Becoming the 0.1%: Overcome any obstacle with these 34 lessons from a Royal Marines Commando Recruit

Gareth Timmins

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'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***

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
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    Praise for Becoming the 0.1%: Overcome any obstacle with these 34 lessons from a Royal Marines Commando Recruit

    • Gareth has produced a fascinating insight into the mental fortitude required to become a Royal Marines Commando -- and how that mindset can improve your life in all areas. - Yorkshire PostBrutally accurate, inspiring and educational -- a must read for everyone.

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    Gareth Timmins

    Gareth Timmins

    Gareth Timmins is a former Royal Marines Commando, behavioural scientist and founder of Nought Point One the performance clothing and equipment brand for people of all backgrounds and capabilities, inspired by the operational requirements of the Royal Marines.

    While undertaking the thirty-four weeks of Commando training in 2006, he documented his experiences by keeping a never-before captured diary of elite military training. In his debut book, Gareth used his academic grounding to devise thirty-four unique psychological lessons that people can use to achieve cutting-edge, performance thinking and develop an elite mindset.

    Gareth is currently contributing to an MSc programme while undertaking PhD research at the University of Surrey - investigating new and innovative ways elite military-based perspective and practices can be extracted and applied to enhance mindset performance in the teachings and manifestations on entrepreneurial thinking and success.

    NOUGHT POINT ONE

    Gareth founded Nought Point One in 2019. A functional fitness performance clothing and equipment brand focuses on the disciplines of CrossFit, Hyrox and other extreme sports. The brand supports elite human endeavours striving to make a difference to the plant and its people, while its Performance Mindset blog provides a platform for athletes, soldiers and professional sports people along with academics to share their experiences or mindset performance, wellbeing and mental health.

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