Creating an Unstoppable Mindset with Alden Mills

How do you develop an unstoppable mindset? Kevin speaks with Alden Mills, who shares the importance of struggle and resilience in achieving success. He discusses the 3 mindset obstacles, which include starting, failing, and tiring. Kevin and Alden discuss his concept of the "focus funnel," which channels thoughts into impactful action, and the exercise of “outcome accounts” to own outcomes and learn from mistakes.

Listen For

00:00 Introduction
01:55 Introducing Alden Mills
03:25 Invention and Writing Journey
05:30 From Fitness Products to Mindset
07:17 The Metaphor of Leadership Levels
09:56 Struggle and Mindset
13:22 Transferring Mindset to Others
14:44 Setting Personal and Professional Goals
17:43 The Challenge of Focus
19:08 Focus Funnel and Filtering Thoughts
22:15 Owning Your Outcome
25:38 The Importance of Outcome Accounts
27:12 Three Controllables and Mindsetting
30:03 Reading Recommendations
31:05 Connecting with Alden Mills

Meet Alden

Alden's Story: Alden Mills is the author of three books, the latest of which is Unstoppable Mindset: How to Use What You Have to Get What You Want. As an Olympic Festival rower, he went on to become a standout at the US Naval Academy, then a Navy SEAL platoon commander (three times), and then an entrepreneur. He founded and grew Perfect Fitness from zero to $63m in sales, becoming the fastest-growing consumer company in America (per INC. Magazine, 2009). Alden then continued to lead the Perfect Fitness team and grow the company even further after its acquisition by the private equity firm, Implus. Alden has created over 40 patents in the consumer sector. Thanks to his time in the military, then in business, Alden has accrued over 30 years of experience working on high-performance leadership, company strategy, growth, and team building.

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Book Recommendations

• Unstoppable Mindset: How to Use What You Have to Get What You Want by Alden Mills
  
• Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power (Volume 1) by Ian V. Rowe 

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