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PNTV: The Way of the SEAL by Mark Divine

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Dec 13, 2017
A former Navy SEAL’s warrior framework for elite performance and focus. The power of front-sight focus and choosing one wildly important target. Breaking big goals into micro goals to navigate the fog of challenges. A step-by-step method to direct your mind and win mental battles. Radical commitment, mantras, and daily discipline as tools to expand capacity.
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INSIGHT

Front Sight Focus On One Wildly Important Goal

  • Front Sight Focus demands a single wildly important goal at a time.
  • Mark Divine and Brian Johnson emphasize SEALs take one target at a time, breaking that goal into micro goals to avoid diffused effort.
ADVICE

DIRECT Your Mind With A Sentinel

  • Use the DIRECT process to govern your mind: Detect, Interdict, Redirect, Energize, Communicate, Train.
  • Brian explains each step: notice negative thoughts, stop them, shift to a positive line, add energy and mantra, then repeat until automatic.
ADVICE

Go All In And Make Commitment One Way

  • Commit fully to your chosen goal: decide, evaluate attainability, then go all in.
  • Brian quotes Yoda and Mark Divine: treat commitment as a one-way street and simplify the battlefield when doubt appears.
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