Making yourself unbreakable, with 27 lessons from the Dutch special forces

As one of the business coaches of tibor.nl, I have the pleasure of working with people with special forces background. I think CEOs and entrepreneurs can learn a lot from special forces, particularly in areas such as mindset, discipline, routine and fitness.

Unbreakable

Hence, “Niet te breken, word mentaal onverslaanbaar door ervaring en lessen van de Special Forces”, or “Unbreakable” in English by Sander Aarts.

Unbreakable

A book about special forces and lessons in leadership under extreme circumstances, team dynamics, cohesion and triumph over unbelievable odds. Lessons tested and forged in combat. The lessons from the book:

1. People are more important than equipment
2. Quality beats quantity
3. You cannot train special forces at scale.
4. You cannot suddenly create a competent team, it takes time.
5. You can’t operate a team outside other stakeholders
6. The power of special forces is in creativity and innovative solutions
7. The essential elements of special forces are speed, aggression, surprise and unpredictability
8. Your attitude, mood and behaviour has a…