How to Be Awesome at Your Job

1040: Building an Unstoppable Mindset with Alden Mills

Mar 13, 2025

Alden Mills, a former Navy SEAL and three-time bestselling author, shares his strategies for building an unstoppable mindset. He discusses how to conquer fear and master the mindset loop essential for resilience. Alden emphasizes the importance of shifting negativity into constructive energy and reframing obstacles. He offers insights on creating empowering beliefs and personalized mantras for motivation. Listeners learn effective techniques to master their emotions, fostering self-leadership and growth in any challenging situation.

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Alden Mills

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Quick takeaways

Cultivating an unstoppable mindset enables individuals to transform obstacles into opportunities, fostering resilience and innovative solutions in challenging situations.

The focus on empowering beliefs allows individuals to redefine their potential, guiding their actions and decisions toward achieving their goals.

Deep dives

Beliefs and Their Origins

Beliefs are shaped by various influences throughout our lives, including family, peers, and experiences. This diversity emphasizes that beliefs are not fixed; rather, they are subject to change based on our decisions. It is essential for individuals to critically evaluate which beliefs serve them positively and which do not. By understanding the source of our beliefs, we empower ourselves to take control and reshape these beliefs to align with our goals.

Intro

2min

The Unstoppable Mindset

6min

Shifting Perspectives: The Power of Mindset

26min

Empowering Beliefs for Personal Growth

6min

Harnessing the Power of Mantras for an Unstoppable Mindset

2min

Mastering Your Emotions

4min

Empowering Self-Leadership and Mindset Growth

3min

Former Navy SEAL Alden Mills shares his battle-tested strategies for building mental toughness.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to push past fear

2) How to master the mindset loop

3) How to direct your emotions

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— ABOUT ALDEN —

Alden Mills is on a mission to help 100 million people Be Unstoppable. He is a three-time bestselling author, the Inc. 500 CEO of Perfect Fitness, and the founder of multiple businesses. Throughout his time as a businessman founding and leading multiple companies, he has been awarded over 40 patents.

A former Navy SEAL, he is a three-time platoon commander and ranked #1 platoon commander each time. Alden teaches people, teams, and organizations to Be Unstoppable. Entrepreneur magazine recently ranked him the #1 top virtual speaker.

• Book: Unstoppable Mindset: How to Use What You Have to Get What You Want

• Website: Alden-Mills.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts by Leo Tolstoy

• Book: Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business by John Mackey, Steve Mcintosh, and Carter Phipps

• Book: Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You by Ethan Kross

• Past episode: 957: How to Push Past Discomfort and Expand Your Comfort Zone with Dr. Marc Schoen

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