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Becoming the 0.1%

Thirty-Four Lessons from the Diary of a Royal Marines Commando Recruit

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Becoming the 0.1%

By: Gareth Timmins
Narrated by: Ben Heathcote, Gareth Timmins
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*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

©2021 Gareth Timmins (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Career Success Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success Career Military Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Marine Corp

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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!

Incredibly inspiring. A must read/ listen

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Cracking account of commando training and even better mental lessons to take away from it as well throughout.

10/10

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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

Brilliant! So raw and insightful

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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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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.

Inspiring

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This book and specifically the audible version is exquisite and absolutely brilliant.
Great for everyone! Amazing stuff

Sublime

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listened to it a couple of times now. I've not been in the military and I'm not going to join up but I found listening to the personal account of someone overcoming extremely difficult obstacles again and again very educational. The psychological aspects was especially interesting. Or was quite funny at times and it's an easy listen.

Inspiring read

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Genuinely would say this is one of the best audio books I have ever listened to. It’s an incredible insight into the Commandos selection and training, but perhaps even greater than that - a very real and raw account of the pressures, struggles and doubts even the strongest of men go through. Highly recommended

Incredible insight with applicable lessons

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awesome read to read about the personal experience of someone who went through the RM Commando training truly mind blowing.

mind blowing

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What a quality book.. I could not leave it alone. I have read books about SEAL training, French foreign legion, paras in fact you name it and I've read it but outside UKSF, RMC training is the toughest I have ever come across.

Gareth couples his trainng experience for the converted Green Beret with the life lessons he gained to make a superb inspirational book.

If you are reading this Gareth .......huge respect.

Inspirational

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