The disillusioned human condition of being told things are other than they are.  The constant deception of the people by the media and by many politicians has caused our youth to not be capable of simple things that matter.

The disillusioned human condition of being told things are other than they are.  The constant deception of the people by the media and by many politicians has caused our youth to not be capable of simple things that matter.

278.  Disillusioned human condition

  Few of us even know freedom anymore. Teach your kids to earn it.   freedom  frē′dəm   noun  1.  The condition of not being in prison or captivity.  2.  The condition of being free of restraints, especially the ability to act without control or interference by another or by circumstance.  3.  The condition of not being controlled by another nation or political power; political independence.

Few of us even know freedom anymore. Teach your kids to earn it. freedom frē′dəm noun 1.  The condition of not being in prison or captivity. 2.  The condition of being free of restraints, especially the ability to act without control or interference by another or by circumstance. 3.  The condition of not being controlled by another nation or political power; political independence.

277. Navy SEAL Independence Day:  Earn Your Freedom 

We all misunderstand what happens during any type of communications.  The first misunderstanding is we always believe what we hear.  The ears are designed to only think what they hear are true.  However, you need to have another sense back up that notion.   That is how media dupes us all.  Nothing in the media is actually true, if you research it for facts. That is important to realize. True authentic communication first requires you to    Listen without judgement (listen not believing in order to free them up from their past so they can be present) Speak without drama (drama is uncommitted words that cause both people to lose interest and not be present) Get clarity (that means interrupt if you don't know what they are saying and to ask them to repeat what you said)  Those three points are authentic communications

We all misunderstand what happens during any type of communications.  The first misunderstanding is we always believe what we hear.  The ears are designed to only think what they hear are true.  However, you need to have another sense back up that notion.   That is how media dupes us all.  Nothing in the media is actually true, if you research it for facts. That is important to realize. True authentic communication first requires you to  <ol> <li> Listen without judgement (listen not believing in order to free them up from their past so they can be present)</li> <li>Speak without drama (drama is uncommitted words that cause both people to lose interest and not be present)</li> <li>Get clarity (that means interrupt if you don't know what they are saying and to ask them to repeat what you said)</li> </ol> Those three points are authentic communications

276. Three Points of Authentic Communications

Suffering is when you think things should be different.  When you think the struggle isn't what you need to do.

Suffering is when you think things should be different.  When you think the struggle isn't what you need to do.

275.  Navy SEAL on suffering or struggle

Spartan Relationships

The ability to build a strong relationship is simple but not easy. All you need are three simple things: Listen without judgement Speak without drama Intimacy Learn how here Spartan Training

The ability to build a strong relationship is simple but not easy. All you need are three simple things: Listen without judgement Speak without drama Intimacy Learn how here <a href="https://www.thomshea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spartan Training</a>

274.  How to have Spartan Relationships

Thom Shea

Marriage to an alpha female makes the man stable and the family stable.  Marriage may be meant to build a stable environment so that each and grow and transform into their best selfs.  Submissive women never grow.

Marriage to an alpha female makes the man stable and the family stable.  Marriage may be meant to build a stable environment so that each and grow and transform into their best selfs.  Submissive women never grow.

273.  What Makes Marriage Worth It?

Relationships don't have to be complex.  They just have to be all in.  Nothing held back and no way out.   video can be seen on Youtube at @thomasshea

Relationships don't have to be complex.  They just have to be all in.  Nothing held back and no way out.   video can be seen on Youtube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Thomasshea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thomasshea</a>

272.  How to have a Power Relationship

Erik Weir

There are similarities in all success.  Thom and Erik discuss hell week and combat and parallels in business and life. https://www.thomshea.com/ 

There are similarities in all success.  Thom and Erik discuss hell week and combat and parallels in business and life. <a href="https://www.thomshea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thomshea.com/</a>

271.  Erik Weir of TopGolf discuss SEAL training and success

What would you life be like if you just went for it.

What would you life be like if you just went for it.

270.  Navy SEAl's demand for you being your best version

listening to Joe Rogan trying to find what is toxic about masculinity.

listening to Joe Rogan trying to find what is toxic about masculinity.

269.  Navy SEAL asking for toxic masculinity, episode two

Retired Navy SEAL discusses success and failures in life.  Life is simple but not easy.  Never forget to do three simple things every day.

You don’t want to miss this show

Thom Shea has a great podacst and his amazing conversations with the guests he invites on.

Inspiring!

Unbreakable

Bob Adams

Navy SEAL Hell Week has never been described so effectively. Success has never seemed so difficult. Six days in Hell define every SEAL that moves past their mind's point-of-no-return. This real life story is about the men of BUD/S Class 81. Robert Adams, MD brings the experiences of his class into view with real, bone chilling, difficult to believe, experiences.  This is described, in frightening detail, by the men that lived through the frigid cold, filthy muddy days, and body destroying events of a winter Hell Week. Eleven of seventy men went on to serve over 40 years in almost every SEAL or UDT team, with honor. Read their real time stories and (most importantly) learn why these eleven men succeeded when so many others failed.  These lessons on success and failure are now yours to learn from and enjoy!  The brass bell on the cover lives in every SEAL's heart. It is rung three times by each man that leaves SEAL training, or once in celebration, at graduation! It follows the trainees around during Hell Week on a truck, taunting all that see it. Hot coffee, much needed sleep, and a warm bed are dangled before their shivering, sleep deprived, and mud caked faces. Do NOT ring the bell!

Navy SEAL Hell Week has never been described so effectively. Success has never seemed so difficult. Six days in Hell define every SEAL that moves past their mind's point-of-no-return. This real life story is about the men of BUD/S Class 81. Robert Adams, MD brings the experiences of his class into view with real, bone chilling, difficult to believe, experiences.  This is described, in frightening detail, by the men that lived through the frigid cold, filthy muddy days, and body destroying events of a winter Hell Week. Eleven of seventy men went on to serve over 40 years in almost every SEAL or UDT team, with honor. Read their real time stories and (most importantly) learn why these eleven men succeeded when so many others failed.  These lessons on success and failure are now yours to learn from and enjoy! The brass bell on the cover lives in every SEAL's heart. It is rung three times by each man that leaves SEAL training, or once in celebration, at graduation! It follows the trainees around during Hell Week on a truck, taunting all that see it. Hot coffee, much needed sleep, and a warm bed are dangled before their shivering, sleep deprived, and mud caked faces. Do NOT ring the bell!

124.  Navy SEAL Hellweek with authors Bob Adams and Thom Shea

Today's podcast is the accumulation of 23 years in the SEAL teams, and 5 years training leaders and conducting Keynotes around the country about success. I have thought about this topic many times but have put in on the back burner so to speak because it is negative. However, maybe today we can talk about it and make it less so. Today we talk about the topic of Competition for the bottom. Yes I said the bottom. Competition for the bottom is so common it is disturbing. There are so many people actively doing whatever it takes, exhaustively doing whatever it takes to hit bottom. To lose. To not win. To fail. To get divorced. To get fired. To fail out of school. To get fat. To get injured. To alienate their family. To piss off their co workers or boss. There are even leaders that literally sabotage their businesses.

