Mike Gillette – Strength Psychology

Mike Gillette – Strength Psychology

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The 3 Psychological ‘Shortcuts’ Used by Special Forces and Secretive Government Agencies that Rapidly Transforms Ordinary Guys-Like-Us Into Tough Minded, Nerves of Steel, Combat-Ready ‘Warriors’

For the first time EVER, World Renowned US Tactical Trainer shows you the EXACT-same mind-strengthening techniques he’s used to train agents from the FBI and DEA to law enforcement, so you too can develop a strong mind, achieve peak performance and deal with ANY situation… in less than 10 minutes a day

Tuesday 03, 2020

Dear Friend,

Why is it that some guys NEVER lose their cool, no matter what the situation?

When a situation gets REAL, there’s always a guy who everyone relies upon…

… who doesn’t FREAK OUT and embarrass themselves.

… who knows EXACTLY what to do.

… who EVERYONE looks up to.

… who COMMANDS respect.

What’s different about ‘that’ guy?

He knows a focused mind is your best defense against ANY situation. He’s mentally tough.

But here’s the thing…

… YOU could be ‘that’ guy.

Hey, anyone could be ‘that’ guy.

No-one is born with a tough mind. Developing mental toughness is a learned skill.

It’s the same skill our military uses to rapidly toughen up raw recruits so they’re combat-ready within WEEKS.

It’s the same skill put in action when you see a firefighter rush headlong into a burning building without any thought for their own safety.

It’s the same skill a police officer uses when he needs to instantly control a situation where hundreds of lives are at stake.

And for the first time in the public domain… you have a shortcut to developing this skill.

Hi, my name is Mike Westerdal and I’m a national best selling fitness author, sports nutritionist, personal trainer, Iron Man magazine contributor and founder of the internet’s longest-standing strength site, CriticalBench.com.

In a moment, I’m going to reveal to you the three ‘shortcuts’ – never before revealed outside the walls of the military and law enforcement agencies’ training rooms.

These are psychological secrets used to transform any guy, regardless of size, age or experience, into a mentally tough, hard-as-nails ‘Warrior’.

But before I do that, I have to ask the question:
“Why have guys today become mentally-weak wimps?”

There’s something wrong with our mindset.

Now, some guys may stop reading this right now. They’re in denial or their ego is getting in the way… and that’s the first sign of mental weakness. Because until you accept you may be vulnerable, and you can’t take the steps you need to develop mental toughness.

Every day, I deal with guys who spend years developing their physical strength.

They build muscles to help them look good and feel good. They dedicate hours to prepare themselves for whatever challenge is put in their way. Many of these guys think they’re tough, that they’re ready for anything.

They’re not.

Here’s a wake-up call: If you think toughness is ANYTHING to do with the size of your muscles or your physical strength, think again.

ALL toughness is mental.

If you don’t have a tough mind…
What good is it having all your fighting skills, survival tactics and physical fitness
if you freak out and lose your cool when things get real?

It didn’t use to be this way. Men used to be able to keep their cool. We were expected to remain composed in the face of adversity.

Our fathers and grandfathers were tough-minded because they lived tough lives.

They fought wars against enemies who threatened their very existence.

Life wasn’t easy back then. And it turned boys into men.

They had no choice BUT to develop a strong mind.

It’s not your fault. Modern life has made us soft. Our mental strength isn’t tested and strengthened hour-by-hour, day-by-day as it used to be.

We don’t have to hunt for food… we just drive to a grocery store and grab what we want off the shelf.

We don’t have to fight for shelter… we live comfortably in our homes with our modern conveniences and TV.

We don’t have to keep our emotions under control… we’re encouraged to ‘let it all out’ and express “what we really think”.

We live relatively comfortable lives.

But, here’s the problem. When we’re called on to control our emotions during stressful situations – whether it’s job related, in the gym, at home or even, God forbid, an actual physical confrontation – we’re vulnerable.

To use a military term, we’re no longer ‘combat effective’. And it’s a problem…

… we’ve lost our edge.

Whether we know it or not, we’re paralyzed by fear that makes us ‘freeze’ when the chips are down.

How do we fight back and toughen up our minds? There are only two options:

1) Join the armed forces and gain the scars of a tough mind on the battlefield, or

2) Learn from the guy who the FBI, DEA, military and other government agencies turn to when they need their guys toughened up…

That’s why I want to tell you about the toughest person I know.
Mike Gillette

Mike Gillette was one of the smallest and weakest kids in his class who grew up in a household overwhelmed by domestic violence and substance abuse.

