Blending the tactics he learned from America's elite force with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions, Mark Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a SEAL and lead. Want to be tough? Cool under fire? Able to sense danger before it's too late? In The Way of the SEAL, retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. Along the way, you'll reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. A practical guide for businesspeople (or indeed anyone) who need to know the secrets to success, the book will teach you how to: - Lead from the front, so that others want to work for you - Practice front sight focus, the radical ability to focus on one thing until victory is achieved - Think offense, all the time, to eradicate fear and indecisiveness - Smash the box and be an unconventional thinker so you are never thrown off-guard by chaotic conditions - Access your intuition so you can make "hard right" decisions - Achieve twenty times more than you think you can Blending the tactics he learned from America's elite force with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions. Mark Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a SEAL and take charge of your destiny at work, at home, and at life.
NAVY SEALs emit a kind of magical, masterful quality, but there’s no magic or magnetism in The Way of the SEAL. I should have paid way more attention to the subtitle “Think like an elite warrior to lead and succeed” because the book is oriented towards business leaders and it’s all about author Mark Devine’s recommended multi-step mental processes. I was tremendously disappointed Devine didn’t have much more to say about the mind body connection and the life-changing impact of pushing yourself beyond physical limits. Devine explains his MUST DO mental processes as a series of checklists, unfamiliar acronyms and there are also several references to SEALFIT, Devine’s business. The book is well written but for me, I wanted more content specifically related to the warrior theme, and Devine didn’t deliver it.
The Way of the SEAL has a 2013 copyright and claims bestseller status. This must have something to do with the appeal of all things having to do with NAVY SEALs and with Devine’s name recognition. I kept waiting for this book to engage me and get good, but ummm, no, not even a little. Dare I say it might be a girl thing? For me, the most interesting part was “Mark’s Weekly Training Plan,” a seriously regimented regime that starts at 5:30 am and ends at 10:30 pm. It’s extraordinary because Divine’s waking time is 100% booked; and to be fair, every single mental process he recommends is included in his schedule. All things considered, I was hoping The Way of the Seal would light my fire, but it didn’t. It’s a “meh” from me, folks.
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