Becoming the 0.1%
Thirty-Four Lessons from the Diary of a Royal Marines Commando Recruit
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Ben Heathcote
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Gareth Timmins
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By:
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Gareth Timmins
About this listen
*Overcome any obstacle that life throws at you by cultivating an unbreakable mindset and learning to think like a Royal Marines Commando*
Historical recruitment campaigns to become a Royal Marines Commando drew on a harrowing but 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 odds-stacked journey of Gareth Timmins, a 20-year-old recruit at the time, and providing a psychological framework for understanding how he was able to cultivate the mental strength and resilience needed to push through to success.
Each week of training is accompanied by lessons on his short-comings and growth to peak performance. 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
'It will help you to navigate life.' -- The Times
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-06-2023
Inspirational
Great read. Well narrated and kept me interested throughout. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to boost their training.
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- GW A-UK
- 23-11-2021
an awesome book
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.
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- Marc Edwards
- 22-07-2022
Highly recommended 👍👍👍
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-2023
Excellent
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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-01-2023
Loved, very inspiring
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-2023
Excellence
I love this book I have a new appreciation.I will listen to it again👏👏 Anything is possible. well done, well written.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-04-2023
Absolutely inspiring
This is one of those reads that just keeps you on the hook. Witnessing Gareths journey and hearing about his personal experiences and the life lessons he has learned is absolutely surreal. Whilst I am no commando, his lessons apply so relevantly to those industries and people. Thankyou for sharing Gareth, you have given me the motivation I needed to keep continuing on my current path of adversity and never quit! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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- Anonymous User
- 07-04-2023
An inspiring listen
The format of two readers was interesting but worked well.
I found this an inspirational biography with good applications to daily life for those of us not undertaking military training.
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- Stephan
- 01-05-2022
A must listen
A fantastic insight into the making of a Royal Marine Commando.
Great to hear Gareth himself talking and Ben does a great job narrating.
Many lessons to be learned.
A big thanks to Gareth and Ben for this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-06-2022
Absolutely Amazing
found it very had to put down, amazing narration.
would highly recommend this! very inspirational.
I would love to have more books narrated by Gareth!
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