Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

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The structure is really nice, as he describes his own experiences first and then draws lessons from them. It was midday now and the sun was high in the sky, having long since burned off the wispy clouds we’d seen earlier.

When things go wrong in war it’s often because there’s too big a gap between the way people think and the way they act. And there was shitloads of money, including wads and wads of cash in the cars that had been trying to get away. My ears were filled with screams, shouted instructions in Pashtun, and the constant crash and bang of what seemed like a thousand concussive collisions.They didn’t care how much danger they exposed these ordinary people to or how much disruption they inflicted on lives that were already precarious and tough. A lot of the time it’s because people get so focused on working on life that they forget to work on themselves. We could still see the piles of enemy gear and weapons we’d exploded burning fiercely as our Chinook climbed ever higher above the village.

The Americans would have blitzed up the whole fucking village, and they’d have felt justified doing that. And whatever the elders might have said to our intelligence officers, we couldn’t be sure whether we’d get a friendly reception from the villagers. It was easy enough read though so hence middle marks 3/5 but I wouldn’t rush to read his books again. To push yourself to your limits- you have to work hard to develop a strong harmony between your mind and body. It often felt like he had a certain word count to reach and was just fluffing up the chapters in any way that he could.This book won’t inspire you intellectually, and I think it’s fair to say that choosing this author for such an experience would be misguided. However, I am pleased and satisfied by the read and will be making a few key adjustments to my outlook going forward. The book communicated its message well and it's message is strong, encouraging, inspiring, and motivating.

For the duration, this is a solid outing, although, it does drop off on occasion and I did feel that some of it was repeated in previous tellings.We found weapons: a murderous tangle of AK-47s, RPGs and Dushkas, the Soviet-era heavy machine guns that the Taliban favoured. After twenty minutes or so the crowds had calmed down and we could get on with what we had been sent to do.