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When Leyla came back from a book publishing conference in London. She walked through the door buzzing.
When Leyla came back from a book publishing conference in London. She walked through the door buzzing. Not because she’d picked up a new tacticor sat through a good presentation. But because she’d seen it. She’d been in a room where generating multiple seven figures a month from publishing books was just… normal. Where people…
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Top 3 regrets I don’t want to have on my deathbed:
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Mental Armor isn’t something you put on once.
Mental Armor isn’t something you put on once. It’s something you forge every day. Here’s how I forge mine: 1. Keep small promises to yourself→ The 6 AM alarm. The cold shower. The 4% workout.→ Each kept promise tells your brain:“I am someone who does what I say.” 2. Choose discomfort daily→ Cold water. Heavy…
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The Dutch Commando Course. The real reason most fail.
The Dutch Commando Course. The real reason most fail. Becoming a Dutch Special Operator:One of the world’s highest dropout rates.Not a bug. A feature. It´s a good thing. Becoming a Commando is not for everybody. Picture this:Fit men. Peak condition. Burning ambition.All volunteering for hell.All believing they have what it takes. Why would they sign…
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We never stepped off a helicopter without knowing the objective. Never.
We never stepped off a helicopter without knowing the objective. Never. In Special Forces, before any operation, the team commander asks one question: “What’s the mission?” If anyone hesitates, the operation doesn’t launch. Most entrepreneurs launch their entire week without that briefing. They wake up, check email,and let the world set the agenda. They’re not…
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25 lessons I learned as a Special Forces officer, entrepreneur, and father.
25 lessons I learned as a Special Forces officer, entrepreneur, and father. 1. Your values are not up for debate. Everything else is. 2. People follow leaders they trust. 3. Hitting rock bottom showed me who I really was. 4. Quitting alcohol taught me what real freedom feels like. 5. If your business can’t run…
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My client sent me this recommendation a few weeks ago.
My client sent me this recommendation a few weeks ago. I’m sharing it because one line in it stopped me. “for me it brought more awareness, more calm, and the ability to recognize more quickly when I’m acting from anxiety instead of clarity.” -Acting from anxiety instead of clarity- That’s not a coaching outcome most…
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If you don’t build a wall around your attention
If you don’t build a wall around your attention the world walks in and steals your life. Most entrepreneurs I know are reactive by default. Their day starts with someone else’s agendaand never really recovers from that first five minutes. They’re busy all day and can’t tell you what they actually built.Here’s the three-step system…
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In 2015, I threw my 8-year-old daughter out of a plane.
In 2015, I threw my 8-year-old daughter out of a plane. Queenstown, New Zealand. 14,000 feet. Tandem skydive. Most parents would have screamed “stop the plane”I high-fived her. When she landed she ran to me and said:“That was so amazing. I want to do it every day.” People asked: what kind of father does that?…