening interest in sports psychology led him to a doctorate in kinanthropology and later in sports psychology, while his interest in philosophy led him to read works of classical and modern philosophical literature. "Not just a friend to man! For me, a book is one of life's basic necessities," he claims. His coaching career naturally led to the profession of a mental coach: he works with top athletes, managers, and entire companies, as well as with people who, for whatever reason, need to overcome the problems that weigh them down. He adheres to two main principles: that a person should rely on their own strengths, especially their inner ones, and that we should first and foremost raise a good person and only then a good manager, athlete, painter, plumber... He lectures on psychology for managers at Newton College and has written several books, primarily on how to change external motivation into internal motivation. He is a co-founder of the Sportmentor project and the Peak Level Academy educational company. He is married to Iveta, a psychotherapist, social worker, and university lecturer; they have two adult children, Dominika and Marian, and live outside Prague in a house surrounded by greenery and animals.
Renata Červenková
PhDr. Renata Červenková (* 1950) worked as a journalist at the weekly magazine Mladý svět, the daily newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, and the magazines Marianne and Reader's Digest. As a journalist, she focuses mainly on the field of medicine. She is the author of the bestselling book-length interviews with Dr. Radkin Honzák, 'Všichni žijem´ v blázinci' (We All Live in a Madhouse) (Vyšehrad, 2014) and with Prof. Pavel Kolář, 'Labyrint pohybu' (The Labyrinth of Movement) (Vyšehrad, 2018), which has been translated into Slovak and English (Life in Motion). She has translated Oxford psychology professor Kevin Dutton's 'The Wisdom of Psychopaths' and Andy McNab and Kevin Dutton's 'The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success' from English. She tries to adhere to the principle that not everything is fit to print.
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