Mark Divine
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They have an accident and they drown, but no one's died from exhaustion that I'm aware of in Hell Week. So anyways, what I'm saying is the SEALs just, that the training is just brilliant and it's evolved over, you know, 60 years to really prepare SEALs for the most rigorous challenges, missions, and environments in the world.
And to believe that anything's possible, to believe that they can accomplish any mission. And so, you know, you look at the success rate of the SEALs and it kind of bears it out that that's a pretty effective training method. So, they don't want to mess with it.
And to believe that anything's possible, to believe that they can accomplish any mission. And so, you know, you look at the success rate of the SEALs and it kind of bears it out that that's a pretty effective training method. So, they don't want to mess with it.
But I don't think they really understand beyond kind of like the combat effectiveness and some of the work that David Grossman has done with his understanding about how to condition a warrior for the rigors of combat. I think that's all like philosophy and research and it's really interesting.
But I don't think they really understand beyond kind of like the combat effectiveness and some of the work that David Grossman has done with his understanding about how to condition a warrior for the rigors of combat. I think that's all like philosophy and research and it's really interesting.
But I don't think they understand what's happening at an emotional, even quasi-spiritual level or metaphysical level. And also with regard to the brain and the mind and the nervous system and how all those things are reorganizing through neuroplasticity and also epigenetics so that seals are kind of like turning on and off different genes. And I would say...
But I don't think they understand what's happening at an emotional, even quasi-spiritual level or metaphysical level. And also with regard to the brain and the mind and the nervous system and how all those things are reorganizing through neuroplasticity and also epigenetics so that seals are kind of like turning on and off different genes. And I would say...
If there was a warrior gene, then the SEALs have learned how to turn that on in a big way to where you get activities like, you know what, I'm willing to lay my life down for my teammate. You don't see that very often in modern world. That is a very much of a warrior gene that's been turned on where you put yourself, you know, your teammates so far above yourself.
If there was a warrior gene, then the SEALs have learned how to turn that on in a big way to where you get activities like, you know what, I'm willing to lay my life down for my teammate. You don't see that very often in modern world. That is a very much of a warrior gene that's been turned on where you put yourself, you know, your teammates so far above yourself.
And that's one of the reasons that the training is so effective because nothing gets done alone as a SEAL. That's why we call the SEAL teams. And when you have an individual, let's say, take Mark Devine, who knows that he's capable of 20 times more, and then you put him with a team of 14 others in a platoon or maybe 35 others in a troop or 40 others in the troop, and every one of those individuals
And that's one of the reasons that the training is so effective because nothing gets done alone as a SEAL. That's why we call the SEAL teams. And when you have an individual, let's say, take Mark Devine, who knows that he's capable of 20 times more, and then you put him with a team of 14 others in a platoon or maybe 35 others in a troop or 40 others in the troop, and every one of those individuals
knows that they're capable of 20 times more and they're all watching each other's back and care about each other and know that each other is absolutely essential to getting the mission done, then you get an effect that's not like 20 times, but like 20 times, 20 times, 20 times, 20 times. You know what I mean? Just multiply it by a number of people. It's an enormous geometric effect.
knows that they're capable of 20 times more and they're all watching each other's back and care about each other and know that each other is absolutely essential to getting the mission done, then you get an effect that's not like 20 times, but like 20 times, 20 times, 20 times, 20 times. You know what I mean? Just multiply it by a number of people. It's an enormous geometric effect.
Yeah, that's a great question because you're right. Not everyone is going to go through SEAL training, nor would you want to, frankly, because it sucks.
Yeah, that's a great question because you're right. Not everyone is going to go through SEAL training, nor would you want to, frankly, because it sucks.
So, I kind of spent the balance of my, you know, the last 15 years trying to figure out how do you train, not that same experience, even though, you know, through my seal fit program, we have recreated the Hell Week experience and it has an incredible effect and civilians can go through it. But through my unbeatable mind training, I looked at it and said, okay, so, what's happening?
So, I kind of spent the balance of my, you know, the last 15 years trying to figure out how do you train, not that same experience, even though, you know, through my seal fit program, we have recreated the Hell Week experience and it has an incredible effect and civilians can go through it. But through my unbeatable mind training, I looked at it and said, okay, so, what's happening?
And I tried to understand what is happening at a mind and a body and a spirit and nervous system level. Yeah. And can I kind of parse out those different elements and train them? And so I began doing that with SEAL candidates back in 2007, 2008, because I started training SEAL candidates.
And I tried to understand what is happening at a mind and a body and a spirit and nervous system level. Yeah. And can I kind of parse out those different elements and train them? And so I began doing that with SEAL candidates back in 2007, 2008, because I started training SEAL candidates.
I wanted to help them succeed the way I did in SEAL training and to have a better career and be more focused and make better decisions in battle and to avoid PTSD and all those things.