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The Mark Divine Show

Patrick Sweeney on How to Transform Fear into results

The Mark Divine Show

Mark Divine

Self-improvement, Alternative Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Patrick Sweeney is an expert in fear and how you can manage it to make better decisions. He is a former Olympic rower and the author of the book "Fear is Fuel." Today he talks to Commander Divine about how he transformed fear into motivation rather than paralysis. Hear how: Every decision we make is made from either fear or opportunity You must learn to get comfortable with fear so that it can't be used against you. Patrick has used breathing exercises as part of a complete approac...

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0:00.0

When we have a theory sign,

0:04.0

got me, we got me, we got me. When we have a fear response, it's a legitimate physiological response, but you can choose

0:19.8

whether that fear becomes strength or you can do what I was doing which was trying numbing out.

0:26.1

Hey folks this is Mark Devine with the Unbeatable Mind podcast.

0:32.3

Welcome back. Thanks so much for joining me. Mark Devine with the Unbeatable Mind Podcast.

0:33.0

Welcome back.

0:34.1

Thanks so much for joining me.

0:35.4

Super stoked to have you.

0:37.0

100,000 things vying for your attention.

0:38.8

And here you are listening to this.

0:41.7

Wickedly cool. I appreciate that.

0:44.0

Also, I wanted to tell you about my new book that's coming out.

0:48.0

It's not out until March.

0:49.0

I mean, if it was up to me to be out right now, but the publisher has their little process to put it through.

0:55.1

The book is called Staring Down the Wolf and it is about emotionally mature leadership.

1:01.9

I've got some unbelievable stories in there

1:04.4

that you probably haven't heard about different

1:07.5

Speck Ops seal leaders really who've

1:10.0

stared down their wolf of fear and have brought it in a big way. And so I use those as

1:16.4

exemplars and then I also track some of my own path as a leader, particularly through my

1:22.1

failures. So it's probably the most vulnerable book that I've

1:24.8

written today. And it's really interesting. So, you know, look for that. You can pre-order it now at

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