Yet, he overcame all this to become a real life action hero.

It’s a life which includes time spent as:

An army paratrooper
A SWAT commander
A member of the Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame
A counter-terrorism consultant to the Department of Homeland Security
A bodyguard to Fortune 500 executives and film stars, like Sylvester Stallone, and…
A record-setting strongman who has been featured in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not and Guinness World Records

 

He has over 25 different use-of-force and weapons systems instructor designations to his name. He’s been an in-demand tactical trainer for a literal alphabet soup of elite government agencies – FBI, DEA, DHS and TSA (in fact, he literally wrote the training manual for those last two).

You’d look at all those accolades and, like me, think to yourself “man, he must have been BORN a hero…”

But you’d be wrong.

You see, when Mike was a child he couldn’t have been further away from the person he is today.

He was small. He was weak. And he was afraid of EVERYTHING.

His personal story is one of weakness transformed into strength.

Because mental strength isn’t genetic. You’re not born with toughness of mind.

No. Mike developed a tough mind by dealing with what life threw at him.

He knows what it takes to go from your ‘today’ self to your tough-minded ‘warrior’ self. He understands you can literally take ANYONE – applying his Three Steps of mastering mental toughness – and instantly improve how they deal with situational changes or a crisis when it arises.

I’ll reveal Mike’s Three Steps of Tough Mind Mastery in a moment. But first let me hand it over to Mike to explain how he overcame every obstacle life threw at him to become the tough guy he is today.
A personal message from Mike Gillette

I live an unusual life. It’s been an amazing life. I’ve dreamt big, worked hard and done my best to make strong decisions. Decisions that have helped me get to those dreams. But the truth is I never expected to have this life. This is my story.

I had a tough childhood. I was the result of an unintended pregnancy and my parents split-up when I was three. My mother was left with me, no money and a lot of anger. She pursued bad relationships with bad men. Men who would abuse her.

Eventually she settled on one relationship. A relationship which would suck the life from her. And from me.

Growing up, I saw my mother get punched, kicked and choked. One night she was thrown down a flight of stairs. Sometimes we would leave. But we always went back.

I was often left alone. Some days there was no food in the house. I remember being eight or nine years old and putting myself to bed. Or boiling beef bouillon cubes for my dinner. But the one thing we never seemed to lack was alcohol. It was everywhere. If you’ve ever watched that TV show Cops you’ll notice that wherever the cops go, inside every house they respond to looks the same: chaos. That was how we lived.

As I grew older the violence got worse. One night, after having her head beaten against the living room wall, my mother went to the doctor. A brain tumor was discovered. After a year of treatment, she died. I was fifteen.

My life became a mess. I descended into drugs and alcohol. As much and as often as I could. In February 1981, at the age of 18, I decided I’d had enough. I checked into a motel, consumed a ridiculous amount of booze and pain killers and lay down on the bed waiting to die. Much to my surprise, I woke up the next day, very much alive. Which led me to conclude two things.

1) I must be hard to kill

2) Since I was still alive, then maybe there was a reason that I had been given a second chance.

A few months later I reconnected with a girl I dated in high school a couple years earlier. Although we had nothing in common, I had always been drawn to her. She was a good person, the kind of person I would have liked to have been. We began doing things together. One of those things was going to church.

Later that year – the same year my life almost ended – was also the year that my life really began, as a follower of Jesus Christ.

Now, I’m not here to discuss religion; I’m just telling my story. And it would be dishonest if I were to leave out what I consider to be the most important part of that story.

So what happened next?

I wanted to live as differently as I possibly could from who I used to be. I wanted to help people. I was too young to become a cop and college was too expensive, so I joined the Army.

Things clicked. The harder I worked, the more I was rewarded. The Army was the first place I’d ever experienced this dynamic and it was the place where I started to dream big. Through my service, I became eligible for an ROTC scholarship, allowing me to pursue my military career as an officer. In 1984, I started college at the University of Arizona.

On the last day of my first semester, I went on a climbing trip with some friends. A day which started pleasantly enough. We were to rappel from a railway bridge into a canyon and climb back out. The leader of the group had loaned me some rappelling gear that I had not used before so I had to rely on him to set it up for me.

