Nov 25, 2020
US Navy SEALs are known for many things: toughest of the tough, quintessential high performing teams, and relentless focus and training. In this awesome interview, we dive into what business leaders can take from the SEALs way of living and learning and apply directly to self and team leadership. If you want insider secrets of the ultimate high performance, then be sure to listen and take notes. Enjoy!
Why you should listen:
- Why you need to learn like a warrior - it’s all about having a compelling why
- How to access flow state as a useful response to stressful situations, on a regular basis
- Five principles for creating an organisation of leaders
We explore:
- What it’s like to operate seamlessly as a team with a ‘hive mind’
- How asking questions is an important SEALs’ principle
- Self mastery principles like mastering beliefs, meditation, hot/cold water therapy, fasting, and visualisation
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SHOWNOTES: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/chrissajnog
Resources:
12 Traits of a Warrior Leader - Live in Flow
About Chris Sajnog:
Chris Sajnog, author of The New Rules of Marksmanship, is a Master Training Specialist in the Navy on a mission to help others live their lives as true warriors. He spent most of his life training the world’s most elite warriors, the US Navy SEALs, and was hand-selected to write the US Navy SEAL Sniper Manual.
Chief Sajnog used this experience—plus four years of studying neuroscience and performance—to develop the SEAL Training System (Science-based, Education for Accelerated Learning), a fundamental shift to learning new skills.
As the author of two bestselling books—How to Shoot Like a Navy SEAL and Navy SEAL Shooting—Chief Sajnog is the owner of Center Mass Group, LLC, a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business in San Diego, CA. He has been featured in outlets including The Discovery Channel, Fox News, NBC News, CBS News, NewsMax, USA Today, Maxim, Soldier of Fortune, Firepower, Sniper, and Newsweek.
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About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.