Unleashing the Warrior Within : Using the 7 Principels of Combat to Achieve Your Goals

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Summary: Great book - Lessons that can be applied every day
Review: While the material for this book has been gleaned from the author's years of intense military training, the lessons that he has taken away are equally applicable in daily life and don't have a militant tone to them. Machowicz understands that we aren't all Navy Seals but that all of us can use help making ourselves more effective in day-to-day life. This book accomplishes exactly that. Highly recommended for anyone who is looking for more out of life and is willing to exert some energy to get it.

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Summary: Crush Your Greatest Enemy
Review: While this book promises to help you "develop the focus, discipline, confidence and courage you need to achieve unlimited goals", perhaps its greatest gift to readers is the road map to conquering the biggest obstacle of all -- fear.

Ten-year veteran Navy SEAL Richard Machowicz uses a number of tools from his recent military career to help everyone -- and I mean everyone -- prioritize, organize and attack the most crucial and important parts of your life.

The writing style the author and his editor picked is perfect. It's straightforward and to the point in a conversational way. And that is another strength of this book, Machowicz talks to you as if you're sharing a beer together. He offers his thoughts, his foibles and his small victories along his way to become part of a highly coveted team in the world's most advanced military. The tales he shares about BUD/S and how he learned some of the lessons he shares in this book are a good hook to illustrate what he is talking about. I'm particularly intrigued that he is a relatively recent SEAL, so the stories and points are relevant to us now -- instead of rehashed stories about WWII or Vietnam.

For those who have previous experience, acronyms and organizational models like CARVER will be familiar. For others, he offers simple tools that continually help you focus on what's important and then how to attack the problem.

Despite the obvious military references and stories, a large portion of the real-life examples he uses come from his students -- people who are engaged in the kind of civilian jobs, families and problems that most can identify with.

Perhaps the best gauge of the readability of this book is it's perceived length -- it seemed too short! Although it comes in at 186 pages, you sense that Machowicz easily has more information to share and you're left thirsting for more.

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Summary: Don't read this review!
Review: You would have to be incredibly dense not to get something of value from this book. I am amazed to read that someone had the balls to actually say they read this book and got nothing out of it. This man served our country for 10 years as a Navy SEAL and did things most people would never dare dream. The insight he shares with the reader about taking his warrior mindset into the arena of life is fantastic. He never puts himself on a pedestal and if you have the ability to be "ruthlessly honest" as he puts it, you will be surprised at the clarity you receive from doing the exercises and drills. As for the way the book is written, it was riveting to me. The SEAL stories are excellent but it is the illustrations he makes with his students that I found most useful. I DO NOT KNOW Richard Machowicz but if he ever comes to New York I would be honored to meet him. Keep up the great work Mr. Machowicz I look forward to hearing more from you. I hope those other reviews did not get you down, I was an investigator for 12 years and I think those other reviews were all written by the same person. They all basically say the same exact thing and have the same rating. Not to bright if you ask me, probably a competitor. The really stupid thing they did was attacking the other reviewers. Final words, Great Book!