The Progress Killer

Taking back control of a ship involves all the complexity of combat on land, but with all the risks of the ocean thrown in.

Diving at night in the pitch black, weighed down with assault equipment. Navigating underwater with a compass board. Fighting the cold and fatigue.

And that's just to get you to the start line!

Then the real work begins, dealing with the threat.

Training to build this ability takes months. Three dives a day, starting at 6am and finishing at midnight. It's relentless, but it works.

Physical skills, tactics, and strategy are crucial.

But if your mind isn’t disciplined. If you can’t control your emotional state. If you are not confident in your actions.

Then you won’t reach the standard.

Elite mental fitness is the separator.

This mental conditioning requires active training.

Back in the 50’s American scientist Kurt Lewin studied the most effective ways to learn.

His finding was striking.
↳ Reading or listening to information resulted in around 10% knowledge transfer.

Actually doing the thing - or at least trying to - resulted in 90%.

Physical fitness isn’t built by reading about push-ups. Mental fitness isn’t developed by listening to a podcast.

Real-world practice leads to mastery.

This is why reps in mental fitness matter.

If only 10% of knowledge sticks from passive learning, then reading about mindset isn’t enough.

Elite mental fitness is built through action—not theory.