At this time we hear the Fight Story of Mark Wales, a former Australian SAS (Particular Air Service) officer who spent 16 years within the Australian Army, together with six years within the elite SAS. He led particular operators as a Troop Commander and accomplished 10 deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Lebanon, and the Solomon Islands.
After separating from the army, Mark battled despair and stress problems however discovered a technique to energy by and switch his life round. Mark would go on to earn an MBA from the celebrated Wharton College of Enterprise after which labored at McKinsey & Firm.
He has since written the guide Survivor: Life within the SAS, was on Australian Survivor (the place he met his spouse) and competed within the Bear Grylls’ World’s Hardest Race: Eco Problem Fiji 2019, which I extremely advocate watching on Amazon with your loved ones. Throughout this episode, we evaluate the expertise on Survivor and Eco Problem to SAS Choice.
And since all this isn’t sufficient, Mark additionally based Kill Kapture, a tough-luxury ecommerce model and is now a wanted keynote and motivational speaker.
I hope you get pleasure from Mark’s trustworthy, self deprecating, and relatable Fight Story as a lot as I did.
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Discover Mark on-line:
Web site – MarkWales.com.au https://markwales.com.au/
Guide – Survivor: https://www.amazon.com/Survivor-Life-SAS-Mark-Wales-ebook/dp/B08WHWJ2LK
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wales-69a90736/
Instagram: @mark.a.wales
Kill Kapture: Web site https://www.killkapture.com/pages/our-story | Instagram @kill_kapture
Discover Ryan on-line:
Observe on Instagram @combat_stories (https://www.instagram.com/combat_stories/)
E-mail ryan@combatstory.com
Be taught extra about Ryan www.combatstory.com/aboutus
Intro Music: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Present Notes
0:00 – Intro
0:46 – Mark Wales bio
1:42 – Interview begins
2:32 – Fight Story (in a method): Going to a brothel at 14 years previous
4:37 – Rising up in Western Australia
8:19 – What’s the pipeline for an officer?
16:42 – The view of 9/11 from an Aussie’s perspective
18:08 – Coaching on the right way to throw a grenade
21:13 – The mission in East Timor
24:35 – Fight Story #1: Mark’s first patrol in East Timor
27:27 – Being deployed to Guadalcanal within the Solomon Islands
30:20 – The street to SAS and Choice
31:24 – “Day-after-day that I survived, I used to be like, ‘Wow. I survived one other day.’ ”
32:21 – SAS Officer Module
35:04 – Troublesome moments throughout Choice
36:53 – Mark’s self-described weaknesses
39:39 – “It’s about 30% Bodily, 70% Psychological, after which your private traits and values you convey.”
42:45 – First time being deployed to the Center East
45:45 – For a group of six SAS guys, how do they really feel about doing government safety?
47:04 – Two extra rotations to Afghanistan
49:25 – Fight Story #2: Monitoring an HVT in East Timor
51:40 – Fight Story #3: SAS Troop Command in Afghanistan
53:41 – “One of many issues we do higher than anybody goes to enemy territory and discovering out the place they’re whereas utterly undetected.”
56:03 – “That is tremendous harmful. We may really feel it.”
59:34 – Royal Gurkha Regiment
1:02:18 – “Don’t really feel like that was your fault. That stuff can occur irrespective of how nicely you intend issues.”
1:02:36 – The language of the “unconscious physique.”
1:03:43 – “Certainly one of my biggest strengths is the power to have a look at folks and know what they’re pondering primarily based on the tiny issues they’re doing.”
1:05:00 – Fight Story #4: Harmful experiences in Helmund Province
1:09:35 – What was that like for you popping out of the army?
1:10:16 – “I knew I used to be so exhausted, and that actually broken me.”
1:11:34 – Making use of to enterprise faculties in secret
1:13:04 – “[The military’s] a tough place. I wouldn’t name it the ‘friendliest’ office on this planet.”
1:13:44 – How arduous was it for you, mentally, to make the break?
1:14:50 – Reinventing the brand new path
1:16:02 – Fight (Actuality Model) Story #5: Getting on Australian Survivor
1:16:40 – Survivor vs SAS Choice?
1:18:13 – What was it like getting kicked off Survivor for somebody who by no means fails?
1:19:20 – Fight (Actuality Model) Story #6: Finishing World’s Hardest Race Fiji 2019 Eco-Problem
1:20:52 – “That occurred to plenty of groups, and it was brutal.”
1:22:00 – Eco-Problem vs Choice
1:23:40 – Kill Kapture
1:24:24 – What did you carry into fight?
1:26:17 – Would you do all of it once more?
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