Today's podcast is the accumulation of 23 years in the SEAL teams, and 5 years training leaders and conducting Keynotes around the country about success. I have thought about this topic many times but have put in on the back burner so to speak because it is negative. However, maybe today we can talk about it and make it less so. Today we talk about the topic of Competition for the bottom. Yes I said the bottom. Competition for the bottom is so common it is disturbing. There are so many people actively doing whatever it takes, exhaustively doing whatever it takes to hit bottom. To lose. To not win. To fail. To get divorced. To get fired. To fail out of school. To get fat. To get injured. To alienate their family. To piss off their co workers or boss. There are even leaders that literally sabotage their businesses.

56.  Competition for the Bottom with Thom Shea.

Over the past five years I have trained many CEOs and many great professional athletes. During that intensive training, many rather unintended findings have arisen I would like to share with you all. Follow us I find I very interesting that most successful men and women are consumers of knowledge and past experiences. That may be the most differentiating aspect of successful people is their universal desire to learn and apply knowledge. So this Unbreakable podcast is a short description of what they summarily have read. And why they found these subjects of value and what they learned and can apply from the reading. Every single person I have trained is a studier of history, point in fact they all have studied their own history and that of the United States.

Over the past five years I have trained many CEOs and many great professional athletes. During that intensive training, many rather unintended findings have arisen I would like to share with you all. <a href="thomshea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow us</a> I find I very interesting that most successful men and women are consumers of knowledge and past experiences. That may be the most differentiating aspect of successful people is their universal desire to learn and apply knowledge. So this Unbreakable podcast is a short description of what they summarily have read. And why they found these subjects of value and what they learned and can apply from the reading. Every single person I have trained is a studier of history, point in fact they all have studied their own history and that of the United States.

81.  5 books that leaders read with Thom Shea

Kim Chambers

Real life examples of what is possible with we face death and come back better.  Inside of each of us is the resilient, powerful human being.  Listen and subscribe to the interview with Kim Chambers and Thom Shea.  Dare to learn the 13 Unbreakable Lessons.   Sign up now

Real life examples of what is possible with we face death and come back better.  Inside of each of us is the resilient, powerful human being.  Listen and subscribe to the interview with Kim Chambers and Thom Shea.  Dare to learn the 13 Unbreakable Lessons.   <a href="https://unbreakablelessons.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up now</a>

82.  Facing Death and Winning with Kim Chambers and Thom Shea

Bert Sorin

What does it take to be extra ordinary? Navy SEAL Thom Shea is joined by his mentor Navy SEAL Ron Culpepper in an interview with co-founder and president of Sorinex, Bert Sorin. Stories from men of the same mindset, do whatever it takes no matter the  circumstances. Order Unbreakable now! Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life Take your life to the next level with Unbreakable Lessons. This online curriculum is designed by Thom and his 23 years experience as a Navy SEAL to live an Unbreakable life with breakthrough results. The lessons are outlined in his book Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life. Follow us: www.thomshea.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Learn about Sorinex

What does it take to be extra ordinary? Navy SEAL Thom Shea is joined by his mentor Navy SEAL Ron Culpepper in an interview with co-founder and president of <a href="https://sorinex.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sorinex</a>, Bert Sorin. Stories from men of the same mindset, do whatever it takes no matter the  circumstances. Order Unbreakable now! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0316306517/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517&amp;linkCode=am2&amp;tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkId=c23c2935f0e7e592db81573096838f62" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life</a> Take your life to the next level with <a href="http://www.adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a>. This online curriculum is designed by Thom and his 23 years experience as a Navy SEAL to live an Unbreakable life with breakthrough results. The lessons are outlined in his book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unbreakable-Navy-SEALs-Way-Life/dp/0316306517/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkCode=w00&amp;linkId=48df1eb532e24902f70ded39d3d3358c&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life.</a> Follow us: <a href="http://www.thomshea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thomshea.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThomSheaUnbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomShea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomsheaunbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Learn about <a href="https://sorinex.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sorinex</a>

32: Extraordinary Men. The Relentless American Dream with Sorinex President, Bert Sorin

Join Thom Shea and Ty Rushing as they answer questions that have come in from listeners.  What were Thom's pivotal experiences in understanding the design of human performance? What does it take to be trainable? Thom takes a deep dive into what makes someone trainable and how to train someone as a mentor or leader.   Buy Book Now! Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life Unbreakable is a mindset, a way of living. We have honed our training and our craft for clients of all walks of life. Our online curriculum, Unbreakable Lessons,  offers an opportunity to proceed through the lessons in Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life at your own pace while being part of a community of like minded people who are focused on breakthroughs in their lives. Click here to learn more: Unbreakable Lessons   Follow us on:  Facebook Twitter Instagram Find out where you are on the Path to becoming Unbreakable take the free test or the breakthrough profile at: Unbreakable Path

Join Thom Shea and Ty Rushing as they answer questions that have come in from listeners.  What were Thom's pivotal experiences in understanding the design of human performance? What does it take to be trainable? Thom takes a deep dive into what makes someone trainable and how to train someone as a mentor or leader.   Buy Book Now! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316306517/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkId=d9a55b6f93738530a8ea0fff040990e7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life</a> Unbreakable is a mindset, a way of living. We have honed our training and our craft for clients of all walks of life. Our online curriculum, <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a>,  offers an opportunity to proceed through the lessons in Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life at your own pace while being part of a community of like minded people who are focused on breakthroughs in their lives. Click here to learn more: <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a> Follow us on:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThomSheaUnbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomShea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomsheaunbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Find out where you are on the Path to becoming Unbreakable take the free test or the breakthrough profile at: <a href="http://unbreakablepath.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Path</a>

3: Being Trainable: the Navy SEAL Way

Not everyone has experience to draw upon during chaotic times.  Few people have lead others through times that are truly difficult both emotionally and physically.  Yet, we all now find ourselves faced with choices and chaos.  I would like to share with you the 3 critical choices you will have to make during these chaotic times with the COVID19 hysteria, travel restrictions, and the simple not knowing what will come next.  My personal experiences in chaos and leading during chaos are drawn for a life in the SEAL teams in war and the life as a SEAL trying to be a father and a husband during those difficult times.    Throughout the history of mankind, war has been the most chaotic experiences.  Life threatening experiences tend to be chaotic.  Yet, in all the darkness of war and chaos, the existential threat is actually a great teacher of what to do and what to not do.  War is the greatest teacher and always will be.   The first thing existential threats teach and therefore your first choice you have to make is BE PPREPARED physically.  So the first choice you have to make is either run from the threat, ie put your head in the ground and hope and pray nothing happens.  Or prepare for the worst possible event.  In the SEAL teams, by the way I know most people don’t understand the SEAL Training methodology, we decided to prepare every day for bad shit happening.   How do you prepare for bad things.  First off you have to right now today begin to get your body in shape.  It is not too late you are not too old.  Start right now.  Keep it simple too.  For an hour work out either in your house or outside or wherever you find yourself.   Why, during a crisis is physical health the first choice.  Because if you are not constantly fit you have very little chance of enduring what will come.   The reason SEALs survive in the most chaotic life threatening dirty unhealthy environments is the constant level of physical fitness we chose to have everyday.  The body is a beautiful thing and is capable of dealing with dangers and viruses and chaos only when it is moving and fit and in action.  So get to it now.  Don’t wait.   The second choice during chaotic times of any sort it protect your family or team or company.  That is a hard choice to make for a great many people because chaos throws people into isolation.  I got mine mentality will always destroy the person who had chosen to abandon family and team and company and only protect one’s self.    Get your family together and talk very openly about what WE will do together today to protect our home, our assets, our supplies.  Same goes for your team or company.  Get all assets under control and shore up all immediate issues that are being affected. Do it right now.   The SEAL team mentality is lethal during chaos.  There is a relevant mantra that works well here too.  Team first, gear second, and I am third.  That mindset will get you and your family and business through this chaos, but the leader has got to make it and demand others make it.    The Third choice a leader must take during chaos is to keep all emotions in check.  Most people don’t have the ability any longer to control emotions because the society has moved completely 180 degrees away from emotional strength.  Yet emotional stability in a crisis has to be a choice you make every day and practice it every day.   Fear is a choice.  Fear if you choose it will cripple you.  That is what fear is designed to do.  Fear prevents action of any kind.  Panic is the first base hit of fear.    How do you deal with emotions and fear during chaos?  Keep actions simple and keep in action.  If you want to learn the details of fear than reach out and my team will help you deal with making this choice.   If you are a leader, I recommend you getting of the phone or skype or any method to talk with each of your team or employees and find a way to help them be fit, protect their families and not overreact emotionally.  Keep communicating and leading this way until the crisis is over.  If that means calling them every day that is what you must do.  If you isolate now as a leader the team or company or even your family will be much harder to lead with each day of isolation.

