Win the Day 124. How to Succeed in Uncertainty with Rich Diviney (Navy SEAL Commander) 🔱 | Win the Day® with James Whittaker (Win the Day Podcast)
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” Buddha
Rich Diviney is a bestselling author, leadership and human performance expert, and retired Navy SEAL commander. In a career spanning more than 20 years, he completed more than a dozen overseas deployments and was involved with selecting the best military operators for an all-star team of the most specialized performers.
Since retiring from the Navy, Rich has worked as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant with Simon Sinek, and taught leadership and optimal performance to more than 5,000 business, athletic, and military leaders from organizations such as American Airlines, the San Francisco 49ers, and Deloitte.
In 2021, he released his first book, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance.
In this episode:
- The keys to optimal performance in all all areas of life
- How Rich made it through one of the most grueling selection processes on the planet
- Most important lessons from his 20-year Navy SEAL career, and
- How you can harness the right attributes for massive success.
Let’s WIN THE DAY with Rich Diviney!
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Timemarkers:
0:16 Who is Rich Diviney?
2:14 Interview starts
5:44 Inspiration for becoming a Navy SEAL
8:10 What do Navy SEALs do?
11:05 How to train for BUD/S
17:43 How good is Navy SEAL training?
19:18 Being trained to face gunfire
23:50 How to succeed in uncertainty (and manage your fear)
30:16 Ask yourself the right questions
35:32 Working to your strengths
38:22 How Navy SEALs solve problems
44:55 Where do the most specialized SEALs go?
48:55 How to turn good people into great leaders
53:41 How to predict how successful someone will be
56:56 Lessons from Simon Sinek and Andrew Huberman
1:01:06 How to recover from trauma
1:04:26 Rocket Round
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