“It was never my intention to join the Royal Marines, but a chance encounter changed my life and I never looked back”… Major Scotty Mills has led the kind of life he could never have dreamt of. From the backstreets of South London, he has since gone onto serve his country and lead Britain’s Commandos around the globe as a Royal Marines Officer.
More recently, as an advisor to the FA, he inspired Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and the England Football Team to the World Cup Semi Final through innovative leadership and team cohesion training, that saw them able to come together and to perform when the pressure was on in Russia.
Scotty’s incredibly compelling journey is filled with exceptional stories of the power of human inspiration … how effective teamwork is more important than individual ability, how to really understand people and feel how they feel and so many more golden nuggets to help change hearts and minds!
• Attitude trumps talent every single day.
• Grow your 100% by raising the bar.
• Live your life through strong values.
Top Tips to never give in!
1. Attitude trumps talent.
Develop a commando winning mindset and you can ‘overcome’ anything.
– Define your goal, narrow your focus, maintain a positive mindset and you will overcome
– Don’t become paralysed by fear of failure. Remove the ‘white noise’ from your life and remember that your greatest successes will be just the other side of your biggest defeats.
– Face your fears, learn from your mistakes and just keep going.
2. Grow your 100%.
Become self-disciplined and teachable in your approach to life. Listen and learn, then adapt and grow.
– Make a contract with yourself based on your values and find your WHY.
– Build a routine with self-discipline at its core.
– Self-discipline will take you to levels and places you never thought possible.
3. Train hard – fight easy.
Do the things that others won’t do to have the success that most will never have. Live a life based on integrity.
– People with integrity choose to do the right thing, even when it’s hard.
– You can’t fake integrity, but once you have it then people will trust you.
– Someone with true integrity knows that everyone deserves respect.
Written by Major Scotty Mills
If you want to hear more from Major Scotty Mills he will be speaking at our next event The SHE Show South, Tuesday 11th July 2023, DoubleTree by Hilton, MK Dons Stadium, Milton Keynes
Major Scotty Mills, Royal Marines (Retired)
Scotty Mills has led a life that he could never have dreamt of. From the backstreets of South London, he went onto serve his country and lead Britain’s Commandos around the globe as a Commando ‘Green Beret’ Officer. In 2003, operating alongside the US Navy Seals, he led a team of Marines into Iraq as ‘first on the ground’ theatre entry troops and has deployed on missions all around the world.
As Commanding Officer, he led a team of recovery specialists who were responsible for rebuilding the lives of hundreds of battle-scarred physically and mentally broken injured service people across all 4-Armed Forces.
A World Record breaker, he was selected as an Olympic Flag Bearer at the London 2012 Olympic Games. As Head of Performance for all 6500 Commandos, he has worked closely alongside multiple elite teams who went on to win gold medals at Olympic, World & European championships .
More recently, as an advisor to the FA, he inspired Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and the England Football Team to develop their culture through innovative leadership and team cohesion training that saw them come together and perform when the pressure was on.
Known as “Gareth’s Secret Weapon”, a term coined by the renowned TV Presenter Lorraine Kelly, Scotty has built up a very strong reputation internationally for being able to inspire others to reach their full potential. In 2018 he was voted the most inspirational serviceman across the entire Armed Forces community receiving a National Award.
Scotty’s incredibly compelling story is filled with exceptional stories of the power of human inspiration. Now an accomplished motivational speaker, and as a performance leadership and culture specialist, Scotty is highly sought after across multiple industries to continue his life’s work to ‘Inspire people and teams’ to achieve their impossible dreams.
Scotty is married to Suzanne and they have 4 grown children. His first published book, “Never Give In” charts the ‘12 Commando Rules for Life’ and is available here Never Give In by Major Scotty Mills | Waterstones.
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