Average Frog

3 SEAL Performance principles for life - AND - a reveal of what major corporations and marketing companies are doing to stop you from living a good life. https://app.webinarjam.net/register/28356/32a9a8972d

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Teeth of Leadership

We've partnered with Sealed Mindset Leaders to bring you in depth courses centered on our battle tested performance and leadership principles. Check out all of our new course releases. And stay tuned as we add even more fresh content over the coming weeks!

All Courses | Sealed Mindset Leaders How to Lead a Powerful Meeting Eric Davis Learn to make your meetings more effective and... November 11, 2015 English $79.00

A great article by our partner The Collared Scholar about the work Eric Davis does drawing parallels between high performing security K9s and human behavior.

A Different Breed: Is Your Dog a Reflection of You? We stand in front of a crowd. My dog lays quietly at my feet, the words “Do Not Pet” printed in bold on her working vest, doing their job to keep onlookers away. I glance over at my colleague, form…

“But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.” - C. S. Lewis.

You’ll never know what is in you until you are all in....

We all have a personal brand. What's does yours say about you?

What Makes You So Valuable - Average Frog Remember when we were young, and our parents and teachers constantly told us not to worry about what other people thought or said about us? Sorry but they were wrong. That might have worked when what was being thought or said was confined to a handful of people on the playground, but in today’s worl…

In life if you learn to start the “Sprint” before you lose the pack you’ll find that things are ultimately easier and require less work.

Photos from this weekend's event. With Sealed Mindset Leaders, The Collared Scholar, Eric Davis

YPO Michigan West Leadership Experience Sealed Mindset Leaders, Average Frog and The Collared Scholar sent the K9s to Michigan for a Leadership experience with TEETH!

Flew the K9s in to help teach leadership development and training for YPO Michigan West. Met some incredible people and had an amazing time. Thanks to our partners at Sealed Mindset Leaders and The Collared Scholar and special thanks to YPO Michigan West for putting on such a great event.

Sending the K9s for some "Frog style" leadership training. Better run....

More Than a Pet: Zoe’s Got Your Six Dogs can be more than just pets or companions. Sometimes they’ve got your six and can help certain individuals work through worries, anxiety, and PTSD.

Situational Awareness Deficiency is what has you choose to spend time on the things you feel like doing, making you too “busy” or “tired” to do the things you need to be doing. It’s so subtle and so powerful that it has most people shackled to the belief that they don’t have the time or resources to care for the things that really matter.

About Us - Average Frog Through our exclusive members only platform, individuals can leverage the proven performance principles that have been developed and taught within the SEAL teams.

In the BUD/S compound, every bruised knuckle, bleeding back, and searing muscle resulting from SEAL physical training is produced underneath a sign that reads "The only easy day was yesterday." What aspect of your life came to mind when you read that statement?

In BUD/S, the motivation to gain something good was my “Paradise From The Pain”, because no matter what was happening, no matter how bad it was, my heart and mind were sitting on this island of accomplishment, thinking about how “easy” it would all be after “Hell Week” became “Yesterday”. What challenge can / have you overcome by focusing on how great you’ll feel when done?

In SEAL Training, the "Goon Squad" taught us swiftly that it's easier to KEEP UP than to CATCH UP. As a trainee that had fallen behind, we were subjected to an abrupt, and painful increase in physical and mental exertion. In life, when we don't keep up, the metaphorical "Goon Squad" can be less obvious, but even more painful and damaging. When, in your life, have you found yourself in the "Goon Squad"?

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: A state of being where one is able to observe, assess and prioritize everything that matters...

Situational awareness - Average Frog situational awareness /sɪtjʊˈeɪʃənˈəl əˈwernəs/ noun A state of being where one is able to observe, assess and prioritize everything that matters... ...so that finite resources such as time, energy and money can be deployed effectively, to care for one's own concerns & responsibilities, rather than…

We will never forget.

Every obstacle we are presented with is an opportunity for learning and growth, so long as we don’t become fearful and reactive.

Stay Calm and Bite Back - Average Frog I’m holding my Belgian Malinois, Indy, by her harness. She’s baring her teeth, barking ferociously, and lunging at the “threat” in front of her. I fuel the fire, encouraging her to light up. She responds and, as she does, I release my grip. She strikes her “attacker”, biting his arm with force. She…

Training and change should be easy - like stretching. You can’t go any faster so take it easy. You’re in this for the long run, which many people don’t have the patience for, so take your time and enjoy it.

We all love Superheroes, not because they can rise to any occasion and win; we love them because they allow us to believe that we can too. It’s a tempting and very dangerous way to live life if you don’t understand the underpinnings of real performance.

Why superheroes let us down - Average Frog “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” - Archilochus The very first slide of the very first class on the very first day of Sniper school had this quote on it. “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of [...]

