Embrace the Suck is an audiobook by Brent Gleeson, narrated by Brent Gleeson and Jason Culp. The unabridged Audible edition runs 5 hrs 14 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
Get into the Navy SEAL mindset with this raw, brutally honest, in-your-face self-help guide that will teach you how to thrive on adversity.
“Masterfully guides the reader through measurable ways to optimize their personal fortitude and become their best self.” —Mark Owen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Easy Day and No Hero
During the brutal crucible of Navy SEAL training, instructors often tell students to “embrace the suck.” This phrase conveys the one lesson that is vital for any SEAL hopeful to learn: lean into the suffering and get comfortable being very uncomfortable. In this powerful, no-nonsense guide, Navy SEAL combat veteran turned leadership expert Brent Gleeson teaches you how to transform every area of your life—the Navy SEAL way.
Can anyone develop this level of resilience? Gleeson breaks it down to a Challenge-Commitment-Control mindset. He reveals how resilient people view difficulties as a Challenge, where obstacles and failures are opportunities for growth. Next, they have a strong emotional Commitment to their goals and are not easily distracted or deterred. Finally, resilient people focus their energy on the things within their Control, rather than fixating on factors they can’t impact.
Embrace the Suck provides an actionable roadmap that empowers you to expand your comfort zone to live a more fulfilling, purpose-driven life. Through candid storytelling, behavioral science research, and plenty of self-deprecating humor, Gleeson shows you how to use pain as a pathway, reassess your values, remove temptation, build discipline, suffer with purpose, fail successfully, transform your mind, and achieve more of the goals you set.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Brent Gleeson and Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs 14 mins
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Release year: 2020
- Audible category: Biographies & Memoirs / Military & War / Health & Wellness
Listener Ratings
Embrace the Suck holds an average listener rating of 4.8/5 from 2309 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.8/5
- Story: 4.8/5
- 5-star ratings: 87% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “For your Past/Preset /Future Self’s sake”
Brent takes you through his past key events, what it meant to live your today within your 3 foot world and realize your future self.— JMLEE18, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “This book is a call to arms for me”
When I say, this book is a call to arms for me, I mean, specifically that it has awaken the soldier in me to be the man that I should’ve always been. It has given me the words that I’ve had hidden inside of me for years and now, it’s time to act, a time to live life by design. I will no longer live by default. I will no longer do and check boxes for everyone else. I will live life on my terms and by design.Brent, you’re a bad ass thank you for sharing this story. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Thank you for sharing your training. Thank you for serving our great country.
— Audible customer, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Motivating as hell “
Helping me derive meaning from my challenges and set goals for the future. Awesome book— Angela K Baker, Audible listener
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