Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level

197 Pages·2015·2.82 MB·English

by  Mark Divine

Contents

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

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under

International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized
reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be

reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage

and retrieval system without express written permission from the

author/publisher.

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