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Mar 2025
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1040: Building an Unstoppable Mindset wi...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Former Navy SEAL Alden Mills shares his battle-tested strategies for building mental toughness. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to push past fear 

2) How to master the mindset loop 

3) How to direct your emotions 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1040 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT ALDEN — 

Alden Mills is on a mission to help 100 million people Be Unstoppable. He is a three-time bestselling author, the Inc. 500 CEO of Perfect Fitness, and the founder of multiple businesses. Throughout his time as a businessman founding and leading multiple companies, he has been awarded over 40 patents.

A former Navy SEAL, he is a three-time platoon commander and ranked #1 platoon commander each time. Alden teaches people, teams, and organizations to Be Unstoppable. Entrepreneur magazine recently ranked him the #1 top virtual speaker. 

• Book: Unstoppable Mindset: How to Use What You Have to Get What You Want 

• Website: Alden-Mills.com 

• Get a free copy of Randy’s e-book by visiting his Contact Form and writing down Pete or Awesome in the “How did you hear about us?” field! 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts by Leo Tolstoy 

• Book: Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business by John Mackey, Steve Mcintosh, and Carter Phipps 

• Book: Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You by Ethan Kross 

• Past episode: 957: How to Push Past Discomfort and Expand Your Comfort Zone with Dr. Marc Schoen 


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