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Becoming the 0.1%

Think like a Royal Marines Commando Recruit - perfect for listeners of the HIGH PERFORMANCE podcast

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Becoming the 0.1%

By: Gareth Timmins
Narrated by: Ben Heathcote, Gareth Timmins
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 Think like a Royal Marines Commando. Build an unbreakable mindset. Become the 0.1%

Historical recruitment campaigns to become a Royal Marines Commando drew on an intriguing narrative: 99.9% Need Not Apply. In 2005, only one in a thousand applications for the Royal Marines were successful in reaching the end of training, earning the Coveted Green Beret - a world renowned symbol of excellence.

Becoming the 0.1% is the first-ever diary account of this training regime, charting the journey of Gareth Timmins, a 20-year-old recruit at the time. Each week of training is accompanied by lessons on how he transformed his failures into success. It uses real-life and often terrifying experiences to describe to the reader the edge you need to cultivate a 0.1% mindset and succeed in life and work, by learning how to:

- Visualise achievements
- Combat fatigue and burnout
- Stay motivated by not losing sight of the end goal
- Eradicate complacency and achieve mastery
- Redefine expectation and regulate disappointment
- Live without convenience
- Thrive under pressure
- Break down self-imposed limitations
- Be held accountable to others

'A practical and no-nonsense guide on dealing with the toughest situations, from someone who has been there and done it.' - Levison Wood©2021 Gareth Timmins Career Success Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success Career Military Inspiring Thought-Provoking Success Marine Corps
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Great read. Well narrated and kept me interested throughout. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to boost their training.

Inspirational

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so much to take away from the book regardless of who you are and what you do. the book is not so much inspirational but full of insight into how you can be better, even changing the small things. many messages i convey to my teenage kids and look to adopt myself. highly recommend.

an awesome book

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At first I was put off by the prospect of listening to hours of monotone drawl by the author, but fortunately an experienced speaker read the majority of the book, with the author highlighting key points.
This made this book far more enjoyable, and although personally I’ll never be able to relate to the super fit standards of an elite soldier, I learnt and identified with many other mindsets and mental challenges I have faced and overcome in my life’s journey.
Inspiring stuff.

Highly recommended 👍👍👍

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Loved this book. The use of two voices was fantastic and helped keep place of what was happening.
For me, this was not a book of advice of how to become great, rather a story of one person's journey. Really enjoyed it.

Excellent

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Like how they changed up the gentlemen reading so that you knew which part had been written where. Also the lessons learnt along the way and example of how they can be useful in day-to-day life.

Loved, very inspiring

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