Unleash the Warrior Within: Develop the Focus, Discipline, Confidence and Courage You Need to Achieve Unlimited Goals

In war, for example, you learn that there are three dynamic elements of combat: target, weapons, movement. The target dictates the weapons, and the weapons dictate movement. In real life, your target is what you want; your weapons are your skills; and movement is whatever you need to get in position to use your skills. But, since deciding upon a target is the step that's most troubling to people, he adds another wartime analytical tool called the CARVER matrix. You lay out various targets you may have in life--a better job, getting in shape, buying a new house, and taking on a new business partner, say. Then you assess the Criticality, Accessibility, Recognisability, and Vulnerability of the target, plus its Effect on your overall mission in life, and the potential Return on your effort.

Machowicz calls his philosophy Bukido, and if you take his classes in Los Angeles, you learn self-defence along with these life-improvement skills. In this book, the object is to get you to choose a mission that is closest and most important to you, and then achieve your goals with military precision. By the time you're through learning the seven principles of combat, what you've really learned is how to think critically and focus your efforts. Machowicz uses his students as examples of how the enemy in life is really a lack of action, allowing life to take you along for a ride. So if your current target is a solid self-improvement course, Unleashing the Warrior Within could be your most effective weapon. --Lou Schuler

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War is hell, but if you prepare properly for war, there's not much about life that will take you by surprise. At least, that's the premise of Unleashing the Warrior Within, in which author Richard Machowicz takes the lessons he learned as a Navy SEAL and applies them to real-life situations.

For example, in war you learn that there are three dynamic elements of combat: target, weapons, and movement. The target dictates the weapons, and the weapons dictate movement. In real life, your target is what you want; your weapons are your skills; and movement is whatever you need to get in position to use your skills.

But, since deciding upon a target is the step that's most troubling to people, he adds another wartime analytical tool called the CARVER matrix. You lay out various targets you may have in life--a better job; getting in shape; buying a new house; and taking on a new business partner, say. Then you assess the criticality, accessibility, recognizability, and vulnerability of the target, plus its effect on your overall mission in life, and the potential return on your effort.

Machowicz calls his philosophy Bukido, and when you take his classes in Los Angeles, you learn self-defense along with these life-improvement skills. In this book, the object is to get you to choose a mission that is closest and most important to you, and then achieve your goals with military precision. By the time you're through learning the seven principles of combat, what you've really learned is how to think critically and focus your efforts. Machowicz uses his students as examples of how the enemy in life is really a lack of action, allowing life to take you along for a ride. So if your current target is a solid self-improvement course, Unleashing the Warrior Within could be your most effective weapon. --Lou Schuler

After the first couple of pages I found myself really engaged by the story, because it's as if he's sitting down and just spinning a good yarn. The advice is so completely practical, and very precise. It never gets either too abstract or too mystical to be applicable to the kinds of things you find yourself up against every day. I'd like to say that since I finished this book I've become a millionaire, am perfect in all my relationships and finished the great American novel. Sorry, hasn't happened. But I do find myself being more conscious about the way I talk to myself and the fear I have-it's also easier to see these things working in other people. I've decided my "target" is not to start anything new, but to finally finish all the things I've never gotten around to completing. I thought it was a fun, quick read with advice you can take out and use immediately. (I'd also recommend this book for teenagers, by the way.)


Shop the book or read the excerpt, I did. It was worth it!   Mai 3, 2000
David Wick (Nashville, TN)
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I was feeling out of sorts and kind of directionless when a friend of mine suggested that I pick-up this book. I don't like self help books. I find them to be tedious and overbearing. I can never really relate to the experiences the authors convey and they always seem so, ra!ra! and cheerleader like. But, I needed to try something and my friend was pretty passionate about it. When I came to amazon.com I was very skeptical when I saw all of the glowing reviews (even though my friend recommended it, he liked war and soldier stuff). So I went to the local bookstore and sat down with a copy (I suggest to anyone who is hesitant that you do the same thing, they are in almost every bookstore) and it made an impression on me. That is when I came back here to buy it (the price is slightly better here).I found the material easy to relate to, which surprised me because I'm not a military buff. The way he conveys his material is warm, clear and personal. He doesn't come off macho or intense but as sensitive and very honest about himself and his client's experiences. I really like the stories about his women clients (it helped me believe that I can apply what he is teaching).I thought that it was an easy, entertaining and informative read. It helps me prioritize my thinking and shows me how to stay on track. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is moving through life without a real purpose or clear meaning. My one knock on the book is that it left me wanting for deeper explanations. Sometimes you get so caught up in the stories you forget he's trying to teach you something. So I found that I had to go back and read a chapter or two again.