Mental Toughness Skills for a Nation's Peacekeepers

It was a very good book and quite informative. It helped me discover much about myself and those around me. It also helps one to understand much of how the world works and why it does the way it does.

I was surprised this book is so popular. While there is some good information and techniques discussed, so much of the book is filled with quotes that don't add much to the content. Lots of repetition and filler.

The content is decent so far. Nothing terribly new for those involved in combatives, but it's solid and thought provoking. My biggest complaint with the book is the lack of editing. It's seriously horrible in Kindle format. Stringsofwordsputtogetherwithoutany spaces, overandover. It's distracting and screws up the flow of the writing quite a bit.

Great book to train the mind with interesting insights. Tried to buy it but out of print and the paperback in used condition was out of site in price. An excellent book to train the mind for remaining engaged when all about you is in turmoil.

For full disclosure, I am not involved in the armed forces, but rather a general civilian. I purchased this book based on positive reviews I have received stating that this book was backed by concrete scientific research and studies, a feature many "mindset books" lack.

This book does not disappoint in that area. Warrior Mindset contains numerous practical exercises for developing a stronger mind and backs each exercise with research for doing so. The book is clearly laid out and easy to follow. Warrior Mindset is directed at the armed forces, so naturally numerous examples are from armed forces or police scenarios. There are also numerous sports examples and occasionally other professions. Despite this, I was pleasantly surprised of the take-aways from each chapter as they are very much relevant to whatever field you are in, specially the practical exercises.

The only downside to this book is it is dry. The research is of huge benefit, but sometimes I craved for a more personal sounding voice to the authors. It reads like a manual. This could be a positive or negative depending on your taste.

Overall, if you have come from a world of lightly backed research books on mindset that make you feel good, but provide little practicality; this book will be refreshing. It is raw, honest, and to the point. But realize this book IS directed towards the armed forces.

Finally, a book that actually tests your warrior skills and shows you how you can improve your performance. This short review cannot do this book justice. This is not a book you can just skim over. It is more like an academic text that should be studied in order to get the most benefit. As someone who actually enjoys taking tests, after taking this test, I personally was not pleased with my performance on this warrior mindset examination. Even though I successfully passed each section, I also found out the areas that I need to improve upon to be a more complete and effective warrior. If you desire to really live as a warrior, this is a book that must be read and studied.

This book covers the entire realm of what it takes to be a warrior. It begins by a screening examination to determine your strong areas and where you need to improve yourself. It moves to the importance of physical conditioning (This is where I scored the maximum), handling the stress of combat, a mental attack plan, developing concentration skills, tactical performance factors, tactical self-talk and mental toughness, the danger of negative thoughts and the importance of having the winning warrior attitude Do not pass up the appendix sections because they have some very valuable instructions on how to use relaxation techniques for warriors.

In conclusion, all serious military and law enforcement officers and trainers should have a copy of this excellent book in their personal library and continually review themselves and their students using this book as a guide.

Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Monadnock Defensive Tactics System)

Decent book... lots of information on various mental strengthening techniques and the studies that show that they work. Pretty good from a scientific standpoint, but not much as far as stirring up inspiration.

No reason to make separate reviews since I bought these both at the same time.

Epictetus says that the purpose of philosophy is to make life better. In this regard most philosophers are failures, Kierkegard, Hume, Spinoza all write a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo that don't mean squat to the average person, nor do they enlighten us how to be better humans and thus live better. Even Nietzsche at least paints a picture that you can utilize to your advantage even if he could not. The book the Warrior Mindset is comparable to works like those from Spinoza, irrelevant.

When I bought The Warrior Mindset I expected a work that both inspired me and informed me on how to be better than I am. How to handle tough people and situations. It fails miserably by boring you to death with definitions, statistics, figures, and other wonky crap that doesn't actually help you. The chapters are titled things like fear and the warrior mindset or arousal and the warrior mindset and all they do is tell you about distractions from having a warrior mindset as if this is something we all have but these distractions are in the way. You don't grow a garden by merely pulling weeds you got to plant seeds as well. If you've ever read a self help book just imagine the first three utterly useless chapters. Now make the whole book like that. Not to mention the world arousal is used almost as many times as St Augustine asks for forgiveness.

Leadership and Training by Paul R. Howe is completely different. It is written by a plain spoken and experienced person instead of a smug psychologist or a public speaker. It's written in chapters not in bullet points. There wasn't a bunch of lame ass chapters about problems that get in the way of having the right attitude it gives you the answers to having the right attitude. Things like step one, have a good reason for what you do, something to fight for. Sounds simple and obvious but how many of us have actually thought of something that really inspires us to do our job(other than to receive a paycheck). If you don't believe in what you do then you will be weak and thus not have an indestructible mindset.

This is mandatory reading for anyone that fancies themselves a warrior. If you really are, this will make you better. If you are self deceived, this will educate you. But beyond that there are many practical tips, hints and exercises that anyone, trained or untrained can easily use to develop a warriors mindset. Highly recommended.

With the continuing growth of government inspired chaos and incidents like the Sandy Hook School shooting it is critical that communities come together and create Community Education Action Council so our school site are secure with very proactive system and we also develop a strong and effective "Safe Passage" and "Safe Community Watch" programs. We need more eyes,.ears and informed citizen who are taking an ACTIVE role in their communities. Throughout history the home and homeland was of critical importance for safety and security. The current "THREATS" to our homes, neighborhoods, and community are growing and we need to train and deploy a growing community of involved and committed citizens with a Warrior Mindset.

This is more a resource for police officers, military and civilian.Seems geared more to the mechanics/ professionalism/training of their work. Personally,I feel the title is slightly misleading as I was looking for more of a military style motivational booklet.Still learned some stuff though.

This book gives a lot of helpful tips. Perfect for Fighters, Martial Artists, Private Contractors, Law Enforcers and Armed Forces Personal. Now I feel like I know what I need should I enlist or get into a fight.