Building an Uncommon Champion helps parents guide their athletic children to learning lifelong principles to be confident, mentally tough, and capable of developing deeper, more meaningful relationships. Parents whose children desire to achieve the highest level in their sport, particularly hockey, find tools to aid their children in not just growing as athletes, but as people. Young athletes may have hopes of being on a college, NHL or Olympic team one day, but not many make it that far. Utilizing philosophies employed by Navy SEALS to build strong leaders and teams alongside anecdotes from years of experience in training and raising athletes, Jennifer Matras lays the groundwork for athletes to develop into better friends, teammates, and students. More than a book that focuses on the how-to's of building speed or strength, Building an Uncommon Champion shares details of Competitive Edge Skating, Inc.'s program, which is designed to give children an uncommon advantage with proven techniques to enhance and sustain their abilities in the arena, weight room, and classroom along with building world class leadership skills. Parents learn to help their children tap into their God-given tools to be the best they can be, leaving common for someone else!

SEALFIT (tm) was developed by retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine for the unique and specialised needs of professionals seeking to reach their fullest potential. To be SEALFIT means you embody the character traits of discipline, drive, determination, self-mastery, honor, integrity, courage, and authentic leadership. The SEALFIT athlete is different than the sport athlete. He or she demonstrates great endurance, the ability to train without equipment, preparation for the known and the unknown, and intense work capacity. These qualities allow strong individuals to thrive in life and lead by example. With 8 Weeks to SEALFIT the athlete will: master the unbeatable mind get the best workout available with the least amount of equipment take a level-headed approach to nutrition develop exceptional overall functional strength, fitness, and mental toughness - the qualities that make a Navy SEAL Through teamwork, mental and physical preparation, and proper nutrition, the SEALFIT athlete can cultivate the 'Kokoro' (warrior) spirit, helping them be unbeatable in life. Join the thousands of other SEALFIT athletes that have improved their well-being through these tried and true methods presented by Commander Mark Divine.

In "The Way of the SEAL," ex-Navy Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience and uncanny intuition. Along the way you'll reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. A practical guide for businesspeople or anyone who wants to be an elite operator in life, this book will teach you how to:

• Lead from the front, so that others will want to work for you
• Practice front-sight focus, the radical ability to focus on one thing until victory is achieved
• Think offense, all the time, to eradicate fear and indecisiveness
• Smash the box and be an unconventional thinker so you're never thrown off-guard by chaotic conditions
• Access your intuition so you can make "hard right" decisions
• Achieve twenty times more than you think you can
• and much more

Blending the tactics he learned from America's elite forces with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions, Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be.
Learn to think like a SEAL, and take charge of your destiny at work, home and in life.

Blending the tactics he learned from America’s elite force with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions, Mark Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a SEAL and take charge of your destiny at work, at home, and at life.

Want to be tough? Cool under fire? Able to sense danger before it’s too late? In The Way of the SEAL, retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. Along the way, you’ll reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen.

A practical guide for businesspeople (or indeed anyone) who need to know the secrets to success, the book will teach you how to:

• Lead from the front, so that others want to work for you
• Practice front sight focus, the radical ability to focus on one thing until victory is achieved
• Think offense, all the time, to eradicate fear and indecisiveness
• Smash the box and be an unconventional thinker so you are never thrown off-guard by chaotic conditions
• Access your intuition so you can make “hard right” decisions
• Achieve twenty times more than you think you can

In this updated and expanded edition, timely new chapters apply the principles to leading in an ever-accelerating world and leading in teams. Plus, new key takeaways distill the principles in the book into easier-to-use chunks.