By: Richard “Mach” Machowicz”
Richard Machowicz is one of the most compelling and gripping self help writers in the field today. You may know him best from his Discovery Channel TV career with “Future Weapon” series. Or you may have come across his unique martial arts discipline of Bukido (TM). His finest teachings and life philosophy are distilled in this one book, but do not be deterred by the machismo implied in the title. Rather, think of this as a recipe book – explaining the author’s unique brand of motivation and the different success skills he learned serving with the U.S. Navy SEALS.
This single book is devastatingly powerful in its insights and has genuine potential to revolutionize the shape of our thinking. Mack’s genius is to focus on the psychological attitudes that elite special forces teams deploy. The “Warrior” he speaks of in the title is nothing to do with fighting others, but rather of self-mastery, of personal achievement. The book opens explosively. Mack pitches us straight into Hell Week, the infamous endurance test that all new recruits to the SEALS must pass. As he is kept awake for days on Coronado Island in San Diego, he is dragged through rocks and surf and ripped by stones, carrying canoes so heavy they can break necks. Recruit after recruit quits the training, ringing on a brass bell to signify they surrender. Their career with the SEALS is over. Mack endures, taking the more Churchillian approach that “When you are going through hell, keep going”. He makes it through Hell Week by repeating a simple mantra and positive affirmation – “The only two ways I can be defeated are if I give up or die”. Later on he develops this simple phrase into his compelling core philosophy – “Not Dead, Can’t Quit” (TM).
Hint: If nothing else, read “Three dynamic elements of COMBAT”
Targets – - – - dictate – - – - Weapons
Weapons – - – - dictate – - – - Movement
Imagine a punch thrown from a boxer like Mike Tyson, or a kick of Bruce Lee’s. Lethal, right? Wrong.
No matter how powerful they are, they don’t have any effect —– unless they hit the target.
“The difference between success and failure comes down to just one thing: YOUR ABILITY TO FOCUS ON A TARGET.”
