Becoming the 0.1%: Thirty-four lessons from the diary of a Royal Marines Commando Recruit
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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
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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
- Break down self-imposed limitations
- Thrive under pressure
- Live without convenience
- Redefine expectation and regulate disappointment
- Eradicate complacency and achieve mastery
- Stay motivated by not losing sight of the end goal
- Combat fatigue and burnout
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Additional information
| Publisher | Hodder Paperbacks (2 Jun. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 320 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1529363535 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1529363531 |
| Dimensions | 12.8 x 2.6 x 19.6 cm |
by Matt
What an amazing journey Gareth’s been through !
The determination and strength amazes me how much stress the human body and mind can absorb, almost at breaking point and moulds you into a disciplined individual.
I really enjoyed the physiological aspect to this book also.
I bought the book read it within two days camping with my partner.
She is also reading it now
And with her being a psychologist she loves that side to the book.
Also can I say how much I enjoyed the audio version listening in stages during my drives to work and back home again.
A nice change from listen to commercial radio !
I enjoy when a author does his own audio book, makes it more authentic and true
I listen to lots of audio books and it’s not the same when they hire a reader.
I advise everyone and anyone to purchase this book and also the audio version
You won’t be disappointed.
Well done Gareth on this achievement on putting your experiences into words.
Hopefully there will be a follow up book about the rest of your interesting adventures
Amazing read 10/10 ????????
A master piece on physical endurance and mind set
Well done.
by Amazon Customer
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Gareth Timmins takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions of what lies ahead for new recruits for training for the Green beret of the Royal Commandos, with some humour thrown in for good measure. The lads being punished for what they ended up doing in the pub one night had me in stitches, as did the “how to clean” in outdoor environments. After each chapter there is a vital lesson learned that Timmins reflects on post-training. I doubt there’ll be a diary of his for life in the Commandos post-training but if there was I would definitely buy it. Brilliant read, highly recommended especially to those who follow and partake in fitness in their lives.
by Susan F.
This little book is a bit of a miracle, it’s the best psychology text that I’ve ever written, it’s entertaining, it has water boarding, Jimmy Savile and some of the hardest training known to man.
Overl it’s a brilliant concept to teach widely applicable ideas without the usual boredom that accompanies the usual psychological text’s. The lesson on fear is the best and amusingly most succinct description/manner of which to deal with it that I’ve ever written.
I hope Gareth writes more books and keeps the psychological lessons coming
by Sean
I loved this book and I couldn’t put it down as it encapsulated me from the first chapter upwards. This is a great book to understanding how to be that particular mindset person to pass the 32 weeks Royal Marine Command training. As the author said that an average 1000 young men will sign up at the recruitment office, but only 1 will passed the cour, hence the 0.01%.
The book is well written and construct with some great coaching mentoring advice not only for the RM, but other branches of the Armed Forces as well. I could say that it is adaptable in civil street, especially if you are an entrepreneurs.
Overall a must have of a book and a great Christmas present as well.
Best wishes Sean ex RE
by Amazon Customer
This book is an incredible account, rich in detail and full of practical lessons about mindset, behaviour and resilience. There are plenty of details out there about Royal Marines’ training, many documentaries and YouTube videos, lots of training guides, interviews and also powerful and dramatic adverts, but this book is a peek into the real thing – and in reality it is a harrowing, brutal, and relentless experience, and clearly a reality no-one has shared in this much detail before (amazingly, you can even sense that the author is holding back on some of the experiences and challenges). It is a very human, honest, down to earth record from the personal diary of a young man thrown into a shocking, and extreme world. Even though he prepared very hard for it, when it came to it, nothing could prepare him for the brutal hardship he had to go through to get the beret. His writing engages you at an emotional and psychological level; you feel part of the journey – it’s compelling and actually quite moving in parts. However, the great thing about this book is what the author does with his experience: he creates practical lessons in mindset for the reader; he links academic and psychological research to the practical experience he went through – and why – breaking it all down into life lessons about mindset, struggle, emotion, anxiety, physical pain, despondency, suffering and resilience as he goes. But it’s also humorous, and outrageous in parts (you’ll needs strong stomach). Anyone wanting to join the Royal Marines should read this, anyone who thinks their training, their studies, their job, or their daily routine is arduous, or even moans at going out in the cold, should read this. And of course, anyone at all who faces any sort of personal, physical or emotional challenge would do well to read this. The lessons are profound, at times emotional, but always, practical, real and meaningful. It will be on my shelves for a long time for others to read.
by michael Davis
Very interesting daily account from the diary of a Royal Marines Commando Recruit. Very motivating and full of lessons for not just a military recruit, but any individual looking to improve self discipline and focus.
by GS
The raw recollection of the lessons, along the extraction and summary of learnings is captivating. I couldn’t put it down.