Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 5 Joined the Military 6 Set Backs 8 A Navy SEAL and Beyond 11 Formal Education 13 Carrier Change 15 Fail Between the Lines 17 What to Expect 17 1 Remove the Dead Weight 20 Creating a Masterpiece 20 Assets and Liabilities 22 The Backpack 23 Evaluate the Weight 25 2 No More Excuses 28 Fall from Perfect 29 Take Action 30 Find Your Optimal Performance 31 Inverted U and Stress Control 31 Find Peace in Admitting Your Fear 33 The Potential of Failure is Not an Excuse 34 3 Take Control of Your Thoughts 36 The Confidence Dial 36 Insecurity 37 Replace Negative Thoughts with Positive Thoughts 40 Put things into Perspective 41 Levity 43 Make Big things Small 44 Arrogance 46 Be Confident, Not Arrogant 47 Humility 48 4 Be Mentally Tough 51 Climbing High 51 Humble Beginnings 52 A Long Way to Go 53 The Assent 54 In Over Our Heads 56 Final Stretch 57 Lessons Learned 58 Crawl Walk Run 59 5 Choosing the Warrior Mentality 62 Marathon is Half the Word 62 Be Better Today than Yesterday 66 Almost a Victim 67 Look Forward, not back. 69 My Accelerator Moment 70 6 Be Self Aware 74 What is your personality type? 75 Choleric 76 Sanguine 77 Phlegmatic 78 Melancholic 79 Know Where You're Coming From 79 Play Well with Others 81 7 Surround Yourself with the Right People 84 It starts with Authenticity 85 Relationships: The Expanding Circle 86 Network: Your Expanding Circle 87 Middle Circle: Personal Board of Advisors 89 Inner Circle: Your friends 90 In Practice 91 Accept Feedback 93 Start Building 94 8 Pursue Mentorship 96 Mistakes were Made 97 Learning Curve Cost 98 Value of a Mentor 100 Course Correction 100 Choosing a Mentor 102 Let Your Mentor Know 103 Elite Mentors create Elite Mentors 103 How To Mentor Others 104 9 Continually Improve Your Situation 107 The SEAL Delivery Vehicle 107 A Frogman Story 109 Under Pressure 111 To Die Fast or Die Slow 112 Maximize your Upside, Minimize your Downside 113 Ownership 115 Lessons Learned 117 10 Decision Making 119 O.O.D.A. Loop 120 Loop vs Loop 121 When to Pivot 122 Train how you Fight 124 The Speed of your Loop 125 The Quality of your Loop 126 In Practice 127 11 Guard Your Time 130 Social Media 131 In the Workplace 133 Find Your "Why" 134 12 Guard Your Mind 138 Hell Week 138 Not Your Average Joe 140 The Rubber Meets the Road 142 Protect your Mental Hard Drive 147 Localize your Data 148 13 Whatever It Takes 152 Taking Command of my Life 152 A Very Long Day 154 Be Unbeatable 159 Identifying the Enemy 160 Dealing with the Enemy 161 Focus on the Goal, No Matter What 162 What's Next? 164 Acknowledgments 165 About the Author.

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