Mark Divine : The Way of the SEAL

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Be aware of your stand. Write down your answers to these questions : 

What will you do if :

1. You had only one year to live?
2. You were struck by a natural disaster?
3. A friend asked you for help moving but you'd rather go watch a movie?
4. You found out your favourite brand is exploiting workers?
5. You won the lottery?
6. Someone decided to fight you for no reason?
7. A opportunity for an inside deal came your way? (wha?)
8. A friend or teammate is bashing someone you know behind your back? (wha?)

Box breathing

Four counts per phase - in, hold, exhale, hold Also called combat breathing. Helps you stay in control

Failure is our teacher (Robert O'Neil (SEAL) says in his talk - "Failure is not bad")

Recommended reading

H. Jackson Brown Life's Little Instruction Book "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did"

The way of the SEAL:

#	What	Why, How
1	Trust those in the field	Low trust kills execution by discouraging risk-taking and innovation Ensure the team knows the plan; give them what they need to get the job done; get out of their way
2	Use standard operating procedures (SOPs)	Eliminate cognitive load on deterministic tasks - focus team on the nuanced tasks. Builds agility - ability to respond to changes in the field To create SOPs, analyze the critical nodes of your process - what failure can lead to cascading failures? Build redundancy. McRaven sent SEALs to language school for Arabic and Farsi
3	Shoot, Move, Communicate	Aka : ready, fire, aim. Be able to shift fire on a moment's notice. OODA (Boyd) - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act Fail forward fast

How to Hire

ATTRACT! Don't recruit!!

 

#	Rule	Reality
1	Become a better multitasker	Multitasking is BS. You can chew gum and drive at the same time. But doing two cognitively demanding tasks simultaneously is productivity suicide. Gary Keller reports workers lose 20% of their workday due to multitasking
2	Nice guys finish last	Focused determination or a game face is mistaken for stern, cold, mean. But.. Being nice, in our society results in (recipe for mediocrity): * going overboard to get along * giving in to peer pressure * kowtowing to the boss * considering a tie a win * allowing B players to stay on the team so they don't feel bad
3	More is Better	(reminded me of Subtract, by Leidy Klotz) KISS : stick to three major tasks per day
4	Fight fair	If you have to fight, focus on outcome. War is hell Be competitive AND Cooperative
5	Always tell the truth	Sometimes it's okay to stay quiet - based on what damage you can do by speaking. OK to lie to a teammate to get him to take action that is in his best interest (boss already knows, and I think it's best for you to own up)
6	Eat three square meals per day	For the elites, lunch might be training time
7	Be real all the time	(with your teammates: yes!) but.. Sometimes you have to act the part - teams needs a leader, be a leader regardless what is going no inside.
8	Nothing good comes for free	Be okay with giving value away for free - say on your site You can earn trust by helping people achieve goals without asking for anything in return.

	Front side focus
1	Prepare your mind
2	Envision your goal
3	Define the mission
4	Simplify the battlefield
	Helps to easily distinguish high-value targets from the low-hanging fruit

Brief Debrief

Debrief is critical Focus on PURPOSE, TARGETS, VALUES Clarify the team "ethos" - the "why" Align intention with action

Pre-event routine

No distractions (no phone!) Dirt-dive visualization in which you see yourself winning and the competiton capitulating Deep breathing

High functioning team

Teammates will learn to seek direct feedback on how they can be more effective US Women's cycling team 2012 training - documentary "Personal Gold" Trust + right attention to right things PROCESSES, SPACE, RULES : How is trust developed? How does the team train and grow vertically?