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Becoming the 0.1%
- Thirty-Four Lessons from the Diary of a Royal Marines Commando Recruit
- Narrated by: Ben Heathcote, Gareth Timmins
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
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
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- tom?
- 11-03-22
Incredibly inspiring. A must read/ listen
Honestly the best book ive listened to. Unbelievably inspiring and an incredible indepth insite into royal marines basic training and the mindset of those who get through it!
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- Grant
- 20-03-23
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Cracking account of commando training and even better mental lessons to take away from it as well throughout.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-05-23
Brilliant! So raw and insightful
One of the best books I have read on mental fortitude and resilience. From the true life experience of somebody who has lived through one of the toughest things a human can experience. The lessons are invaluable! Definitely worth a read/ listen (the audiobook is very well done). Thanks Gareth for putting this out! Jack
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- Paz Rafael Ltd
- 16-06-22
Sublime
This book and specifically the audible version is exquisite and absolutely brilliant.
Great for everyone! Amazing stuff
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- Francis George
- 11-03-24
Inspiring
This book is filled with so many lessons I wish I had learned when I was younger, and the training processes are so interesing. I have always had a fascination with the armed forces and Marines, and I have considered joining for a long time. This book has inspired me even more to prepare for it, and gives a lot of insight into the different points of training and tests involved. There are lots of life lessons that can be applied to any field of work and goal you set yourself.
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- Lee Matthews
- 20-02-24
0.1 % of books
Great book to. I enjoyed it very much. He really manages to paint a picture of the reality of what it must have really been like to have gone through the training
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- Judy
- 01-04-23
Great Book
A very interesting insight into the Royal Marines training course. A great listen. Definitely Recommend if ur interested in joining the RM
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-08-22
Great book
Really enjoyed this book! If your thinking about becoming an RM this is a must-read.
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- Dan Hewerdine
- 13-01-23
A FANTASTIC LISTEN
From start to finish, I was glued to this audio book. It was really interesting! even from a guy with no ties to the marines.
8hr and 24 minutes well spent!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-11-22
Fantastic insight into mindset
Great book, how gareth managed to keep that diary going is amazing. Found the breakdown of feelings and emotions extremely helpful for my own mindset going forward
Really inspiring
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