Not everyone has experience to draw upon during chaotic times.  Few people have lead others through times that are truly difficult both emotionally and physically.  Yet, we all now find ourselves faced with choices and chaos. I would like to share with you the 3 critical choices you will have to make during these chaotic times with the COVID19 hysteria, travel restrictions, and the simple not knowing what will come next.  My personal experiences in chaos and leading during chaos are drawn for a life in the SEAL teams in war and the life as a SEAL trying to be a father and a husband during those difficult times.  Throughout the history of mankind, war has been the most chaotic experiences.  Life threatening experiences tend to be chaotic.  Yet, in all the darkness of war and chaos, the existential threat is actually a great teacher of what to do and what to not do.  War is the greatest teacher and always will be. The first thing existential threats teach and therefore your first choice you have to make is BE PPREPARED physically.  So the first choice you have to make is either run from the threat, ie put your head in the ground and hope and pray nothing happens.  Or prepare for the worst possible event.  In the SEAL teams, by the way I know most people don’t understand the SEAL Training methodology, we decided to prepare every day for bad shit happening. How do you prepare for bad things.  First off you have to right now today begin to get your body in shape.  It is not too late you are not too old.  Start right now.  Keep it simple too.  For an hour work out either in your house or outside or wherever you find yourself. Why, during a crisis is physical health the first choice.  Because if you are not constantly fit you have very little chance of enduring what will come. The reason SEALs survive in the most chaotic life threatening dirty unhealthy environments is the constant level of physical fitness we chose to have everyday.  The body is a beautiful thing and is capable of dealing with dangers and viruses and chaos only when it is moving and fit and in action.  So get to it now.  Don’t wait. The second choice during chaotic times of any sort it protect your family or team or company.  That is a hard choice to make for a great many people because chaos throws people into isolation.  I got mine mentality will always destroy the person who had chosen to abandon family and team and company and only protect one’s self.  Get your family together and talk very openly about what WE will do together today to protect our home, our assets, our supplies.  Same goes for your team or company.  Get all assets under control and shore up all immediate issues that are being affected. Do it right now. The SEAL team mentality is lethal during chaos.  There is a relevant mantra that works well here too.  Team first, gear second, and I am third.  That mindset will get you and your family and business through this chaos, but the leader has got to make it and demand others make it.  The Third choice a leader must take during chaos is to keep all emotions in check.  Most people don’t have the ability any longer to control emotions because the society has moved completely 180 degrees away from emotional strength.  Yet emotional stability in a crisis has to be a choice you make every day and practice it every day. Fear is a choice.  Fear if you choose it will cripple you.  That is what fear is designed to do.  Fear prevents action of any kind.  Panic is the first base hit of fear.  How do you deal with emotions and fear during chaos?  Keep actions simple and keep in action.  If you want to learn the details of fear than reach out and my team will help you deal with making this choice. If you are a leader, I recommend you getting of the phone or skype or any method to talk with each of your team or employees and find a way to help them be fit, protect their families and not overreact emotionally.  Keep communicating and leading this way until the crisis is over.  If that means calling them every day that is what you must do.  If you isolate now as a leader the team or company or even your family will be much harder to lead with each day of isolation.

