Through this book, you will learn from Divine’s life experiences, adventures and life lessons as a Navy SEAL. After a harrowing experience, Divine left his job and focused on his training to become a Navy SEAL.
As with anyone who pursues excellence, you can be sure there will be a death of a vision, a monetary enticement or a crisis that causes them to become discouraged, tempt them to change their course or to completely stop. Divine felt the same pull, but persevered.
Important points of the book are:
-Live out your values and don’t merely speak them.
-Don’t look for the quick fix, instead look for what will last.
-Hold yourself to the highest of standards.
-Be completely responsible for your own thoughts and actions, knowing that you will be held responsible in the long run.
-Never allow life and the hamster wheel of work to keep you from being attentive to what matters most.
-Never stop learning and growing — as you learn and grow, your victories in life will come. As you continue, your victories will accelerate...but so will the size and number of life challenges.
-Don’t shy away from life challenges...instead fully embrace them as the opportunities they truly are.
-Develop focus, discipline, patience, and humility…so you become a person of honor in the process. You will then become an authentic leader of both yourself and others.
Divine shares that it is imperative to understand how failure is important and how to “fail forward fast.” He explains that failure is sometimes a gift in disguise and the importance of resolving poor beliefs and stagnant thoughts, so you don’t become stagnant or remain stuck.
This book is for those who are desiring to dramatically change their life and learn new techniques to create a tough, razor-sharp mental focus. The Way of the SEAL guides its readers to dive deeply into many areas, especially with goal-setting and perseverance.