As soon as I stepped off the bridge I immediately knew something was wrong. The equipment had not engaged and I was rocketing towards the canyon floor. The only thing I could do to avoid certain death was to wrap myself around my rope. I wrapped every limb around that rope… and experienced the worst pain I’d ever felt as it burned through my gloves, trousers, shirt… and skin.

It was the most intense pain I’ve ever experienced… that is, until I slammed into the canyon floor, breaking my back and ankles.

Later that day in the emergency room my orthopedic surgeon told me the ‘good’ news: I would walk again… but I would never run or jump out of airplanes any more. I had, in one day, lost the life I’d wanted and worked so hard for.

I spent the next four and a half years working to reclaim my physical self. With more setbacks than successes, it was a dark and painful period.

What was hard for me to keep in perspective during those years of pain and frustration was that I should not have survived that fall. I had actually been given a second chance. For a second time.

So how does this story turn out?

Well, hard work got me back to where I wanted to be physically. And once that happened I was able to go back to dreaming big.

Over the years I’ve continued to work hard and my dreams have gotten bigger. Even today, I’m accomplishing goals that just a few years ago, would have seemed impossible to me.

I went from a scared person to this person.

I went from a weak person to the person I am now.

I’ve been given the strength to live an amazing life, to do amazing things, things that people who knew me way back when would never believe.

How did Mike Gillette overcome catastrophe after catastrophe and still pull himself together to become one of the world’s most deadly renowned tactical trainers?

Most people would have been crushed by those experiences, but not Mike. What was his ‘secret’ to bouncing back from adversity?
What gave Mike the power to lead his amazing life was mastery over his mind.
In life, you’re either a hammer or a nail. Which one depends on how YOU choose to deal with circumstances

This is what it comes down to…

Every professional knows you have to be mentally strong to achieve success in your field.

Ever wondered how the most successful business leaders got to where they are today, regardless of their background or how smart they are?

Have you wondered what world class Olympic athletes possess that makes them go just that bit further to leave the losers in their wake… even when the other guys train just as hard?

And why is it some people seem to so effortlessly and easily find money, success and power?

There’s a missing link that tips you from being “everyone else” to becoming the greatest in your field.

It’s what makes YOU a winner… rather than the guy who came second.

And it’s this:
A Tough Mind.

Because a tough mind is a ‘winning’ mind.

You see, mental toughness isn’t just knowing how to cope in a ‘combat’ situation or staying calm and collected when faced with danger…

… it goes WAY further than that.

That’s what Mike Gillette showed me.

That, by gaining greater mental toughness, you could break through any plateau and ANY barrier.

That you could put fear aside and achieve anything you wanted.

Literally, nothing can hold you back once you gained control of your mind.

As he says:
Master control of your mind to gain ultimate control of your body

Mike Westerdal Bench Pressing
Over 600 Pounds in Competition

For many years, I’ve pushed myself and others to reach the peak of our physical performance.

I’ve carefully planned and executed sophisticated workout and nutritional programs to ensure I reached my physical max. I’ve left no stone unturned scraping out incremental improvement over incremental improvement.

But one day, a while back, I hit a plateau.

I was trying to increase the weight I was benching but nothing – no changes in my diet, nor changes to my routine – would push me past my current weight. I had yet to hit a 600 pound bench press in practice or in competition. (If you’re anything like me, you’ll know the feeling of the frustration that follows when you hit a ceiling.)

No matter what I tried, it didn’t work.

Then one day, while waiting in a doctor’s office I picked up a psychology journal left on the coffee table. Flipping through it my eye rested on a story about pro athletes and peak performance. Right then it hit me. It wasn’t a physical solution I needed, but a mindset change.
I had a psychological barrier.
But I had no idea how to overcome it.

After hearing about Mike Gillette I managed to get into one of his strength psychology master classes where he revealed to a select audience the secret mental strength techniques he’d used when training special forces and law enforcement officers. Within hours, I was a changed man.

That 600 pound bench press barrier I’d struggled to overcome for months and months was put to the sword within days of hearing Mike’s inspirational words and following his simple, easy-to-do mindset exercises.

A few weeks later, I called Mike to discuss the changes I’d experienced.

I asked him if it was unusual the amount of progress I’d made in such a short time. Mike casually said ‘no’ and that most of his students reported life-changing results after spending just a few hours with him.

I was in stunned disbelief and I practically shouted down the phone at him…
“Mike, you HAVE to share this with the world…!!”

For the first time, I’d seen that developing a tough mind was a learned skill.

You are NOT born with it.

Because of this ANYONE can become mentally tough.