167.  Three Critical Choices during Chaos

The only differentiating factor of success is failure.  Wait what?  No one wants to fail.  It makes no sense at all to put failure and success in the same sentence.  No winning coach in any sports is willing to lose.  No business owner wants to lose money or go bankrupt or lose people.  No couple wants to get divorced, because that means failure.  Yet all these fears and points of failure happen all the time.  I can honestly tell you the truth, even though you will not want to hear it no matter your age…you will fail more than you will succeed.   Sign up for Never give up training That is downright depressing to hear and to consider but let me tell you a secret to success.  What you do after you fail makes you successful.  But you will fail none the less and a great many endeavors.  Harden yourself and your mind and your family to that fact of life.  Since that unalterable truth is the real constant of success, prepare to recover, prepare for multiple attempts, prepare for hard times. Why do I lead off with such a low and depressing opening to the Unbreakable podcast?  Because after 30 years of being a SEAL, or training with the top athletes in endurance sports, and training leaders in many fortune 500 companies the straight up truth is not depressing at all.  The bottom produces more successful people than does avoiding failing altogether.  I can also say with years of research and clarity to back up the statement that avoiding failure causes enduring stagnation and long term depression and loss.  And everyone knows that is true.  Avoid conflict and avoid authentic conversation at home and that relationship is over in less time than it took to get it going.  Risk averse businesses and leaders create terrible cultures to work within and summarily get less and less business.  Athletes who avoid pushing their particular limits don’t fail or lose like one would think, they just get bored and stop engaging in sport all together.  The bones of the ones who avoid failure are everywhere. So why is failure a positive statement and not so terribly depressing.  Here is why?  Failure teaches you truth.  Truth is a good thing.  Failure shows you without emotion exactly what is wrong and will show you how to correct it.  Be eager to expose your weaknesses so that they can be solved and you can grow. I knew that was the truth in the SEAL teams because the training is build on failure and pressure and risk and getting up again and again.  What I didn’t know until I was retired and training professional athletes and leaders in business is that each of them also based their own successes of failures and starting over and getting up one more time.  I find that trait to be the only universal truth to every successful person I have ever met.  Let me be clear.  Desire and enthusiasm and clarity of vision and purpose last until the first attempt fails.  In the SEAL teams the saying was no plan last past first contact with the enemy or I would always say you can wipe your ass with the mission order because the enemy may have something to say about it. Point being not to just wing it and forgo planning and practice and details, but instead keep planning keep adapting, keeping stumbling and getting back on track no matter how long or how much energy the loss sucks out of you.  In the business space two phrases that showcase failure and starting over are “the culture of growth” and “the boss is a glorified janitor”.  The culture of growth means lead by example, specific target markets not generalized markets, always training and growing, and Lean systems.  The boss is a glorified janitor means a good boss is always cleaning up messes.  If the boss isn’t cleaning up failures and messes of employees than no one is pushing the limits.  A bored boss who thinks he or she has a great company because no one ever makes mistakes needs to take a hard look at what is really going on. In health and sports there are two phrases that stand out:  Embrace the suck, and, pain is the friend to the victor and the enemy of the loser.  In the SEAL teams as you all have heard the phrase is “the only easy day was yesterday”.  It is easy because it is over and today and tomorrow will not be easy.  Embrace the suck means you understand that to win or to make it to the end many experiences will suck and be frustrating and you will be set back.  Embrace it and look forward to the suck is the key.  Pain is the friend to the victor means pain is inevitable therefore suffering is option.  Don’t opt for suffering that means you didn’t want to feel what you felt.  I want you to imagine getting punched in the face in the first round so hard your kids back home felt it, then I want you to imagine getting back up and fighting harder even when you jaw is broken.  Because that is what it takes.  I want you to imagine running 100 mile ultra marathon and feeling the pain in your feet or knees at level 11 on a 10 scale and puking for the last 10 miles because that is often what it takes.  Why fail to succeed?  Because what you want to happen can actually happen if you deal with the failures. In relationships failure is common not because relationships are meant to be or the one you are with is the wrong one, but more to the point relationships are hard because two people are constantly changing and growing in life and that is the truth.  Every skin cells changes out in 24 hours.  Muscles cells change in about a month and oddly nerve cells change every 7 years.  There is a reality behind the 7 year itch people often speak of in relationships because no one is the same person they were 7 years ago.  Failure in relationship means never adapting and changing and evolving.  Expectations in relationship to be the same lead to divorce or separation or worse staying together on paper but never being new with that person.   I would never have thought that the one aspect in leadership training would be to ensure the leader has a great home life.  But the predominate point in leader development, which leads to business growth is the power and growth of the key relationship at home.  If you want to turn a company around train the leader to grow and secure the home front every week.  Fail at home and business gets so stale that a new leader can come in and turn around the failing business in one year.  Simply because the home life of the old leader was bad.  That bad home life is surrounded by fear of loss and fear of divorce and it happens anyway because people don’t start over at home where it counts. Success then really isn’t that hard.  It starts with “honor your word” and “never give up”.  You can do that can’t you?  After that fun start you must realize it takes multiple times and countless iterations until you get on first base.  You have to embrace the notion you will fall many times.  You may break bones or go bankrupt or make a terrible mistake in a marriage or as a parent.  Stay with it one more time.  Learn from the failure and never do it again and start over.  Fail to succeed Rule number one:  It takes 21 days straight to decide if something new has merit. Meaning never make a decision about something new until you have done that thing for 21 days straight.  Rule number two:  It takes 10,000 iterations or practice events to ensure that thing is muscle memory or to call yourself good at it.  Meaning don’t expect results until you have checked the box 10,000 times.  Rule number three:  I like this rule it is the simplest to understand yet the hardest to do. It is much easier to do 21 days and 10,000 tries.  The rule is:  take one more step or try again no matter what.  Success in everything follows those three rules.  Three simple things.  Print out those rules put them in your office or on the refrigerator or in your team room. 

The only differentiating factor of success is failure.  Wait what?  No one wants to fail.  It makes no sense at all to put failure and success in the same sentence.  No winning coach in any sports is willing to lose.  No business owner wants to lose money or go bankrupt or lose people.  No couple wants to get divorced, because that means failure.  Yet all these fears and points of failure happen all the time.  I can honestly tell you the truth, even though you will not want to hear it no matter your age…you will fail more than you will succeed.  <a href="https://www.unbreakablelessons.com/course?courseid=unbreakable-24hr-challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sign up for Never give up training</a> That is downright depressing to hear and to consider but let me tell you a secret to success.  What you do after you fail makes you successful.  But you will fail none the less and a great many endeavors.  Harden yourself and your mind and your family to that fact of life.  Since that unalterable truth is the real constant of success, prepare to recover, prepare for multiple attempts, prepare for hard times. Why do I lead off with such a low and depressing opening to the Unbreakable podcast?  Because after 30 years of being a SEAL, or training with the top athletes in endurance sports, and training leaders in many fortune 500 companies the straight up truth is not depressing at all.  The bottom produces more successful people than does avoiding failing altogether.  I can also say with years of research and clarity to back up the statement that avoiding failure causes enduring stagnation and long term depression and loss.  And everyone knows that is true.  Avoid conflict and avoid authentic conversation at home and that relationship is over in less time than it took to get it going.  Risk averse businesses and leaders create terrible cultures to work within and summarily get less and less business.  Athletes who avoid pushing their particular limits don’t fail or lose like one would think, they just get bored and stop engaging in sport all together.  The bones of the ones who avoid failure are everywhere. So why is failure a positive statement and not so terribly depressing.  Here is why?  Failure teaches you truth.  Truth is a good thing.  Failure shows you without emotion exactly what is wrong and will show you how to correct it.  Be eager to expose your weaknesses so that they can be solved and you can grow. I knew that was the truth in the SEAL teams because the training is build on failure and pressure and risk and getting up again and again.  What I didn’t know until I was retired and training professional athletes and leaders in business is that each of them also based their own successes of failures and starting over and getting up one more time.  I find that trait to be the only universal truth to every successful person I have ever met.  Let me be clear.  Desire and enthusiasm and clarity of vision and purpose last until the first attempt fails.  In the SEAL teams the saying was no plan last past first contact with the enemy or I would always say you can wipe your ass with the mission order because the enemy may have something to say about it. Point being not to just wing it and forgo planning and practice and details, but instead keep planning keep adapting, keeping stumbling and getting back on track no matter how long or how much energy the loss sucks out of you.  In the business space two phrases that showcase failure and starting over are “the culture of growth” and “the boss is a glorified janitor”.  The culture of growth means lead by example, specific target markets not generalized markets, always training and growing, and Lean systems.  The boss is a glorified janitor means a good boss is always cleaning up messes.  If the boss isn’t cleaning up failures and messes of employees than no one is pushing the limits.  A bored boss who thinks he or she has a great company because no one ever makes mistakes needs to take a hard look at what is really going on. In health and sports there are two phrases that stand out:  Embrace the suck, and, pain is the friend to the victor and the enemy of the loser.  In the SEAL teams as you all have heard the phrase is “the only easy day was yesterday”.  It is easy because it is over and today and tomorrow will not be easy.  Embrace the suck means you understand that to win or to make it to the end many experiences will suck and be frustrating and you will be set back.  Embrace it and look forward to the suck is the key.  Pain is the friend to the victor means pain is inevitable therefore suffering is option.  Don’t opt for suffering that means you didn’t want to feel what you felt.  I want you to imagine getting punched in the face in the first round so hard your kids back home felt it, then I want you to imagine getting back up and fighting harder even when you jaw is broken.  Because that is what it takes.  I want you to imagine running 100 mile ultra marathon and feeling the pain in your feet or knees at level 11 on a 10 scale and puking for the last 10 miles because that is often what it takes.  Why fail to succeed?  Because what you want to happen can actually happen if you deal with the failures. In relationships failure is common not because relationships are meant to be or the one you are with is the wrong one, but more to the point relationships are hard because two people are constantly changing and growing in life and that is the truth.  Every skin cells changes out in 24 hours.  Muscles cells change in about a month and oddly nerve cells change every 7 years.  There is a reality behind the 7 year itch people often speak of in relationships because no one is the same person they were 7 years ago.  Failure in relationship means never adapting and changing and evolving.  Expectations in relationship to be the same lead to divorce or separation or worse staying together on paper but never being new with that person.   I would never have thought that the one aspect in leadership training would be to ensure the leader has a great home life.  But the predominate point in leader development, which leads to business growth is the power and growth of the key relationship at home.  If you want to turn a company around train the leader to grow and secure the home front every week.  Fail at home and business gets so stale that a new leader can come in and turn around the failing business in one year.  Simply because the home life of the old leader was bad.  That bad home life is surrounded by fear of loss and fear of divorce and it happens anyway because people don’t start over at home where it counts. Success then really isn’t that hard.  It starts with “honor your word” and “never give up”.  You can do that can’t you?  After that fun start you must realize it takes multiple times and countless iterations until you get on first base.  You have to embrace the notion you will fall many times.  You may break bones or go bankrupt or make a terrible mistake in a marriage or as a parent.  Stay with it one more time.  Learn from the failure and never do it again and start over.  Fail to succeed Rule number one: <ul> <li>It takes 21 days straight to decide if something new has merit. Meaning never make a decision about something new until you have done that thing for 21 days straight.</li> </ul> Rule number two: <ul> <li>It takes 10,000 iterations or practice events to ensure that thing is muscle memory or to call yourself good at it.  Meaning don’t expect results until you have checked the box 10,000 times.</li> </ul> Rule number three: <ul> <li>I like this rule it is the simplest to understand yet the hardest to do. It is much easier to do 21 days and 10,000 tries.  The rule is:  take one more step or try again no matter what.</li> </ul> Success in everything follows those three rules.  Three simple things.  Print out those rules put them in your office or on the refrigerator or in your team room.

