What's up, folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Amit, founder and CEO of WOOP, where we are on a mission to unlock human performance. We build wearable technology across hardware, software, analytics, and it's designed to help you improve.

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We've got a great guest this week, Navy SEAL, Rich Devini.

Rich spent 20 years in the Navy SEALs, including time as a commanding

officer of the famed SEAL Team 6. That is the same SEAL Team 6 that killed Osama bin Laden.

He did 13 overseas deployments, 11 of those to Afghanistan and Iraq. One of his main objectives in his leadership

role was to improve mental resolve and resilience within the SEALs. This is a theme that we've

hit on on a lot of different podcasts, and I think Navy SEALs have some of the best perspective on it.

Rich shares his thoughts on how the right mental framework can prime you for success.

So we discussed what he learned in the seals about leadership, perseverance, and controlling

the controllables, the importance of adaptability and resilience, anti-fragility, and how to come back

stronger than ever before after you've been pushed below your

baseline, how to utilize micro recoveries throughout your day to improve your performance, and the

difference between peak performance and optimal performance. Rich is also the author of the new book,

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