Table Of ContentContents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Quote
Introduction: This Is Unbeatable Mind
Section 1: Uncover Your Why
Chapter One: The First Premise
Chapter Two: Mental Toughness
Section 2: Develop Warrior Discipline
Chapter Three: Self-Mastery
Chapter Four: The Power Of Service
Section 3: Cultivate Excellence
Chapter Five: Deep Awareness
Chapter Six: Trust And Humility
Section 4: Earn Your Trident Every Day
Chapter Seven: Sheepdog Strong
Chapter Eight: Critical Skills For Leaders
Section 5: Build Your Team And Take Action
Chapter Nine: Team Leadership
Chapter Ten: The Integrated Self
Afterword
Ten Secrets to Success
Mark Divine
Course Offer
Bonus Preview: From the Book—Warrior Yoga: A Core Practice of Unbeatable
Mind
Appendix 1: Illustrations
Appendix 2: Tools
Appendix 3: Reading List
Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level
– Mark Divine
Third Edition, 2015
© 2011–2015 Mark D. Divine
www.unbeatablemind.com
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Copyright © 2015 Authored By Mark Divine All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-9861311-0-3
Dedicated to my son Devon
INTRODUCTION
A Foundation of Silence
Teams 'n' Shit
Part Time SEAL, Full Time Entrepreneur
Yoga Jitsu
The Unbeatable Mind Road Map
SECTION 1: UNCOVER YOUR WHY
CHAPTER ONE: THE FIRST PREMISE
Win in Your Mind
Embracing Sacred Silence
The Witness
Starving Fear, Feeding Courage
Three Ps and Your One Thing
What Will You Be Remembered For?
CHAPTER TWO: MENTAL TOUGHNESS
Making the Choice
Managing Stress
Understanding Stress
Double-Barrel Power: Breathing and Concentration
Concentration through Breath
Breath Control Basic Training
Box Breathing
Big Four of Mental Toughness
Emotional Resiliency
The Big Four of Emotional Resiliency
SECTION 2: DEVELOP WARRIOR DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER THREE: SELF-MASTERY
The Five Mountains
The Disciplines of the Warrior
Simplicity
Dedication
Authenticity
Writing Your Own Script
CHAPTER FOUR: THE POWER OF SERVICE
Compassion
Abundance
Generosity
SECTION 3: CULTIVATE EXCELLENCE
CHAPTER FIVE: DEEP AWARENESS
Three-Sphere Awareness
Your Background of Obviousness
Aligning with Universal Laws
Insight Meditation
Contemplation
Recapitulation
Journaling
CHAPTER SIX: TRUST AND HUMILITY
Trustworthiness
Leadership
Humility
Responsibility
Determination
Perseverance
The Navy SEAL Ethos
SECTION 4: EARN YOUR TRIDENT EVERY DAY
CHAPTER SEVEN: SHEEPDOG STRONG
The Sheep and the Wolves
Here are some rules of engagement
Switch on, Switch Off
Dog Training
CHAPTER EIGHT: CRITICAL SKILLS FOR LEADERS
Train the Zoo Keeper
Shortcut the Gladwell Effect
Use Mental Models
KISS Planning
SMARTP-FITS GOALS
SMEAC and PROP
OODA Loop
Visualize Success
Be a Morale Officer
SECTION 5: BUILD YOUR TEAM AND TAKE ACTION
CHAPTER NINE: TEAM LEADERSHIP
Promote Failure and Risk Taking
There Is No I in Team
Get Real
Functional Team Training
Mind Games and Challenges
Go to the Challenge
Use Standard Operating Procedures
Keep It Simple, Again
CHAPTER TEN: THE INTEGRATED SELF
Single-Point Focus
Uncommon Resolve
Positively Offensive Attitude
Discernment
Excelling in Chaos
Situational Awareness
Fortitude
Humility, Revisited
Kokoro Spirit
The Five Plateaus
AFTERWORD
Ten Secrets to Success
Mark Divine
Testimonials
Offer
About The Way of the Seal
About 8 Weeks to SEALFIT
Bonus Preview: Warrior Yoga
APPENDIX 1: ILLUSTRATIONS
Framework
Box Breathing
The Big 4 of Mental Toughness
The Big 4 of Emotional Resiliency
Five Mountains of Self Mastery
3 Spheres
F.I.T.S.
P.R.O.P.
