Ch10: Never, Ever Quit!
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter, we learn to never, ever quit and to have resilience to difficult times in your life and to have persistence with your dreams, goals, and desires to be great and successful in life!
Admiral McRaven takes us to the first day of SEAL training as he and other 150 students stood before an officer yelling at them and setting expectations. The SEAL officer said that he will do everything in his power to make them quit. For the entire duration of the training, he said there will be lots of pain, harassment, embarrassment, and forcing them beyond their comfort zone and limit.
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Ch09: Give People Hope
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter, we learn that we all have the capability to affect those around us, and when needed we can give hope, encourage, and support to one another.
Admiral McRaven takes us to the time when he and his fellow students were going through Hell Week. It was six days of no sleep, non-stop physical training of all kinds with relentless harassment from the SEAL instructors. It was designed to filter out the strong and the week. As Admiral McRaven says that Hell Week was statistically the period of the SEAL training with the most students giving up. Ch08: Rise to the Occassion
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter, we learn to be at our very best especially at our darkest moments because that's when we need it most.
Admiral McRaven takes us to the time at the highest point of the Dive Phase training as he describes it as "the most technically difficult part of basic SEAL training." Ch07: Stand Up to the Bullies
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter we learn a lesson of having the courage to face fears from all kinds of intimidation so that we may be free from any limitation that they may impose on us.
Admiral McRaven takes us to the time when he and his swimming buddy, Marc were swimming in the open ocean for 4 miles in the middle of the night as part of their SEAL training. On top of the cold and harsh environment of the ocean, before the swim, the SEAL instructors warned them of the sharks, especially the great whites that may lurk around the waters off San Clemente Island. Ch06: You Must Dare Greatly
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter, we learn that at times taking risk is the only way to succeed.
Admiral McRaven takes us to the time when he was going through the SEAL obstacles course. His pace halfway through the course was that of record breaking, however when he reached the "Slide for Life" phase, he was struggling getting through within a reasonable amount of time. Ch05: Failure Can Make You Stronger
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter, we learn the lesson of perseverance, to keep on going regardless of how many failures you may face.
It starts with Admiral McRaven taking us to the time when he and Marc, his swimming buddy were being punished for finishing last in the pack during the swim training in the open ocean. 8/25/2017 Rapid Intake Summaries: Thoughts Are Things | Ch16: The Common Denominator of SuccessRead NowCh16: The Common Denominator of Success
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this last chapter we get to meet Dr. Myra S. White, who studied and researched highly successful individual and have concluded that that all of them share a common sets of steps or action they took to achieve success.
According toDr. White, here the eight things that successful do: 1. Identify their strengths and accept their weakness. "They work their strengths and find others to do the things that they do badly." You have to focus on your strengths and get help with your weaknesses. 8/25/2017 Rapid Intake Summaries: Thoughts Are Things | Ch15: Setting the Table for SuccessRead NowCh15: Setting the Table for Success
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter we get to know Rob Angel and his journey on taking the board game Pictionary into a household name.
We learn that his success didn't happened overnight but he had to overcome the pessimism coming from other people who didn't believed in him in the beginning and in addition to that had to approach, cold call hundreds and hundreds of retailers just to sell his board game! 8/25/2017 Rapid Intake Summaries: Thoughts Are Things | Ch14: Finding Ideas, Fueling ThoughtsRead NowCh14: Finding Ideas, Fueling Thoughts
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter we meetBrian Smith and how he founded and became successful with the highly popularUGG Boots.
Brian's success story started as being unsatisfied with his job as a chartered accountant. He then finds the courage to quit his job and travels to the U.S. to search for his calling. One day he saw this ad about a sheepskin leather boots in the middle of a surfer magazine, and Brian said that, "The ad screamed to me!" Ch13: From Trauma to Triumph
*These are just my thoughts and summary, all in my own words regarding this topic so I may omit some information that was taught in this book or course.
In this chapter we get to meet Michelle King Robson who turned her trauma into triumph and it was a story about how she couldn't find answers to her questions on her seemingly insurmountable pain after an unnecessary hysterectomy. So at her lowest point she said, "I made a deal with God. If I could better, I would make sure no other had to suffer the way I did. Not on my watch. Not if I could help it."
So one of her friends insisted that she get seen by this particular doctor that she read on a book, Michelle got an appointment immediately, got seen by the doctor, received treatments, and soon right after, she got her wealth back. |
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