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What’s the one thing every man regrets on their deathbed?It’s not what you think. š
Everyone dies. But not everyone truly lives. Even worse? Not everyone lives the way they dreamed they would. I discovered this in “The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying” by Bronnie Ware.This book hit me hard. Bronnie was an Australian nurse. She spent eight years with people in their final months. Just listening. Just being…
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In Special Forces, we never operated alone. Ever. Why not? š
Because even elite operators need backup. Every mission had an entire support structure behind it: ā¢ Quick Reaction Force and Air Support standing byā¢ Intelligence teams feeding us real-time informationā¢ Medical evacuation ready to launch Fast forward 20 years. As I coach high-performing entrepreneurs and executives, I see a concerning pattern: Theyāre trying to fight…
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Becoming a Special Operations Officer ā Building 7- and 8-figure businesses ā What do they have in common? š
Both require Extreme Focus. 8 seconds. That’s your attention span right now. A goldfish can focus for 9. Time is your most valuable asset. It is finite. Most of us are bleeding time out, one notification at a time: ā¢ 147 minutes on social media dailyā¢ Up to 96 phone checks per dayā¢ 3.1 hours…
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As a Special Forces officer, every mission followed the same format. Now, I apply these same principles to succeed in lifeā¦ š
– Intell– Planning– Execution– After Action Review Yet I watch high performers do the exact opposite in life:ā¢ Racing from deal to deal, charging toward burnoutā¢ Sprinting through relationshipsā¢ No plan. No pause. No situational awareness. In Special Forces, this approach gets people killed.In business and life, it slowly kills everything that truly matters to…
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I’m 100% replaceable at work, but 100% irreplaceable at home.I came across a hard-hitting quote:
“20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids.” Ouch. That stings because it’s true. My ego loves to whisper how crucial I am to my businesses. Reality tells a different story. Through 15 years of extended family travel, I’ve watched my companies not just survive, but…
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3 Years ago I made a hugely expensive mistake.
I invested a fortune without collateral in a niche I knew nothing about. My friends warned me. I didnāt listen. Because I live by the philosophy: āI just want to do cool stuff with cool people.ā When a trusted, good friend offered me to co-invest in several businesses in his field of expertise, I jumped…
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“Psssst, you’re on watch” Those dreaded words.I wake up and think: “CanĀ“t beā¦ā¦.no way.” š
My sleeping bag is nice and warm.Outside, the desert is freezing cold.Pitch-black. No moon tonight. No light pollution. Nothing but a gazillion stars and vague contours of our vehicles. I sleep with my clothes and boots on. Always Ready for Action. All my gear is cold.I put it on by touch and feel the cold…
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10 Years ago today, I woke up in a prison cell with a hangover.Not my proudest moment.
December 28, 2014 started perfectly:ā¢ Epic enduro riding with fast friendsā¢ Sunny lunch, quick change at homeā¢ ‘Sundowner’ with a friend that turned into heavy drinking and many, many laughs Then I made that one stupid decision to drive home. Blue lights. Police stop. Car impounded. And there I was – in a Spanish jail…
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There is one book I keep re-reading.It helped me become a Special Forces Operator.
It’s “Psycho-Cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz, and it reveals how our brain works like a target-seeking missile. Maltz called it our “servo-mechanism” – an automatic goal-striving device in our brain that:ā¢ Works 24/7ā¢ Finds paths you never consciously consideredā¢ Operates below our conscious awareness However: It doesn’t know the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ targets. So…