OODA Loop
Five Plateaus of Consciousness
APPENDIX 2: TOOLS
Morning Ritual
APPENDIX 3: READING LIST
The Body Is the Feeler of Emotions and Sensations
The Mind Is the Thinker of Thoughts
The Witness Is the Observer of All
— Sensei Shane Phelps
Introduction: This Is Unbeatable Mind
When a man is beaten, tormented and defeated…He is ready to learn something.
—Emerson
Over the years I see the same remarkable situation and state of being,
again and again, in the thousands who have who have joined my SEALFIT and
Unbeatable Mind Programs. These individuals are exceptionally accomplished
by society’s standards, with fine careers and ample success to report in their
professional and personal lives. But from my discussions with the new trainees,
it’s long become apparent to me that regardless of their success, they feel stuck
in a low gear. They feel incomplete, half-empty, conscious that they could be
giving far more, but unable to break out of an ingrained pattern of mediocrity.
For some in the world, an existential threat, like a fight with cancer, will
shatter their complacency and free them from such a rut onto a higher level of
thought and action. But my trainees don’t wait for an accident of fate to spur
their change. They seek to take charge and drill down into their full potential so
that they have the power to make a difference in the world.
I bet you feel the same way. The good news is that you now have a tool in
your hands that will guide you forward in solving this frustrating puzzle of the
human experience.
The "big idea" of this book is that you are capable of far more than you
think you are—more accomplishment, more productivity, more success—but
you have been kept in the dark about this potential your entire life. I call this
potential your 20X Factor, in that you are capable of accelerating you daily
achievement by twenty times what your current paradigm allows you to believe
is possible. It is not as though your family, or our culture, purposely kept you in
the dark about this important fact. Rather, they were ignorant about it as well and
can't be held to blame. We cannot ignore this truth any longer. Not only do you
deserve to unleash your full potential for your own success and happiness,
society needs your optimal output to confront the grave problems that mire
modern civilization. These problems are of such a complex and deep-rooted
nature I believe our collective minds are needed to sync up like a global crowd-
sourced network of solution finders to pull us out of the mess we have created.
This book isn't an exploration of the various messes, though—there are plenty of
authors reporting about the perils we face on our abused planet. This book is
about how you can begin to open a channel to that vast potential lying dormant
inside of you—so that you can achieve your fullest expression of yourself, help
those around you, and send positive ripples throughout the world.
A Foundation of Silence
Let me back up now and give you an idea of where I’m coming from and
how I got here.
In my early childhood, I learned to find solace in the peace and silence of
nature. And growing up in the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks in
Upstate New York (Upstate, as we call it, covers 95 percent of the real estate of
New York—the other 5 percent is squeezed into the New York Metro area.), all I
had to do was step out the back door to find it. My father's love for the trails,
combined with my mother's athleticism, kept us outdoors. Twice a week during
the summer I would find myself navigating the Adirondack peaks with my dad
and Brad, my brother. I cherished these expeditions. They struck me with a sense
of awe for the natural beauty and excitement of always finding something new
around the next bend in the trail.
I became comfortable with the silence. I had no idea at the time, but this
would prove to become a bedrock theme in my life. Nature never argued with
me and, as long as I respected her, made no significant demands. Often I would
just sit in absorption, not thinking or striving for anything in particular, and
allow the peace to settle in.
On the home front, things were loud and often confusing as my parents
fought routinely. For reasons I did not understand at the time, I was shut down
and unsettled, locked in a prison constructed of my own conflicting emotions. I
craved the contentment and connection that I felt so keenly when alone in nature,
but I had no luck finding it in relationships. So my relationship with nature was a
friendship I would turn to often, through solitude and silence tuning into that
awesome power, and I can tell you now that this was the mentor relationship that
prepared me most for what was to be my future as a warrior.
In high school, I made lettering in sports a pastime that carried into my
college years as well. Though I enjoyed the camaraderie of team sports, I was
drawn to the simplicity and psychological challenge of endurance athletics.
Endless laps in the pool and running track were predominantly mental
endeavors. Through these sports I learned the importance of proper breathing
and the basics of managing the mind. My high school swim times earned me a
slot on the Colgate University team, and off I went in 1981.
I settled on a major in economics, thinking that it would help when I
landed back at Divine Brothers, Inc., a legacy family business in manufacturing
started in 1898. Socially, my world burst wide open as I began a love affair with