No matter what your background, your ability and what stage you’re at now, you CAN increase your ability to handle every kind of stress – physical, mental and emotional – and not let emotions control you.
You CAN have a calm and disciplined mind that gives you focus and strength when a crisis hits.
You CAN develop the kind of military-grade situational awareness that gives you the vital edge when you need it.
And Mike can hand the power to you to take control instead of letting circumstances get the better of you.

And here’s how.

Earlier, I promised to share with you Mike’s three foundations for developing an iron mind with mental toughness to make you ‘combat-ready’. Here they are:
The 3 Steps to a Tough Mind
Step 1:
Mindset

The first step is to understand the power your mind has over your physical state.

Letting your emotions run you will compromise your ability to act quickly and with purpose.

Wrestling back control and harnessing your emotions marks the start of the battle to mental toughness.
Step 2:
Planning

Like training your body to be leaner, more muscular or stronger using a program, you can also train your mind to be quicker, stronger and more effective.

During this stage, planning and preparing to achieve your goals reinforces your mental strength. This is where most people fail as they don’t choose a mentor who has the right expertise to develop their mental toughness.
Step 3:
Mastery

A tough mind needs to be constantly tested to remain on high alert. Just like an athlete’s body, it can’t be left to go limp and weak.

That’s why constant maintenance and regularly pushing the boundaries of what you and your mind are capable of, forms the path to mastery of your mind. Simply put, get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Develop a tough mind, today…
… tomorrow, discover your ‘Warrior’ self

Using these principles, Mike Gillette has trained countless men and women to develop world class tough minds in every field he’s worked in.

At last, I’ve persuaded Mike to open up his toolbox of psychological techniques and share with you the ‘insider’ secrets he uses to train soldiers, law enforcement officers and… well, basically ANYONE who needs to develop mental toughness quickly and efficiently.

He gave me unprecedented access to all his notes and research. However, there was so much advice and so many techniques contained within all this information, to bundle it up and drop it on your lap would overwhelm you.

That’s why we’ve spent the last six months carefully selecting the most targeted and relevant advice for you. And we’ve created a complete step-by-step program that gets you from your ‘today’ self to your ‘warrior’ self as quickly as possible.

We’ve filtered out all the technical detail and present this incredible material in the most accessible and easy-to-follow way possible. Even if you’ve never been exposed to many of these techniques before, you’ll grasp the concepts quickly and be able to apply them IMMEDIATELY.I’ve seen the power of these lessons on the human mind. I understand the confidence, the power and belief you’ll gain by learning to be mentally tough. That’s why I want to get this material to you as soon as possible. You’ll want to implement and use this right away.

So let me present to you…
The Psychology
of Strength Program
Psychology of Strength gives you a practical, step-by-step blueprint
to rapidly developing mental toughness and suppress
the fear and self-limiting beliefs that sabotage your success.
It’s the world’s first Psychology of Strength program designed to show you how to develop a tough mind that combines
training secrets from law enforcement, military training, sports psychology, hypnosis, martial arts and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).
Psychology of Strength is available as a 2-disc DVD set complete with a comprehensive
Strong Mind Manual designed to be used alongside the presentations.

The program includes presentations delivered by the most highly respected mental strength coach in the world, Mike Gillette. In every presentation he’ll share every ‘insider’ secret and strategy he knows to help you develop a tough mind.

Strategies like…

The simple “30 Second Mindset Switch” you can INSTANTLY flick on in your head to do a 180 degree change in how you feel about fear.
The secret to “keeping your head, when all around you others are losing their minds”… Mike reveals the science behind staying cool, calm and collected and how you can quickly learn to override your body’s natural instinct to panic.
Learn the tactics used by the world’s deadliest special forces units to access a high state of alertness, so you’ll be aware of present and future danger to yourself or your family on a daily basis.
How to permanently maintain a ‘Red State’ of heightened awareness of your surroundings and conditions, so you can see danger before 99.9% of the population who live in a ‘zombie’ white state. (Imagine walking into a room and instantly assessing who’s a threat and where the escape routes are. Like Jason Bourne, you’ll ‘see everything’…).

