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Success Strategies From the Elite U. S. Military's Special Forces, or Green Berets, November 9, 2010
This review is from: Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way to Conquer Fear and Succeed (Paperback)
"Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way to Conquer Fear and Succeed" by New York Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer is a great book that teaches former Green Beret officer Bob Mayer's strategies for conquering fear and achieving personal and professional success. Having served with the 82nd Airborne Division and as a sniper with the 2nd Infantry Division, I had opportunities to work with Special Forces a few times, and the military concepts in this book appeal to me more than some of the other "success" related titles available. Mayer does a very good job of showing how the concepts and strategies used by the military elite can be used for personal or organizational success outside of the armed forces.
The book is divided into three parts. The first part is titled Area One: Wins. The chapters in this part teach three tools. First you must know the What. What do you want to change or achieve? The next tool focuses on knowing Why you want to change and to achieve your goals. The third tool is knowing Where will change occur.
Part two, or Area Two, is Who. The tools in this section are about understanding your character, knowing what change is and how to do it, and building the courage to change. Area Three: Dares contains the tools for communicating your change to the world, taking command of your change, and completing the circle of success and change.
The nine tools are what Mayer uses to create his Circle of Success. It is a good model to teach some very important concepts that will enable anyone to achieve more if they actually implement the strategies and tools into their own lives and businesses.
All three sections or parts have a conclusion that focuses on doing things the Green Beret Way. These summaries and experiences help relate the lessons to the real world. The book is full of quotes, stories, and lessons that will assist you with making things happen and succeeding. The book covers concepts such as defining goals, staying motivated, building mental toughness, daring to succeed, finding courage, taking risks, communicating effectively, becoming a leader, and more. There are many exercises throughout the text that if you actually take the time to do, you will undoubtedly move toward greater achievement and success in your life.
Being former military and a martial artist, I lean toward strategies that are warrior focused, and these concepts are included in my own teachings. So I especially liked Mayer's "Who Dares Wins." Also being an author, I enjoyed when Mayer shared how these principles have helped him in that arena too.
This isn't a book I'm going to put back on the shelf and forget about. I'm going to keep it out, re-read parts, and continue to work on some of the exercises outlines in the pages of the text. I'm going to use this book to continue on my journey, as well as help me teach others using warrior themes. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about success using strategies from the elite U. S. Military's Special Forces, or Green Berets.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author of the Lock On Joint Locking Essentials series.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Overcome fear and build character, December 27, 2009
This review is from: Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way to Conquer Fear and Succeed (Paperback)
I like this book. It is interspersed with stories of real American military heroes, from the revolutionary period to today, and one of the main themes of the book is to know yourself and overcome (not eliminate !) fear in your life. The main theme is that goals drive everything, as they do in the military. If you know what and why, you can then find your "how". I liked the many workbook-type exercises in the book, and I liked the Myers-Briggs (MB) in the book, which allows you to quickly determine your MB personality type, within 10 minutes, which shows you what type of person you are, what kinds of jobs fit that (if you then google your type, for instance). MB was a test originally used by the U.S. military in World War II to quickly get people into the right jobs. Good book that I can recommend. This is psychology applied in the real world, not navel gazing or "accept yourself"-type bromide. This is where the rubber hits the road.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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An engaging read, June 11, 2009
This review is from: Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way to Conquer Fear and Succeed (Paperback)
In "Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way to Conquer Fear and Succeed," Bob Mayer turns his experience in the special forces, his knowledge of intriguing military anecdotes, and his time as an author to write a motivational book. He correctly observes that perhaps the main thing holding people back from changing their lives is fear, and focuses on turning this rationale around. The book is divided into three sections, according to its title. The first section is "Wins," the second is "Who," and the third is "Dares." The first section explores the goals one wants to achieve; the second section analyzes one's character traits, while the third section discusses implementing those very changes to set one on his path to success. There are nine tools overall, garnered from Mayer's time with the Green Berets, with three tools listed per section. Overall, I found this book to be a quick and engaging read. I enjoyed some of Mayer's stories, and found his three-step process towards change very helpful. Another thing I liked about this book is the personality test in the second section, as well as the practical exercises interspersed throughout the book. Mayer isn't a magician and he doesn't promise to eliminate fear altogether, but he does promise that if one utilizes all the tools in the book he will be better equipped towards dealing with it. In the current economic crisis when negativity can be found at every corner, I find this book to be a particularly helpful beacon of hope that further solidifies our president's message that change is necessary for success. As are the words of another former president, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."
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