Brian Johnson introduces Alden Mills' new book Unstoppable Mindset, which draws on Navy SEAL and entrepreneurial stories to show how persistence means continuing after you've been stopped. The episode walks you through a reflection exercise: recall a time you pushed through, then bring that energy to a challenge you're facing now.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. I love Alden Mills. I'm not sure how we originally connected, but I'm very happy we did. I read his first book, Be Unstoppable years ago. I read it by myself first. Then I read it with Emerson. It is fantastic. Check out the notes and get it note. Alden wrote that for his four boys. If you have kids, I think they'll love it. Naegoo Inside joke. If you've been following along, check out the plus one on that one. Then I read Alden's second book, Unstoppable Teams and we even produced a class on it with Alden called Unstoppable Teams 101. Check those out in the app as well. So when Alton told me he was writing a new book and asked me if I'd be willing to write a little blurb for him, I told him absolutely. Here's the blurb I wrote that happens to be on the back cover of his book. In Unstoppable Mindset, Alden Mills tells us that we are more powerful than we realize, then gives us a practical step by step guide to activate our heroic potential. I highly recommend the book for everyone looking to forge the mindset we need to make a difference in the world. It's a pretty good overview if I say so myself. Now the book is packed with great stories about and big ideas from Alden's Navy SEAL training days and his time as a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, along with great stories and ideas from his entrepreneurial days as the founder and CEO of an Inc. 500 fastest growing company and as a devoted father of four boys. We're going to chat about some of my favorite ideas in the next few plus ones. For now. Know this quote to be unstoppable doesn't mean you have never been stopped. It means you've been stopped and you know how to keep going. And that is what we are doing here. Learning to be unstoppable when we make mistakes and encounter obstacles. Today's plus one is simple. If you feel so inspired, think back to a time in your life when you were getting your butt kicked. You were almost stopped, but you somehow found the courage to keep going. Seriously. Pause. Reflect. Imagine one time in your life when you were almost stopped, but you kept going. You got it? Fantastic. Now think of a current challenge you're facing. Think back to that time when you were unstoppable and feast on that hero bar as you use your current challenge as fuel for your next level growth today. Little ps here. My all time favorite song is called Unstoppable. It's by the score. I've listened to it hundreds of times. We've got a link to it in this plus one. Check it out.
