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Life on the X: A Navy SEAL's Guide to Meeting Any Challenge with Courage, Confidence, and Readiness
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Publisher Price: $16.95
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Mar 7 2023
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Life is full of high-stakes and high-pressure moments and opportunities. Are you prepared to tackle them?
Work, family, relationships-life is demanding. A high-stress situation, or being on the X where all the pressures converge, could be right around the corner. How will you confront it? Your ability to succeed in stressful and challenging situations and seize opportunities depends on how you show up to face these moments. When you're up against obstacles, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed and underprepared. But the battles you face are won when you prepare for life on the X.
Life on the X shares strategies used by the world's highest performers. In this guide, you will discover tactics that elite athletes, military special operators, and successful business leaders use to thrive under pressure and deliver world-class results.
You can triumph when you are deliberate in how you prepare for, execute, and assess your actions in the most important moments in your life. By learning the skills and methods of top performers, you can meet the X with courage and confidence.
Are you ready to bring your A game to life?
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