Elite

Index

A

• Ability:
  • to persevere, 161
  • of self-expression, 74
• Accelerator moment, 63
• Accepting feedback, 91
• Accomplishments, resting on yesterday’s, 59
• Accountability, 81–82, 86
• Achilles, 33, 34
• Activities:
  • as assets vs. liabilities, 5
  • mindless, 137
• Adaptation, embracing, 124
• Adrenaline, hangover from, 167
• Aggregation of marginal gains, 63–65, 64f
• Army Special Forces, 166
• Arrogance, 23, 33–36
• Ascent, 44–45
• Assertive, being, 72
• Assets, 5–6
• Attainable benchmarks, 31–33
• Authenticity, 82–83, 92

B

• Backpack:
  • going through your, 6–9, 15, 156, 173
  • relying on your, 49, 170
• Baggage, 7
• Balance:
  • in mental state, 23
  • pursuit of, 14
• Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) School, xviii–xxi, 30, 109–110, 145, 147, 149
• Becoming Elite!:
  • by being mentally tough, 51
  • by being self-aware, 77–78
  • by choosing warrior mentality, 66
  • by continually improving your situation, 119
  • by guarding your mind, 157
  • by guarding your time, 142
  • by making decisions that produce good results, 132
  • by not making excuses, 20
  • by pursuing mentorship, 106
  • by removing dead weight, 9
  • by surrounding yourself with right people, 93
  • by taking control of your thoughts, 37
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 111
• Behavior, adapting our, 71
• Being in over our heads, 46–47
• Benchmarks, 59, 173
  • attainable, 31–33, 51
  • mental, 51
  • setting, 49–51
• Bettering yourself, 59–60, 62–65, 64f, 88, 171
• Boa, Jim, 98–100, 104, 109, 112, 116–117
• Boredom, 16, 18
• Boyd, John R., 124
• Brailsford, Sir Dave, 64
• Branding yourself, 138
• Braveheart (film), 31, ...