Boss-it

This week, Mark Edwards talks to former Royal Marines Commando, Ben Williams.From taking drugs to being pinned down under Taliban fire, Ben took some hard knocks in his teenage years, which prompted him to decide that a life of crime wasn't for him - So, he joined the Marines to find out if he was part of the 0.1% who would make it through training.After a tour in Afghanistan at the height of the conflict, Ben returned to the UK and trained new recruits for 3 years, before being given a medical discharge.Having enjoyed the coaching aspect of military life, Ben set about utilising his experiences as a Marine to help those in the corporate world. Ben has also written a book - Commando Mindset - in which he writes about the "ARA model" of coping in adversity, explaining that it's based on principles he learned with the Marines, as follows:A - Accept: Think with clarityR - Remove: Remove unwanted emotionA - Adapt: What's changed? What do we do now? How can we now take the fight to the ene