How to Build a Lethal Mindset
Everything you need to know about the Lethal Training Protocol Principles.
MINDSET = EVERYTHING
At the highest levels of performance, the margins are microscopic.
Roger Federer won just 54% of the points he played throughout his career. Barely more than half. Yet he claimed 20 Grand Slam titles and won 80% of his matches.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal? Same 54% point-winning percentage. Combined for 66 Grand Slams.
Just 3–4 percentage points separate enduring champions from everyone else in professional tennis. That’s the difference between 20 Grand Slams and anonymity.
What separates the elite from everyone else isn’t physical capability, it’s what’s between the ears.
NAVY SEALS: 80% MENTAL, 20% PHYSICAL
70–80% of Navy SEAL candidates drop out during BUD/S selection despite being in peak physical condition.
The guys who look like Greek gods on paper? They quit. The athletes with superhuman cardiovascular systems? They ring the bell.
Elite SOF selection courses are “roughly 80% mental, 20% physical,” according to Eric Potterat, clinical psychologist and former head psychologist for the U.S. Navy SEALs.
“Mental weakness is what actually screens you out. The physical is just a prerequisite.”
MOTIVATION IS BULLSHIT WITHOUT ACTION
Most men know mindset matters intellectually. They understand the concept.
Then they do nothing with it.
They watch David Goggins compilations on YouTube. Listen to motivation podcasts while scrolling their phones. Read manifestation books about the law of attraction. Journal about their dreams. Visualize success while lying in bed.
And nothing changes.
Because they’re consuming content about mental toughness instead of building it.
Men are builders. Creators. We’re designed to impose our will on the world through action—not sit at home watching other men talk about being hard.
Watching Goggins scream about staying hard doesn’t make you hard. Reading about manifestation doesn’t manifest results. Listening to a podcast about discipline doesn’t create discipline.
Action does.
Aggressive, relentless, systematic action applied until your mind rewires itself for success.
This article teaches you exactly how to do that.
Not kumbaya bullshit. Not manifestation. Not the law of attraction.
The law of relentless action.
It can be overwhelming knowing where to start when you want to completely rewire your mindset. So this piece gives you a crystal clear blueprint; A 12-week protocol to systematically build an operator-grade mind.
THE ELITE OPERATOR SYSTEM
I can going to systematically break down how this elite operator system works & how you can apply it today, to forge a Lethal Mindset.
A big shoutout to Mike Medici (X Account Here), as this system is built off the back of his PISA system.
Most of you set goals like this:
They write down what they want on January 1st. Get motivated for 3 weeks. Then life happens, momentum dies, and by March the goal is forgotten.
This isn’t goal-setting. It’s wishful thinking.
Elite operators don’t hope their way to results. They engineer them.
Here’s how engineering your vision actually works in practise:
Perfect days stack into perfect weeks.
Perfect weeks compound into exceptional months.
Exceptional months build legendary years.
The gap between where you are and where you want to be isn’t closed by writing down a goal and hoping it works out. It’s closed by building a systematic framework that turns daily action into inevitable results.
This is the difference between goals and systems.
Goals are outcomes you hope to achieve. Systems are processes that guarantee you achieve them.
You probably say to yourself: ”I want to be worth $10M” or “I want a 6-pack” or “I want to build a successful business.”
Elite operators focus on the system, the daily behaviours that make the outcome inevitable.
You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
If your system is watching motivation videos and journaling, you’ll get motivation and journal entries.
If your system is relentless daily action tied to weekly targets tied to monthly milestones tied to yearly objectives tied to a crystal-clear vision...
You get exactly what you want out of life.
That’s what the Elite Operator System does. It breaks down your vision into a systematic framework where every single day has purpose, every week builds momentum, and every action compounds toward the man you’re becoming.
Here’s how it works:
TIER 1: VISION & MISSION
MISSION: The Goal That Never Ends
Your mission is a single statement that defines what you’re committed to for life.
Not a goal you complete and move on from. A standard you uphold until you die.
Think of it as your operating principle, the non-negotiable commitment that anchors everything else.
Examples:
Physical Mission: “To maintain elite-level health, athleticism, and physical appearance, and age gracefully without major degradation of body or mind”
Business Mission: “To build wealth and impact through solving real problems while maintaining sovereignty over my time”
Life Mission: “To operate at top 1% capability across mind, body, and spirit in every decade of my life”
Your mission doesn’t have an end date. It’s the through-line of your entire existence.
This is what separates men who peak at 35 and decline from men who remain lethal at 45, 55, 65.
The mission never changes. It’s your commitment to yourself.
VISION: Statements of Being
Visions are different. They’re time-bound snapshots of what your life looks like at specific milestones.
Ask yourself: “What do I want my life to look like in X years?”
Then write it as statements of being—”I am...” not “I want to...”
