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  • Never Give In

  • The 12 Commando Rules for Life
  • By: Major Scotty Mills
  • Narrated by: Adam Courting
  • Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Never Give In

By: Major Scotty Mills
Narrated by: Adam Courting
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Summary

In Never Give In, former Royal Marine Major Scotty Mills blends personal experiences from his remarkable life and career with inspirational advice and insights to provide his "12 Commando Rules for Life" that could help anyone to do better and reach their targets.

A sudden downpour while Scotty Mills was walking down a street in South London sent him diving for cover into the nearest shop. It turned out to be a recruitment centre for the Royal Marines and, after a few minutes' conversation while waiting for the rain to stop, Scotty was hooked and signed up to join the elite force. It changed his life and set him on a new direction that would end up with him leading the marines on operations around the world, becoming an Olympic flag bearer in 2012 and dining at Buckingham Palace with the queen and the royal family.

Scotty shares his lessons of performance and resilience with the listener, inviting them into the secrets of elite culture. His compelling story is one that combines tragedy with remarkable insight about the power of human inspiration. Scotty has worked with many of our nation's top sports teams, helping them to achieve their goals, and in Never Give In he shares his methods with his listeners to guide them to peak performance in all aspects of their life and career.

©2022 Scotty Mills (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, UK

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"Scotty was a huge part of our journey coming together as a team." (Gareth Southgate, England manager)

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A truly Inspirational and motivational read

This is a fantastic read of which the Commando values can easily be adopted for everyday living both professionally and personally.

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Not bad but let down by narration

The book content wasn’t terrible if a little generic to the other books that occupy this space and there was nothing new in this one and although some of the content was naive it wasn’t too bad. There was a little too much name dropping of footballers for my liking but it’s nice that the author feels proud to have met some celebrities.

What really let’s it down is the narration which felt like listening to Elmo on the Muppets or cBeebies. I suspect it was a young editor that thought it a good idea to try to resonate with ‘the yoof’ but to listen to someone who appeared barely literate for 7 hours was a chore. I would recommend the print version over the audible one of this book.

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Spoilt by Very Poor Naration

Got to end of first chapter but had to return. What appears to be a great book completely let down by narration. Narrator’s lack of feeling made it to boring to listen to. Look forward to reading the printed version.

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