162.  Success begins after you fail. Three Rule of success.

Dave Grossman

On Killing and On Combat are books written by Dave Grossman to share and teach how to lead and thrive in very difficult environments.  Stress is a valuable skill to learn.  Take away is to always do the simple things:  Sleep, Breathe, and Communicate openly. Follow Dave here: http://www.grossmanacademy.com/  Dave's books

On Killing and On Combat are books written by Dave Grossman to share and teach how to lead and thrive in very difficult environments.  Stress is a valuable skill to learn.  Take away is to always do the simple things:  Sleep, Breathe, and Communicate openly. Follow Dave here: <a href="http://www.grossmanacademy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.grossmanacademy.com/</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=dave+grossman+books&amp;sprefix=dave+grossman%2Caps%2C342&amp;crid=WNG5MEKWW9TG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dave's books</a>

51. Leading in Combat and the effect of killing with Dave Grossman and Thom Shea.

There are six questions that are vital to not only ask but also vital to ask in a linear way. Bottom Line Up front! Here are the six questions presented linearly that every single successful person asks and answers:  Who am I or Who are we What is my or our measurable goal When will this goal be measured Where will this goal be accomplished How will this goal be accomplished Why am I or are we doing this  That does seem very basic and way to simple to look at. It is simple but not easy to even begin to fill in in any measurable articulate way. I have spent the past 28 years learning the value of the linearity of the questions and can say 2 in 10 people can fill in the answers. Signup here Learn more

There are six questions that are vital to not only ask but also vital to ask in a linear way. Bottom Line Up front! Here are the six questions presented linearly that every single successful person asks and answers: <ol> <li>Who am I or Who are we</li> <li>What is my or our measurable goal</li> <li>When will this goal be measured</li> <li>Where will this goal be accomplished</li> <li>How will this goal be accomplished</li> <li>Why am I or are we doing this</li> </ol> That does seem very basic and way to simple to look at. It is simple but not easy to even begin to fill in in any measurable articulate way. I have spent the past 28 years learning the value of the linearity of the questions and can say 2 in 10 people can fill in the answers. <a href="unbreakablelessons.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Signup here</a> <a href="thomshea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more</a>

80.  Six transformational leadership questions with Thom Shea

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What does an Unbreakable life look like? A Navy SEAL's guide to creating a life of success and X-Factor growth in all areas of your life. Follow these basic principals and take your life to the next level.  Buy Now! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316306517/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkId=56822cfbcdaddd56b9c11bd1948d7bb2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life</a> Like this episode? We want your feedback. Share, send comments and write your review. More information at <a href="http://www.thomshea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thomshea.com</a> Join the Unbreakable Community <a href="http://www.thomshea.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thomshea.com/unbreakable-lessons/</a> Follow us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thomsheaunbreakable" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

36: The American Experiment.  Simple but not easy- The Master Keys to Success 

Dane Maxwell

Dane Maxwell almost didn't think there was a place for him to belong anywhere, but business saved his life and gave him a sense of purpose and significance. That kind of belonging gave him endless fuel because he had never felt it before. He started 16 business and failed a lot - 11 times. Each time he learned, figured out what worked and what didn't and has started 5 successful profitable businesses including The Foundation that specializes in training people to start a business from scratch, ‍Swipe My Ideas gives away profitable business ideas, ‍Paperless Pipeline a real estate transaction management software, ‍My Agent Base a real estate intranet software and ‍Fear No Feeling sells unique shirts designs.  He has gone on to create over 15 millionaires with his teachings. He specializes in helping underdogs start successful businesses. Dane also has a passion for singing and he is the author of the upcoming book Start From Zero which teaches entrepreneurs a new way to build businesses quickly, without the risk, from scratch.

Dane Maxwell almost didn't think there was a place for him to belong anywhere, but business saved his life and gave him a sense of purpose and significance. That kind of belonging gave him endless fuel because he had never felt it before. He started 16 business and failed a lot - 11 times. Each time he learned, figured out what worked and what didn't and has started 5 successful profitable businesses including The Foundation that specializes in training people to start a business from scratch, ‍Swipe My Ideas gives away profitable business ideas, ‍Paperless Pipeline a real estate transaction management software, ‍My Agent Base a real estate intranet software and ‍Fear No Feeling sells unique shirts designs.  He has gone on to create over 15 millionaires with his teachings. He specializes in helping underdogs start successful businesses. Dane also has a passion for singing and he is the author of the upcoming book Start From Zero which teaches entrepreneurs a new way to build businesses quickly, without the risk, from scratch.

