Former Navy SEAL Rich Diviney On The Attributes That Drive Optimal Performance

Today's guest and what he shares with us will give you a deeper look into how we can maximize our potential not just by learning more skills, but instead by strengthening our attributes. Very seldom are attributes looked at as a way to determine someone's capabilities or potential for success...and there is a very good reason why. Skills you can see and are teachable. Attributes on the other hand are rarely seen, nor can be taught. You will learn today of the innate attributes we all have, but how to determine where your strengths or weaknesses lie and then what we can do to work towards developing our attributes.  My guest today is former Navy Seal commander Rich Diviney.  In a career spanning more than twenty years, he completed more than thirteen overseas deployments—eleven of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan. As the officer in charge of training for a specialized command, Diviney spearheaded the creation of a directorate that fused physical, mental, and emotional disciplines. He led his small team to create the first-ever "Mind Gym" that helped special operators train their brains to perform faster, longer, and better in all environments—especially high-stress ones. Since his retirement in early 2017, Diviney has worked as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant with the Chapman & Co., Leadership Institute and Simon Sinek Inc. He's taught leadership and optimal performance to more than five thousand business, athletic, and military leaders from organizations such as American Airlines, the San Francisco 49ers, and Zoom Also Rich just released his newest book THE ATTRIBUTES: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance. Where he explores the very clear difference between attributes and skills. Do you have what it takes to succeed in any situation? According to a retired commander, true optimal performance goes beyond just skill. It's all about THE ATTRIBUTES As someone who was recruited to create elite teams within the elite, Rich's understanding of using not our skills which can be trained, but our natural attributes like leadership, decisiveness, humor and even narcissism to everyone's advantage. Rich has a unique perspective and ability to break a complex idea into usable information for our own lives, and we can direct this knowledge in business, personal, or wherever we are looking to get more out of ourselves, our groups, or our teams. You will learn: how you can bring certainty to uncertainty how to utilize times of challenges to grow even more the importance of controlling your controllables difference between your personal traits and your attributes the 5 umbrellas of attributes  what is task switching  difference between self-discipline and discipline asking ourselves better questions what's it mean to know your 3-foot world peak and optimal performance  how to shift out of fear and anxiety what determines you are a Leader  For full show notes and episode resources head to https://ericalippy.com/rich-diviney/ Find our guest at: https://theattributes.com/ @rich_diviney @theattributes Take The Free Assessment Tool Please don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! FIND YOUR HOST: https://www.instagram.com/ericalippy PASSION LOVE PURSUIT INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/passionlovepursuit/ PASSION LOVE PURSUIT FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/passionlovepursuit/ PASSION LOVE PURSUIT PODCASTS: https://ericalippy.com/the-podcast/