The REAL secret to overcoming fear and why you’ll never escape from its clutches while you hold on to the THREE critical limiting beliefs (don’t worry, Mike reveals exactly what they are and shows you straightforward, practical strategies to immediately wrestle these killers from your mind).
How to systematically break down your fears and overcome fear FASTER using ‘scare’ tactics to school your mind to be calm in the face of danger.
The No. 1 killer question you MUST ask yourself the second you feel fear (forgetting this could be the difference between life and death).
Why complexity is the ENEMY of planning and why SPECIFICITY is the be-all-and-end-all of setting goals you’ll actually achieve (to demonstrate exactly what this means in practice, Mike takes you step-by-step through a plan to improve your physical condition in just 90 days).
The goal-setting mistake 99% of people make that’s a self-belief killer and guarantees you’ll fail to achieve your goals through no fault of your own…
… And the sure-fire success method to setting goals so you can forever erase the pattern of try-fail-try-fail. Mike shows you exactly how to design solid, bullet-proof goals that’ll set off a domino effect of achievement.
Discover how to intentionally control your mind and get rid of self-limiting beliefs and kill the frustration of hitting a plateau.

The REAL reason you’ve hit the barriers and can’t level up your progress. (Here’s a clue: it has NOTHING to do with your skills, ability, intelligence or how hard-working you are and has EVERYTHING to do with a ‘strange’ blindspot in your thinking)
How to design ‘excellent’ goals and the THREE mission-critical parts of any goal you need to consider (make the error of forgetting any of these and your objectives are doomed to fail!)
How you can learn to love the pursuit of your goals and why the journey is critical to developing mental toughness (this tip may change how you view your entire strategy for achieving your life goals).
The ONE question you need to constantly ask yourself to speed up your results and develop operational efficiency (WARNING: get your ‘feedback mechanism’ wrong and it can DESTROY your results… Mike shows you what you need to do to avoid the ‘Feedback Trap’.)
The Science of Service: the damaging misconception about serving others that’ll change the way you think about the world (add this mind-changing serve-others strategy to MULTIPLY your impact on your family, your community and the world).

The “Skyscraper” Approach to Goal Adjustment – Mike reveals why your planning needs to be flexible to quickly adapt to changing situations and avoid getting caught out by external circumstances you can’t control.
How to develop a “Chess Player” mindset and become a master of strategy over your own life.
The six quick-and-easy steps to success-proof your goals (what you’ll gain from this alone is worth the price of the whole program).
How to “Red Team” your goals and quickly identify vulnerabilities and weakness in your planning. (Just learning this skill alone will IMMEDIATELY deliver benefits in all areas of your life).
Harness the power of visualization (the leading technique used by the world’s most successful athletes and leaders) to direct your energy, still your emotions and develop a strong mind.
How to avoid living REACTIVELY, seize the initiative in ANY situation and exert the greatest possible influence on your life (this exercise ALONE could save your life)
Empty your mind of distracting thoughts that block your ability to assess situations critically and calmly (Mike shows you how to build focus and awareness through this simple exercise which requires you to do nothing more than relax).

Develop the ‘winning’ mindset of world-class athletes, super-successful leaders and pioneers by learning pain tolerance and being comfortable with ‘being uncomfortable’ (it’s the MOST important skill to DISCIPLINE your mind and Mike shows you the proven technique to achieve it using just a candle and a stopwatch. Seriously!)
Why you should NEVER ‘embrace’ your fears but instead learn Mike’s strategy to manage fear.
Why you need SOME fear to survive and protect yourself and your family and why most psychologists coaches are just plain WRONG when they suggest ‘banishing’ fear although (it’s not only unrealistic, it completely overlooks the protective role fear plays in your live)
What the THREE different ‘forms’ of fear are and why you need to understand them before you can control them… and how to recognize them instantly so you don’t get caught.
Why the final fear is the most dangerous and is solely responsible for keeping you from realizing your full potential (what Mike reveals about the fear of public speaking in this section will FOREVER change how you think about presenting in front of other people).
The mindset strategy that successful people use to deal with fear that unsuccessful people struggle to see.

Following the Three Steps to Tough Mind Mastery I mentioned earlier, the program is conveniently broken down into three parts which follow each step. Here’s what they cover:
STAGE 1:
The Mindset of Mental Toughness

In the first section, Mike explains exactly what it takes to develop mental toughness by learning to consciously control your thoughts. In this detailed analysis of the biochemical process which affects your state of “readiness”, he reveals why controlling your emotions is straightest line to a tough mindset.

Mike also discusses how to achieve Peak Performance State, that magical state where you smash personal bests and instantly break through barriers holding you back. He reveals how to start bridging the mental ‘gap’ between your current state and your hero state and why negative thinking seriously sabotage your performance.