The 5 Mountains of Personal Development

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The journey of personal development, of becoming a more excellent and extraordinary individual, can sometimes seem a little abstract. That’s why it’s helpful to imagine it as Mark Divine does, as a set of five metaphorical mountains to scale. Mark is a retired Navy SEAL Commander, a professor of leadership, a yogi, the creator of fitness and mindset programs like SEALFIT and Unbeatable Mind, and an author. He combines his two decades of military service with his study of martial arts and zen meditation to create the holistic warrior monk development philosophy that informs his work, including his latest book, Uncommon: Simple Principles for an Extraordinary Life. Today on the show, Mark acts as a guide to the topography of the five mountains of personal development and the daily practices that will help you summit them. We talk about why mastering the physical mountain comes first and climbing the intuitional mountain comes fourth, the Navy SEAL breathing practice that will help you develop your metacognition, how the Japanese concept of ikigai can help you find your purpose in life, and much more.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness
0:10.3	Podcast the Journey of Personal Development of
0:13.3	becoming a more excellent and extraordinary individual can sometimes seem a
0:16.7	little abstract. That's why it's helpful to imagine as Mark Devine does, as a set of
0:21.2	five metaphorical mounds to scale. Mark is a retired Navy Seal
0:24.9	Commander, a professor of leadership, a yogi, the creator of fitness and mindset
0:29.3	programs like Seal Fit and Unbeatable mind and an author.
0:32.8	He combines his two decades of military service
0:34.8	with his study of martial arts and Zen meditation
0:37.2	to create the holistic warrior monk development philosophy
0:39.8	that informs his work, including his latest book,
0:42.4	Uncommon, Simple Principles latest book, Uncommon.
0:43.0	Simple Principles for an Extraordinary Life.
0:45.0	Today on the show, Mark acts as a guide to the topography of the Five Mountains of
0:49.5	Personal Development and the daily practices that will help you summit them.
0:52.2	We talk about why mastering the physical mountain and the daily practices that will help you summit them.
0:53.0	We talk about why mastering the physical mountain comes first
0:55.0	and climbing the Intuitional Mountain comes forth,
0:58.0	the Navy SEAL breathing practice that will help you develop your metacognition,
1:01.0	how the Japanese concept of Icki can help you find your purpose in life,
1:04.7	and much more.
1:06.0	After the show is over, check at our show notes back to the show.
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