Success in a single element can cause blindness and arrogance in another.

A bulk of our time on this planet has been spent running down prey in dangerous situations to survive, and over multiple generations, we’ve evolved to those standards. Is it any wonder that when we don’t get out and “Get after it.” we feel emotionally broke, depressed, and down right pi**ed off?

Bred to Fight and Hunt - Average Frog In John Medina’s book “Brain Rules”, he claims that “The brain appears to be designed to (1) solve problems (2) related to surviving (3) in an unstable outdoor environment, and (4) to do so in nearly constant motion.” He calls this “the brain’s performance envelope.” A bulk of our time on this plane…

Most of us think that high performing executives and professionals do extreme type sports because they’re “High performers”. I’d submit to you here that maybe it’s because they do extreme type sports are they “High performers”. Think about it!

People Are Awesome 2015 (Extreme Sport Edition) HD People Are Awesome Sport Edition by SmashTV. It´s amazing what people can do. Jumping, Flying,Skiing everything is there. Enjoy this video and subscribe to s...

"If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Something a "New Guy" can expect to hear from an "Old Guy" in the SEAL Teams. What does it mean to you?

"You’ll never know what is in you until you are all in"

Within the ability to help, comes the desire to care. Get Some.

To “train” is to commit to achieving something by developing the skills, acquiring the knowledge, and obtaining the required structures through sustained and intentional effort and practice. www.averagefrog.com

Please help share for a good cause. The Annual Harger Utility Sporting Clays Tournament is benefiting the family of the late CPO David Collins, former Navy SEAL.

David served for 25 years in the Navy and was a SEAL. During his career, he served in the first Gulf War, the Iraq War and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He received many commendations during his distinguished career, including a Bronze Star and a letter of recognition from Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. After retiring from the Navy, SOC Collins worked for Blackbird Technologies. He was a fiercely patriotic man, and believed it his duty to protect the freedoms we all enjoy.

He retired from naval service in September 2012, SOC Collins passed March 12, 2014, as a result of traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy sustained in combat.

He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two children, Grace and Samuel.
If you would like to donate or if you are in the area and want to sign up for the September 12th event, please visit http://www.hargerutility.com/huc-inc-sporting-clays-tourna…/

Please help share for a good cause. The Annual Harger Utility Sporting Clays Tournament is benefiting the family of the late CPO David Collins, former Navy SEAL.

David served for 25 years in the Navy and was a SEAL. During his career, he served in the first Gulf War, the Iraq War and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He received many commendations during his distinguished career, including a Bronze Star and a letter of recognition from Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. After retiring from the Navy, SOC Collins worked for Blackbird Technologies. He was a fiercely patriotic man, and believed it his duty to protect the freedoms we all enjoy.

He retired from naval service in September 2012, SOC Collins passed March 12, 2014, as a result of traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy sustained in combat.

He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two children, Grace and Samuel.
If you would like to donate or if you are in the area and want to sign up for the September 12th event, please visit http://www.hargerutility.com/huc-inc-sporting-clays-tournament/

In today’s dynamic world, most of your actions will not lead you directly to your purpose. But if you're wise, all of your actions will produce the knowledge and skills you need to get there.

Friends should brag about you when you're kicking ass, back you up when you suck ass, and lean on you when they fall on their ass. If they don't get all three, they're not a friend. They're just an ass.

Right now, your psychology is at work preventing you from seeing certain details just so that you don’t have to change your plans tonight, or realize that something you’ve believed for years has been ineffective or wrong. You are your psychology’s perfect little child, and it’s at work to keep you that way.

Hackers started to figure out how to crack our inner psyche, broke into our accounts then created an entire new industry.... Password Managers....

Passwords - Here's What To Do - Average Frog Passwords Are Driving Me Crazy You can’t use the same password for multiple sites Your passwords need to be long They must include numbers, capitals and symbols Don’t use any words Did I say you can’t use the same password for multiple sites? Remembering Your Passwords Is A Thing Of The Past For m…

Networking doesn’t work. Building a team does... and that requires you to be valuable.

When you decide to leave the fight, the fight can decide to leave you....

Shape Shifting - Sheep Dogs & Sheep My plan? Hide in our room and call the cops. I had let too much time go by without a gun in my hand allowing the worst to happen. The natural digression from "Sheep Dog" back to "Sheep" had begun t...

The avoidance of pain can produce quick results... but, it’s a weak catalyst for sustainable action.

The truth is like a sliver. If you give it enough time it will surface on it’s own. If you need the truth to surface sooner, questions become your “tweezers” and they can quickly extract it...

Spot a Liar If we were talking and you noticed that my cheeks were turning red, my hands were fidgety, I kept shifting body positions and I was having trouble holding normal eye contact you might think I’m lyi...