The Warrior, the Strategist and You How to Find Your Purpose and Realise Your Potential

“ This is a field manual for achieving sustained high performance and a life well led. Inspiring" James Kerr, author of Legacy SUCCESS HAS A STRATEGY AND FAILURE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT Floyd Woodrow served in the SAS for 20 years and knows what it is like to succeed and fail at the highest level. In The Warrior, The Strategist and You, Floyd draws on his own personal experience in the one of the world’ s most elite military units to show you how to achieve your most ambitious goals. Introducing his Compass for Life model, you will learn how to motivate yourself and ?nd the strength to achieve your full potential in any area of your life. - Discover how to ?nd your Super North Star - Understand how to assemble the support you need - Master the unrelenting pursuit of excellence - Learn how to maintain the highest levels of discipline - Strengthen your inner warrior ‘ Floyd’ s simple but extremely effective philosophy is perfectly captured in this thoroughly engaging book. I have no hesitation in recommending it to you as a guide to elite performance’ Simon Timson, Performance Director, Manchester City FC

Floyd Woodrow MBE DCM is a leadership specialist, author and entrepreneur. He is the chairman and CEO of Super North Star, advising CEOs from around the world in fields such as business, sports and education on leadership and elite performance. His success in business has come after a distinguished military career, including 23 years in the SAS. For his services he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and an MBE. Floyd also heads a charitable foundation called Compass for Life, which delivers educational programmes in schools and colleges across the UK.

Introduction ix Chapter 1: Finding our Super North Star 1 Chapter 2: Establishing our starting point 29 Chapter 3: Our Ethos 47 Chapter 4: The Strategist 71 Chapter 5: The Warrior 111 Chapter 6: Our Compass for Life in action 153 Chapter 7: Working as a team 191 Conclusion 227 Acknowledgements 241 Additional Resources 245 Bibliography and Further Reading 249 Index 251 About the author 258