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proud of it, I was psyched, I was sure I had broken through to a
level I had never achieved before.
Then I showed it to people I trusted.
They hated it.
Let me rephrase that.
They HATED it.
The worst part is, they were right. The book didn’t work. Its con-
cept was flawed, and the flaw was fatal.
I’d love to report that I rallied at once and whipped that sucker
into shape in a matter of days. Unfortunately, what happened
was that I crashed just like the book.
I went into an emotional tailspin.
I was lost. I was floundering.
Ringing the Bell
Navy SEAL training puts its candidates through probably the
most intense physical ordeal in the U.S. military. The reason
is they’re trying to break you. SEAL trainers want to see if the
