# Becoming the 0.1%

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- Book: [Becoming the 0.1%](https://www.bookquiver.com/gareth-timmins/becoming-the-01) ([Becoming the 0.1%.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gareth-timmins/becoming-the-01.md))
- Authors: [Gareth Timmins](https://www.bookquiver.com/gareth-timmins)
- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-15-2936-352-4
- Published: 2021-08-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

Think like a Royal Marines Commando. Build an unbreakable mindset. Become the 0.1% Historical recruitment campaigns to become a Royal Marines Commando drew on an intriguing narrative: 99.9% Need Not Apply. In 2005, only one in a thousand applications for the Royal Marines were successful in reaching the end of training, earning the Coveted Green Beret - a world renowned symbol of excellence. Becoming the 0.1% is the first-ever diary account of this training regime, charting the journey of Gareth Timmins, a 20-year-old recruit at the time. Each week of training is accompanied by lessons on how he transformed his failures into success. It uses real-life and often terrifying experiences to describe to the reader the edge you need to cultivate a 0.1% mindset and succeed in life and work, by learning how to: - Visualise achievements - Combat fatigue and burnout - Stay motivated by not losing sight of the end goal - Eradicate complacency and achieve mastery - Redefine expectation and regulate disappointment - Live without convenience - Thrive under pressure - Break down self-imposed limitations - Be held accountable to others 'A practical and no-nonsense guide on dealing with the toughest situations, from someone who has been there and done it.' - Levison Wood