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The High Performance Podcast

E2 - Ant Middleton: How to create and maintain a zero excuses mindset

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Mindset, Non-negotiables, High Performance, Life Lessons, Health & Fitness, Growth Mindset, Sports

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When I drew up a list of dream names for the High Performance Podcast, Ant Middleton was right at the top of that list. An accomplished military career that includes the coveted King’s Badge as a Royal Marine, before joining the Special Boat Service - Ant’s whole career epitomises high performance. He is now best known as the Chief Instructor for Channel 4’s hit show, 'SAS : Who Dares Wins', but is also a best-selling author, motivational speaker and tours the UK with his ‘Mind Over Muscle’ brand. Listen to Ant share his stories and secrets to his high-performing mindset. Give this your time, hear him out, and you won’t regret it!

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0:00.0

You're listening to High Performance and this is what we've got lined up today.

0:06.2

Code red aggression, I've gone into a door, burst into that door, straight away gone into

0:12.7

the room, you know, finger on trigger and I've seen women and children, you know, and

0:17.1

that's one and again it's another prominent point in my life that I remember that I knew

0:22.1

that I wasn't a bully with a weapon. I knew that my emotional intelligence was really,

0:26.9

really high because straight away when I saw that boom finger off trigger, how am I going

0:30.8

to protect these women, how am I going to protect these children, boom boom boom, then

0:33.9

I'll flick straight back into the next woman and it'll be a fucking firefight again.

0:37.2

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1:40.5

Hey there, I'm Jay Cumpfrey from the High Performance podcast. Welcome to Three Minute

1:44.9

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