154.  Start from Zero with Dane Maxwell

Scott Moore

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Retired SEAL Admiral Scott Moore shares leadership lessons from over 30 years in the teams including nearly three years in Afghanistan. Now CEO of Karakoram Group, consisting of many former top Special Operations leaders, some of the best problem solvers in the world, providing leadership and security advisory services. Buy Unbreakable now! Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life As a special offering for our listeners we are including a code for one free month of the Unbreakable Lessons as designed by Thom and spelled out in his book,  Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life. Click here for free first month. For information on how to book Thom for your next speaking event, click here. Follow us: www.thomshea.com Facebook Twitter Instagram

Retired SEAL Admiral Scott Moore shares leadership lessons from over 30 years in the teams including nearly three years in Afghanistan. Now CEO of Karakoram Group, consisting of many former top Special Operations leaders, some of the best problem solvers in the world, providing leadership and security advisory services. Buy Unbreakable now! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316306517/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkId=aff3f7f758c9d5283db08eb37c178e1e" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life</a> As a special offering for our listeners we are including a code for one free month of the Unbreakable Lessons as designed by Thom and spelled out in his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unbreakable-Navy-SEALs-Way-Life/dp/0316306517/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkCode=w00&amp;linkId=48df1eb532e24902f70ded39d3d3358c&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life.</a> <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/get-unbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for free first month.</a> For information on how to book Thom for your next speaking event, <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/keynote-speaking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here.</a> Follow us: <a href="http://www.thomshea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thomshea.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThomSheaUnbreakable/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomShea" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomsheaunbreakable/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>

22: Navy SEALs lead from the front w Admiral Scott Moore

Martin Strong

Honoring the Brotherhood of the SEAL Teams. Marty Strong and I discuss the Teams and how to survive retirement. Get into the mind of the author of numerous warrior stories with a true Navy SEAL brother and warrior.  Pre-order Death before Dawn In the post 9/11 world of special operations the Navy SEALs establish a reputation for excellence, courage, and fortitude. But for Lieutenant Matthew Barrett, he finds that becoming an officer worthy of respect in this elite band of brothers, he'll have to measure up to men individually selected for their prowess in combat and their poise under unimaginable stress. Death Before Dawn is the first in an exciting series of novels, authored by M. L. Strong, a decorated SEAL officer and combat veteran, tracing the trials and tribulations of young Matthew Barrett and the SEALs he leads into harm's way.

Honoring the Brotherhood of the SEAL Teams. Marty Strong and I discuss the Teams and how to survive retirement. Get into the mind of the author of numerous warrior stories with a true Navy SEAL brother and warrior.  Pre-order <a href="https://amzn.to/2VLIlNO" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Death before Dawn</a> In the post 9/11 world of special operations the Navy SEALs establish a reputation for excellence, courage, and fortitude. But for Lieutenant Matthew Barrett, he finds that becoming an officer worthy of respect in this elite band of brothers, he'll have to measure up to men individually selected for their prowess in combat and their poise under unimaginable stress. Death Before Dawn is the first in an exciting series of novels, authored by M. L. Strong, a decorated SEAL officer and combat veteran, tracing the trials and tribulations of young Matthew Barrett and the SEALs he leads into harm's way.

112.  No SEAL left behind, the brotherhood of the SEAL teams with Martin Strong

Paul Nobles

Interview with extra ordinary leader Paul Nobles.  We discuss the life style of performance and the disaster of life hacks and diets.Drive your own life, don't take the easy path, be extra ordinary. Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life When you are ready to learn the Unbreakable Lessons sign up here Take on the Challenge of your life Follow us here

Interview with extra ordinary leader Paul Nobles.  We discuss the life style of performance and the disaster of life hacks and diets.Drive your own life, don't take the easy path, be extra ordinary. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316306517/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkId=f249382ddcc055023d3787ffe68fa229" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life</a> When you are ready to learn the Unbreakable Lessons sign up here <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take on the Challenge of your life</a> <a href="Thomshea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow us here</a>

41.  Eat to Perform interview  with Paul Nobles, CEO of Eat to Perform.  The Unbreakable Navy SEAL way of Intentionality with Thom Shea.

Before my last and most dangerous deployment with the SEAL teams, my wife asked me to write down what my kids would need to learn from their father in case I never returned from combat. These lessons and stories of my life and from combat evolved into my book  Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life. In the book there are 13 lessons that I believe everyone should learn to master your own Unbreakable life, f performing at your highest level in all areas of life. Listen to an in depth breakdown of each lesson. Subscribe to the podcast  Join us! Check out the online curriculum of the Unbreakable Lessons, at your own pace while participating with a community of like minded people who are focused on breakthroughs in their lives. Follow us:  www.thomshea.com Facebook Twitter Instagram  Find out where you are on the Path to becoming Unbreakable take the free test or the breakthrough profile at: Unbreakable Path

Before my last and most dangerous deployment with the SEAL teams, my wife asked me to write down what my kids would need to learn from their father in case I never returned from combat. These lessons and stories of my life and from combat evolved into my book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unbreakable-Navy-SEALs-Way-Life/dp/0316306517/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=adamantineall-20&amp;linkCode=w00&amp;linkId=48df1eb532e24902f70ded39d3d3358c&amp;creativeASIN=0316306517" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life.</a> In the book there are 13 lessons that I believe everyone should learn to master your own Unbreakable life, f performing at your highest level in all areas of life. Listen to an in depth breakdown of each lesson. <a href="http://Unbreakblepodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the podcast</a> Join us! Check out the online curriculum of the <a href="https://www.unbreakablelessons.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a>, at your own pace while participating with a community of like minded people who are focused on breakthroughs in their lives. Follow us: <a href="http://www.thomshea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thomshea.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThomSheaUnbreakable/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomShea" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomsheaunbreakable/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Find out where you are on the Path to becoming Unbreakable take the free test or the breakthrough profile at: <a href="http://unbreakablepath.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Path</a>

10: The 13 Unbreakable Life Lessons that only 20% of the people alive will even attempt.

Each of us has inside an indomitable spirit. This spirit has the capacity to endure tough times. This spirit has the ability to build us up from the ashes of failure. This spirit will love so deeply it will amaze you. This spirit however does not live on the surface of our lives. It must be acquired through diving into rough times and only surfaces right before you drown. That is the way of it. There are no short cuts to toughness. Every year 2 to 4 times a year my team puts on a 24 hour challenge to allow participants the experience of coming face to face with their own toughness. And trust me it takes 20 hours before the spirit shows up, then it takes 4 hours for each of us to learn that our own spirit will see us through. The 24 hour is, for me, one of the most predictable ways to have anyone come face to face with their indomitable spirit. Like must challenges of any merit, you have to show up to win. Maybe that is the first point of toughness … willingness to challenge yourself. To date, we have done 23 challenges. Or rather I have led 23 challenges and seen toughness arise over 400 diverse people all from unique backgrounds and body types and life struggles. And I have seen 23 versions of toughness in me, because the challenge pushes a new limit each and every time. You are asking yourself “why would anyone do anything for 24 hours?”. Isn’t that the point? The point of the challenge is to find in you that person who is willing to push the limits. Something amazing happens when you push your self imposed 24 hour limits, actually most peoples first limit is 16 hours. You know what I am saying, most people have to sleep 8 hours a day that is a limit. And it excludes them from what is possible if and when you don’t sleep a third of your life. After doing 23 24 hour challenges four predictable limits will be broken apart for you if you do join us and push for 24 hours and here they are: Bravery The first limit everyone pushes is being brave. It takes bravery to sign up and prepare for a challenge where you know you are going to have to do something hard with people you don’t know for 24 hours. Most people are not brave at all, really. I call this first limit to humans being brave. Only the brave show up to do hard things. Only the brave sign up. Only the brave toe the line in their lives. Willingness to be coached The Second limit of toughness is the biggest limiting factor in human beings every where. So few people are willing to be coached. So few people are willing to open up to any coaching that brings out their limits or expose their weaknesses. At this point in my life I realize this factor is the key factor of not only toughness but success as a whole. Literally only 20% of the population on the planet is willing to open up and be coached through their own self imposed limits. The 24 hour exposes limits rather fast and clearly but you have to be willing to be coached through them or you quit. Pain and exhaustion Pain will come. There is no way around it. Exhaustion will come when least expected. There is no escaping this. Society as a whole has moved away from dealing with and every consciously pushing through pain or exhaustion. An easy life, entitlement to something unearned, and the notion that pain is bad limits people. And in the 24 hour challenge you will get to know what pain is and you will be tired for sure. Tunnel of despair The final limiting factor that predictably happens in every 24 hour challenge is passing through the tunnel of despair. Maybe the whole challenge is the last four hours. The tunnel is a mental and physical condition where there is no way out of feeling pain and being tired and no way out of not wanting to feel it any more. Stepping up to the plate again and again even though it hurts; walking with pain; not wanting to lay down and rest because it hurts to get down and hurts to get back up; questioning what you are doing but doing it anyway that is the tunnel. And that is your life really. 24 hours of dealing with your real life. 24 hours of being a part of other people willing to break through their own limits with you is the reward. What would your life be like if you were brave and committed and showed up to something tough? What would you really do if you allowed yourself to be coached? What would your life be like if you learned to deal effectively with pain and exhaustion? And, what would happen if you kept putting one foot in front of the other no matter what was happening? Join us if you are brave, if you want to be coached, if you want to encounter pain, and if you want to master the tunnel of despair. If you just want to be normal don’t show up. Quitters are not allowed.  24 hour challenge

