Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from Staring Down the Wolf by Mark Divine. Hope you enjoy! This is our third Note on one of Mark Divine’s books. Mark is a retired Navy SEAL Commander. He also has twenty-five years of experience as an entrepreneur. In this book, he draws on his decades of leadership experience to teach us the “7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams.” Big Ideas we explore include The Two Wolves (which one are YOU feeding?), the. 7 Commitments (Courage + Trust + Respect + Growth + Excellence + Resiliency + Alignment), Falling Down Seven Times (and getting back up eight), Semper Gumby (Always Flexible!), and Your #1 Fear to Stare Down Next (what's yours?). Get Staring Down the Wolf on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Staring-Down-Wolf-Leadership-Commitments/dp/1250231582 Learn more about Mark Divine: https://www.optimize.me/authors/mark-divine/ ► RELATED RESOURCES: Big Idea 1: 2 WOLVES - PN: Unbeatable Mind by Mark Divine → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/unbeatable-mind-mark-divine/ - +1: Staring Down the Wolf | Which One Are YOU Feeding? (#1103) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/staring-down-the-wolf/ - The Two Wolves | Let’s Name Them (To Tame Them) (#1104) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/the-two-wolves/ - Finding Joe documentary → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8nFACrLxr0 - +1: Helplessness vs. Optimism | Wolves, Dogs, and Us (#1105) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/helplessness-vs-optimism/ - PN: The Power of Agency by Paul Napper and Anthony Rao → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-power-of-agency-paul-napper-anthony-rao-ph-d/ - +1: Demons vs. Daimons | What to Feed Them (#919) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/demons-vs-daimons/ - +1: Aristotle’s Doctrine of the (Virtuous) Mean | vs. The Vices of Excess and Deficiency (#466) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/aristotles-doctrine-of-the-virtuous-mean/ Big Idea 2: VUCA - +1: The Optimize Compass | And How to Make One (#1128) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/the-optimize-compass/ Big Idea 3: FALL? RISE! - +1: Fall Down Seven Times | Get Up Eight (OMMS!) (#1106) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/fall-down-seven-times/ - PN: Grit by Angela Duckworth → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/grit-angela-duckworth/ - +1: OMMS | The Hero’s Mantra (#41) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/omms/ - Optimize Coach → https://optimize.me/coach/ Big Idea 4: SEMPER GUMBY - +1: Semper Gumby | Always Flexible, Optimus! (#1107) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/semper-gumby/ Big Idea 5: YOUR #1 = _____ - +1: Optimize = Optimus | = The Best Version of You (#367) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/optimize-optimus/ ► FREE 14-DAY TRIAL: Get the PhilosophersNote on Staring Down the Wolf and 600+ other books by starting a Free 14-Day trial membership to Optimize: https://www.optimize.me/trial/ ► MORE GOODNESS: - Get the Optimize App for iPhone & iPad: https://www.optimize.me/apps/ - Get the Optimize App for Android: https://www.optimize.me/apps/ - Subscribe to the Optimize Podcast: https://optimize.me/podcast/ - Follow Optimize on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BriantheOptimizer/ - Follow Optimize on Instagram: https://instagram.com/optimize.me/