#49: Train Your Mind Like a Marine for Business Success: Insights from Simon Jeffries
World's Greatest Business Thinkers · 2026-05-06 · 1h 1m
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Special thanks to Riverside for sponsoring this episode. Try Riverside Pro free for one month by visiting creators.riverside.com/NickHague and use the code "WGBT podcast". What if the secret to peak performance in business wasn't about working harder, but about training your mind as Marines train for combat? In this episode of World's Greatest Business Thinkers, Nick Hague speaks with Simon Jeffries about engineering peak performance under pressure. Drawing on elite military training, Jeffries explains why consistency, not motivation, is the real driver of success. He introduces practical frameworks like the "Skills × Performance = Results" equation, nervous system regulation, and the Chaos Drill to manage stress in real time. The conversation reframes resilience as a trainable system, showing leaders how to build mental fitness, avoid burnout, and create sustainable high performance in both business and life.
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