Each of us has inside an indomitable spirit. This spirit has the capacity to endure tough times. This spirit has the ability to build us up from the ashes of failure. This spirit will love so deeply it will amaze you. This spirit however does not live on the surface of our lives. It must be acquired through diving into rough times and only surfaces right before you drown. That is the way of it. There are no short cuts to toughness. Every year 2 to 4 times a year my team puts on a 24 hour challenge to allow participants the experience of coming face to face with their own toughness. And trust me it takes 20 hours before the spirit shows up, then it takes 4 hours for each of us to learn that our own spirit will see us through. The 24 hour is, for me, one of the most predictable ways to have anyone come face to face with their indomitable spirit. Like must challenges of any merit, you have to show up to win. Maybe that is the first point of toughness … willingness to challenge yourself. To date, we have done 23 challenges. Or rather I have led 23 challenges and seen toughness arise over 400 diverse people all from unique backgrounds and body types and life struggles. And I have seen 23 versions of toughness in me, because the challenge pushes a new limit each and every time. You are asking yourself “why would anyone do anything for 24 hours?”. Isn’t that the point? The point of the challenge is to find in you that person who is willing to push the limits. Something amazing happens when you push your self imposed 24 hour limits, actually most peoples first limit is 16 hours. You know what I am saying, most people have to sleep 8 hours a day that is a limit. And it excludes them from what is possible if and when you don’t sleep a third of your life. After doing 23 24 hour challenges four predictable limits will be broken apart for you if you do join us and push for 24 hours and here they are: Bravery The first limit everyone pushes is being brave. It takes bravery to sign up and prepare for a challenge where you know you are going to have to do something hard with people you don’t know for 24 hours. Most people are not brave at all, really. I call this first limit to humans being brave. Only the brave show up to do hard things. Only the brave sign up. Only the brave toe the line in their lives. Willingness to be coached The Second limit of toughness is the biggest limiting factor in human beings every where. So few people are willing to be coached. So few people are willing to open up to any coaching that brings out their limits or expose their weaknesses. At this point in my life I realize this factor is the key factor of not only toughness but success as a whole. Literally only 20% of the population on the planet is willing to open up and be coached through their own self imposed limits. The 24 hour exposes limits rather fast and clearly but you have to be willing to be coached through them or you quit. Pain and exhaustion Pain will come. There is no way around it. Exhaustion will come when least expected. There is no escaping this. Society as a whole has moved away from dealing with and every consciously pushing through pain or exhaustion. An easy life, entitlement to something unearned, and the notion that pain is bad limits people. And in the 24 hour challenge you will get to know what pain is and you will be tired for sure. Tunnel of despair The final limiting factor that predictably happens in every 24 hour challenge is passing through the tunnel of despair. Maybe the whole challenge is the last four hours. The tunnel is a mental and physical condition where there is no way out of feeling pain and being tired and no way out of not wanting to feel it any more. Stepping up to the plate again and again even though it hurts; walking with pain; not wanting to lay down and rest because it hurts to get down and hurts to get back up; questioning what you are doing but doing it anyway that is the tunnel. And that is your life really. 24 hours of dealing with your real life. 24 hours of being a part of other people willing to break through their own limits with you is the reward. What would your life be like if you were brave and committed and showed up to something tough? What would you really do if you allowed yourself to be coached? What would your life be like if you learned to deal effectively with pain and exhaustion? And, what would happen if you kept putting one foot in front of the other no matter what was happening? Join us if you are brave, if you want to be coached, if you want to encounter pain, and if you want to master the tunnel of despair. If you just want to be normal don’t show up. Quitters are not allowed. <a href="https://www.unbreakablelessons.com/course?courseid=unbreakable-24hr-challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 24 hour challenge</a>

116.  Real Toughness with Thom Shea

The difference between the ones at the top of their field and the other people isn’t genetics, isn’t where they went to school, isn’t family upbringing, isn’t luck.  Follow Us The difference is that the top people actually are trying to do something they cannot do. They are doing epic things when everyone else is trying to just survive. Can you imagine what your life would actually be like if you learned to do epic things, if you learned to commit to doing things you currently aren’t doing at all. Running an ultra marathon or doing any physical event that lasts more than 12 hours is epic. Building a business or making a new technology or turning around a failing business is epic. Learning to do something with your other hand, or learning a new skill is epic. Currently marrying your equal and raising a family of warriors is epic. Purpose The first factor that differentiates the top for all others is clarity of vision and mission focus. The few at the top have a clarity of vision that separates them from all others. They can see what they want; they can smell it; they can taste it; they can feel it in their bones, even when others cannot. The top have laser focus on their mission to win. Actually that is all they focus on and completely disregard all else. That is the foundational point of why they are on the top. Relentless Passion The second factor that bridges the gap between top and bottom is that the people on top are always practicing and learning the skills required to win. Actually the ones at the top are relentless, overbearing, inexhaustible and consumed with getting there. Yet they cannot imagine why anyone would take a day off. They rest because they are completely spent and have to, they are always working on a better solution. It isn’t a lifestyle as most refer to it in today’s social media; the relentlessness is their life. They have to, but often don’t want to. The Team The third factor that propels the top people across that gap between epic and normal is the ability to surround themselves with people who support and drive them toward where they want to go. The capacity to kick out the nah-sayers is darn near impossible in today’s social media and virtual world. Yet, without this factor purpose and relentless passion literally gets drenched in the stink of negative people and the fire to keep doing it gets put out. It takes 100 miles a week for 6 weeks to survive a ultra and not injure yourself. That is 24 plus hours a week running. To do that you need to be completely clear of the end goal and the process needed to even train. You have to learn five different forms of running. I bet you didn’t know there were different forms. You have to learn to eat and drink while running. You have to learn to handle the emotions of what goes on with your body and mind during pain and isolation. It isn’t just running. It is fragile. If you spouse doesn’t’ support you don’t even try. If your friends you spend time with question you then you won’t do it for long. But, when you get a team to help you, you are unbreakable. It takes 5 years to get a start up to a profitable business worth investors or worth selling. You will work every day. You will fail so often and make bad decisions every week if not every day. You will lose money, period. You will make money and it will freak you out then you will lose it. If you don’t hire a team or have support then you might as well just go to Vegas and put all your net worth on a green color. Because you have no real chance to get to the success point. You will have to speak your company into existence before it is even a company. You will have to hear people tell you no so often you will forget what yes sounds like. If you don’t quit on yourself and your team you will make it. It takes a life time to have a successful marriage and raise warrior kids. There is no book on how to do it. Lust for your spouse changes with the weather. You will get fat then skinny. So will she. When you are carrying the baby your life style prior to that is gone. You will have to adapt your diet to fries and vinegar. You will have to deal with crazy mood swings. When baby arrives you no longer matter. Most people cannot deal so they quit. And that may all occur in the first year. At 10 years you will not remember your life before. That is if you are doing it right.   Then as you and spouse make it to the puberty years of your first kid, and your kid starts testing you. That makes for some impossible times. But you must stay at it everyday. Every day is a marriage. The past is gone the future is weird and today is hard. But it is epic. Why don’t you give up the notion to be normal and take on an epic life. Go for it. Go for it now before it is too late.

