1137: How to Build an Unbeatable Mind with Former Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Mark Divine reveals his strategies for forging mental clarity, focus, and resilience at an elite level.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to fix your broken attention span
2) A simple 20-second breathing protocol for resetting your nervous system
3) How to fuel extreme motivation
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— ABOUT MARK —
Mark Divine is a former Navy SEAL Commander, entrepreneur, and NYT Bestselling author with PhD in Global Leadership and Change who has dedicated his life to unlocking human potential through integrated training in mental toughness, leadership, and physical readiness.
He owns and runs the SEALFIT Training Center in San Diego, California where he trains thousands of professional athletes, military professionals, SWAT, First Responders, SOF candidates and everyday people looking to build strength and character.
• App: Unbeatable Mind Box Breathing
• Book: Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level
• Training Program: UnbeatableMind.com
• Website: MarkDivine.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship) by Paramahansa Yogananda
• Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
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| 0:00.0 | And so the most effective way to develop extreme motivation and personal accountability is to get clear on who you are and why you're on this planet and what you're going to do about it, your mission. |
| 0:20.9 | So this is like one of the most fundamental things I teach. In fact, it also is probably the |
| 0:24.8 | ultimate secret to resiliency and mental toughness is when you're doing what you know you're |
| 0:29.5 | supposed to be doing, there is no quit. Multitasking degrades your output by about 40%. So you think |
| 0:36.1 | you're getting more done when you're actually getting 40% less done, and you're doing a worse job at it. |
| 0:45.3 | That's Mark Devine. |
| 0:46.5 | He's a former Navy SEAL commander, current entrepreneur, and |
| 0:49.3 | New York Times bestselling author with a PhD in |
| 0:51.3 | global leadership and change. |
| 0:53.0 | He has dedicated his life to unlocking human potential through integrated training in mental toughness, leadership, and |
| 0:58.3 | physical readiness. He also shares such insights in his book, Unbeatable Mind. So you'll learn, one, |
| 1:03.7 | how to fix your broken attention span. Two, a simple 20-second breathing protocol for resetting your |
| 1:08.9 | nervous system. And three, how to fuel extreme motivation. |
| 1:13.4 | And if you want a quick summary to write up with the actual takeaways that Mark shares, |
| 1:16.3 | I recommend you mozy over to awesome at your job.com and sign up for the free Gold Nugget |
| 1:20.8 | email newsletter. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Pete McItis. |
| 1:23.1 | This is How to Be Awesome at your job. |
| 1:24.5 | And now here's Mark. |
| 1:30.6 | Mark, welcome. |
| 1:32.3 | Hey, it's great to be here, Pete. |
| 1:33.3 | Thanks for having me. |
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