First, Fast, Fearless

How to Lead Like a Navy SEAL

By: Brian "Iron Ed" Hiner

Narrated by: Scott Pollak

Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Los Angeles Times Best Seller

SEAL-style leadership - your best weapon in today's complex business terrain

Beyond extreme physical and combat achievements, SEALs are known for mental toughness, bias for action, decisiveness, creative-thinking, adaptability, and perseverance - all under extreme stress. They get things done through, by, and with others. SEALs have a unique way of approaching every challenge and opportunity that enables them to do what others can't - or simply won't.

Competing in the global economy isn't unlike guerrilla warfare. Your competitors come at you from unexpected places with surprising force, and the marketplace is constantly shifting. As a leader, what do you do to empower your business and your people not only to survive but to thrive - and win?

First, Fast, Fearless is a practical guide for the business leader who wants to learn from the best of the best how to build and lead effective teams in conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and constant change. As one of the most experienced trainers in Navy SEAL history, “Iron Ed” Hiner reveals how to:

• Develop your personal leadership brand - and make it your credo
• Create mission-aligned teams that operate as true comrades
• Establish and communicate crystal-clear goals
• Enhance team innovation and problem-solving under pressure
• Combat the enemies of copious bureaucracy and inadequate resources
• Rise to the call of leadership when it counts most

You may not be facing jihadists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the streets of Iraq like Hiner did. But just as his SEALs depended on him to lead them on successful missions and safe passage home, your people are counting on you to empower them, defeat the competition, and forge paths to greater success.

Be a First, Fast, Fearless leader!

©2015 Brian E. Hiner (P)2015 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio

This will be one of your most useful books!

After listening to this book, you'll feel like you've been to one of the best seminars you've ever attended. And you won't have to pay for the hotel, registration, travel or other expenses. This is the cheapest and fastest way to motivate yourself on things that matter to you. This book is so powerful, it will re-energize even the highest of leaders or it will build the confidence in those who need the mental toughness to make it through every day at work or home. Start listening to it, like now!

Lead with confidence

The energy boost you feel after hearing this book, is sky high! It will transform your approach to things for the better.

Raving Fan! 🤩🤩

I typically don’t write reviews, but this book deserves my time and positive feedback. My aunt is a raving fan of this book. It seems that almost every conversation we have applies to something she’s learned from “Iron Ed” Hiner. So, I used my last Audible credit to purchase the book for myself and find out what all the hoopla was about.
I have to say that I’ve seen a real transformation in my aunt. She has another level of enthusiasm in her voice. She looks at things differently. She is calmer and more confident in stressful situations. After observing all of this, one thing came to mind. Remember the scene in “When Harry Met Sally?” You know, when they were sitting in the restaurant, and the woman looks over at Sally and said, “I’ll have what she’s having.” Well, when I look at my aunt now, I think, “I’ll have what she’s having.” Well, in a very non-romantic way.
When I’m around people who have the combination of confidence and humility and a mind power and skill power to live a truly fulfilled life. I want what they’re having. If you want to be inspired, learn some things that will give you the best odds at a fulfilled life, listen to this book, and then recommend it for your next family member.

essential

This was a beautifully designed concise book essential for anyone in any organization! Please read and share!

If you want to Up your game, do it through teams

Recommended for building trust within teams. If you want to up your game; if you want to stretch and extend yourself or your organization beyond your own expectations, do it through teams. Ed Hiner clearly defines the importance of training yourself, the people you lead, and the teams in your organization so that every player at the table has both the skill and the motivation to do the important work that needs to be done.
“First, Fast, Fearless” is about teaching every person to own their state of mind, to be first strike thinkers, action oriented, innovators and problem solvers. The power of teams and a collective attitude will lead to sensational results. Don’t leave things to chance. Go on the offense. Action is the antidote to fear and uncertainty.
Take action by using the wisdom that Hiner shares after 20 years of leading teams in the most challenging circumstances anyone can imagine. Learn from the best. It’s all right here, right now, right at your fingertips.

My son-in-law was a seal. I have a renewed respect for what he has been through!

I’m not a whiner! I’m a pretty tough 74 year old broad who still rides horses and ramrods a bunch of grandkids. This book reminds me how unappreciated not just seals are but our entire military. These things I cannot change. What a good read…a reminder of all the freedoms we enjoy and why. Love the book!!

A Los Angeles Times Best Seller

Rightfully so! Are you the type of person who loves to be inspired and learn from people who have the confidence and skill to do incredible things? Or, do you have the responsibility to develop and train others to perform at a high level? Either way, this book will absolutely be one of your most valuable resources.
For the individual- You will be as inspired as you’ve ever been. After listening to this book once, you’ll learn how to adjust your mindset so that you’re more confident and resilient. After listening to this book a second time, you’ll be amazed at the motivation you have to take action toward things in your life that matter.
For the leaders- You’ll experience a renewed boost of passion for training others. You’ll see how you can implement the skills used by Navy Seals with your team. Watch as amazing things happen.

I’ve listened to the book 3 times!!!

This book will help you develop your confidence at an astronomically higher level. This will make you want to set specific goals and get there under your own power. This will help you rise in your own esteem.
You’ve got to love and admire people like Brian Hiner? Magnificent people like Hiner do the hard work that we don’t want to or can’t do and then they share their brilliance with the rest of us. I’ve listened to it three times and it is my “go to” for a boost of confidence whenever I need it.

Leaders - Use this for your next pro grow day!

“Train your people well enough so they can leave; treat them well so they don’t want to.” (Sir Richard Branson). Recommended for all of you who make the big decisions in your organization. Use the strategies and concepts from this book to train your people to be confident, independent thinkers who know that their best results happen when they work within a diverse team. This book will motivate and inspire your people to get in the game and win! Give them all a copy. This will give them the tools they need. This could be one of your greatest pro grow days.

Kick-Ass Motivating and Incredibly Inspiring

This is a “must have,” not a nice to have, for anyone who has the responsibility of leading teams. I would also recommend this book to anyone, age 10 through 100, frontline workers, military or civilian, working or retired, someone who struggles with PTSD, a serious or personal medical issue or just the ordinary person who’s looking for extra ordinary self motivation.
This book should win the award for “The Kick- Ass, Motivating and Incredibly Inspiring Book of the Year.”
I share it with everyone I know or meet. I have 1094 titles on my Audible app, and “First, Fast, Fearless”has earned its rightful place on the leaderboard. I’ve listened to this entire book three times, and once for seven hours straight on a cross-country road trip.
Ed Hiner’s book has changed my overall perspective in my personal and professional life-for the better. Instead of feeling like I’m overworked, I think about what the Navy SEALs do, day in and day out. If those men are persevering and leading under extreme stress, I can certainly do my work without complaint. After listening to this book, I now have a higher level of confidence in my ability to work with and through others to manage what needs to be done. Instead of looking at challenges that seem over my head, I now start with a willingness and drive to be the first to offer creative solutions and solve the problem. Shudder to think of what I would be capable of doing after listening to this book for the fourth time!
Get this book for yourself, the people in your organization and then get a stack of copies or give Audible gift credits to every person you care about outside of work.