The difference between the ones at the top of their field and the other people isn’t genetics, isn’t where they went to school, isn’t family upbringing, isn’t luck. <a href="http://unbreakablepodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow Us</a> The difference is that the top people actually are trying to do something they cannot do. They are doing epic things when everyone else is trying to just survive. Can you imagine what your life would actually be like if you learned to do epic things, if you learned to commit to doing things you currently aren’t doing at all. Running an ultra marathon or doing any physical event that lasts more than 12 hours is epic. Building a business or making a new technology or turning around a failing business is epic. Learning to do something with your other hand, or learning a new skill is epic. Currently marrying your equal and raising a family of warriors is epic. Purpose The first factor that differentiates the top for all others is clarity of vision and mission focus. The few at the top have a clarity of vision that separates them from all others. They can see what they want; they can smell it; they can taste it; they can feel it in their bones, even when others cannot. The top have laser focus on their mission to win. Actually that is all they focus on and completely disregard all else. That is the foundational point of why they are on the top. Relentless Passion The second factor that bridges the gap between top and bottom is that the people on top are always practicing and learning the skills required to win. Actually the ones at the top are relentless, overbearing, inexhaustible and consumed with getting there. Yet they cannot imagine why anyone would take a day off. They rest because they are completely spent and have to, they are always working on a better solution. It isn’t a lifestyle as most refer to it in today’s social media; the relentlessness is their life. They have to, but often don’t want to. The Team The third factor that propels the top people across that gap between epic and normal is the ability to surround themselves with people who support and drive them toward where they want to go. The capacity to kick out the nah-sayers is darn near impossible in today’s social media and virtual world. Yet, without this factor purpose and relentless passion literally gets drenched in the stink of negative people and the fire to keep doing it gets put out. It takes 100 miles a week for 6 weeks to survive a ultra and not injure yourself. That is 24 plus hours a week running. To do that you need to be completely clear of the end goal and the process needed to even train. You have to learn five different forms of running. I bet you didn’t know there were different forms. You have to learn to eat and drink while running. You have to learn to handle the emotions of what goes on with your body and mind during pain and isolation. It isn’t just running. It is fragile. If you spouse doesn’t’ support you don’t even try. If your friends you spend time with question you then you won’t do it for long. But, when you get a team to help you, you are unbreakable. It takes 5 years to get a start up to a profitable business worth investors or worth selling. You will work every day. You will fail so often and make bad decisions every week if not every day. You will lose money, period. You will make money and it will freak you out then you will lose it. If you don’t hire a team or have support then you might as well just go to Vegas and put all your net worth on a green color. Because you have no real chance to get to the success point. You will have to speak your company into existence before it is even a company. You will have to hear people tell you no so often you will forget what yes sounds like. If you don’t quit on yourself and your team you will make it. It takes a life time to have a successful marriage and raise warrior kids. There is no book on how to do it. Lust for your spouse changes with the weather. You will get fat then skinny. So will she. When you are carrying the baby your life style prior to that is gone. You will have to adapt your diet to fries and vinegar. You will have to deal with crazy mood swings. When baby arrives you no longer matter. Most people cannot deal so they quit. And that may all occur in the first year. At 10 years you will not remember your life before. That is if you are doing it right.   Then as you and spouse make it to the puberty years of your first kid, and your kid starts testing you. That makes for some impossible times. But you must stay at it everyday. Every day is a marriage. The past is gone the future is weird and today is hard. But it is epic. Why don’t you give up the notion to be normal and take on an epic life. Go for it. Go for it now before it is too late.

113.  Do epic things and get after your life with Thom Shea

In a powerful and engaging episode, Thom Shea shares his growth and experience in leading individuals in high performance during chaos. Thom's stories from doing 700 mile adventure races in order to effectively lead his SEAL team in combat gives insight into immense value of team relationships and leadership skills. This extended episode digs deeper into the core basics of success.    Unbreakable is a mindset, a way of living. We have honed our training and our craft for clients of all walks of life. Our online curriculum, Unbreakable Lessons,  offers an opportunity to proceed through the lessons in Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life at your own pace while being part of a community of like minded people who are focused on breakthroughs in their lives. Click here to learn more: Unbreakable Lessons   Follow us on:  Facebook Twitter Instagram Find out where you are on the Path to becoming Unbreakable take the free test or the breakthrough profile at: Unbreakable Path

In a powerful and engaging episode, Thom Shea shares his growth and experience in leading individuals in high performance during chaos. Thom's stories from doing 700 mile adventure races in order to effectively lead his SEAL team in combat gives insight into immense value of team relationships and leadership skills. This extended episode digs deeper into the core basics of success.  Unbreakable is a mindset, a way of living. We have honed our training and our craft for clients of all walks of life. Our online curriculum, <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a>,  offers an opportunity to proceed through the lessons in Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life at your own pace while being part of a community of like minded people who are focused on breakthroughs in their lives. Click here to learn more: <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a> Follow us on:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThomSheaUnbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomShea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thomsheaunbreakable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Find out where you are on the Path to becoming Unbreakable take the free test or the breakthrough profile at: <a href="http://unbreakablepath.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Path</a>

5: Leadership in the SEAL teams, adventure racing and business 

As you seek success in your life, Abandon your WHY. You have been sorely misled. You must BE committed before you discover your why. Why is the sixth order of importance. Learn with our staff of Navy SEALs at Unbreakable Lessons.

As you seek success in your life, Abandon your WHY. You have been sorely misled. You must BE committed before you discover your why. Why is the sixth order of importance. Learn with our staff of Navy SEALs at <a href="http://adamantinealliance.com/unbreakable-lessons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbreakable Lessons</a>.

50.  Navy SEAL key point of success:  Abandon Your Why with Thom Shea.

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