Example: 20-Year Vision (Age 47)
I am 5’11”, 185-190 lbs, 8-12% body fat
I am running a $5M+ ARR business with a team of 10
I am fluent in Spanish and Italian
I am married with 2 kids, living in a home I own outright
I am training 5x per week, competing in BJJ, playing tennis socially
I am traveling 3 months per year while maintaining all standards
Example: 10-Year Vision (Age 37)
I am 185 lbs, sub-10% body fat, hitting all Lethal Standards
I am generating $1M+ annual income
I am in a committed relationship
I am training martial arts 3x per week
I am living in a top-tier city with access to world-class training facilities
Example: 5-Year Vision (Age 32)
I am 180 lbs, 10% body fat, VO2 max >55
I am running a $500K ARR business
I am debt-free with 6 months emergency fund
I am training 5x per week without injury
I am competent in 2 martial arts
Notice the pattern: Mission = 1 statement. Vision = many specific items.
TIER 2: YEARLY TARGET
Here’s where vision becomes actionable.
You can’t plan beyond 12 months with any real specificity. Life changes. Priorities shift. Opportunities emerge. Trying to map out every detail for 5 years is a waste of time.
But one year? That’s Actionable.
The yearly target is the bridge between your long-term vision and what you’re actually going to accomplish in the next 365 days.
It answers: “What is the single biggest milestone I need to hit this year to move toward my vision?”
This should be:
Specific - Not “get in better shape” but “hit all Lethal Standards”
Measurable - You either did it or you didn’t
Ambitious - It should require you to level up, not coast
Aligned - It must serve your mission and move you toward your vision
These are conducted across the following domains:
Fitness (Physical mastery - training, nutrition, health)
Wealth (Business, career, income, financial freedom)
Lifestyle (Social, relationships, skills, experiences, refinement)
Examples based on 5-year vision above:
Health: “Hit all Lethal Standards (VO2 max >55, back squat 2x BW, sub-1.8s 10m sprint, etc.)”
Wealth: “Scale revenue from $250K to $500K ARR”.
Lifestyle: “Go to Switzerland to complete Ferrata hikes & Ski Zermatt”.
One year from now, you review this target. Binary outcome: hit or miss.
If you hit it, you set the next yearly target and keep moving.
If you miss it, you analyze why, adjust the system, and attack the next year with more precision.
The yearly target is where planning stops and execution begins.
Everything below this tier is about breaking down that one big target into daily action.
TIER 3: 12-WEEK TARGET
Break the yearly target into quarterly sprints.
12 weeks is the optimal timeframe for measurable progress without losing urgency. Long enough to achieve something meaningful. Short enough that you can’t procrastinate.
Examples (breaking down yearly targets):
Q1: “Add 50lbs to back squat, get VO2 max tested and establish baseline, complete sprint protocol”
Q1: “Launch new offer, onboard 10 clients, hit $40K MRR”
Q1: “Research Zermatt & Switzerland Hikes & contacting friends to go with”
Every 12 weeks, you’re resetting. Assessing. Adjusting.
Did you hit the target? Great, set the next one.
Missed it? Figure out why, adjust the system, attack the next 12 weeks harder.
Treat the 12 week period as a sprint. I like to align this with business quarters & decompress with a trip or a work free half week where I will plot my next 12 week sprint & regroup.
TIER 4: MONTHLY TARGET
Monthly targets are your checkpoints. They answer: “Am I on track for the 12-week target?”
These are smaller milestones that prove you’re making progress.
Examples (breaking down 12-week targets):
Month 1: “Add 15lbs to back squat, complete Week 1-4 of VO2 protocol, test baseline sprint”
Month 1: “Complete offer page, run outreach to 100 prospects, close 3 clients”
Month 1: “Solidify dates for Switzerland, finalise group to go with & hiking guides booked”.
At the end of each month, you review:
Did I hit the monthly target?
If yes, what’s next month’s target?
If no, what broke down? Weekly execution? Daily consistency?
Monthly reviews keep you from drifting off course. Small corrections now prevent massive failures later.
TIER 5: WEEKLY TASKS
This is where strategy becomes tactics.
Weekly tasks are the specific actions that roll up to your monthly target. These are concrete, actionable, and non-negotiable.
Examples (breaking down monthly targets):
“Train 5x (3 anabolic, 1 gas tank, 1 capacity), hit 150g protein daily, sleep 8 hours per night”
“Send 25 outreach messages, take 5 sales calls, create 3 pieces of content per week”.
At the start of each week, you map out exactly what needs to happen. At the end of each week, you review:
Did I complete all weekly tasks?
If no, why not? Schedule conflict? Lack of discipline? Wrong priorities?
Perfect weeks are the foundation of the entire system. Stack enough of them, and hitting your yearly target becomes automatic.
TIER 6: DAILY TASKS
The base of the pyramid. The only tier that actually matters.
Because yearly targets don’t get accomplished. Daily tasks do.
Daily tasks are the smallest unit of execution. They’re so simple you can’t fail if you actually do them.
Above is an example of a ‘perfect day’ of execution for me. I use Google Calendar. I don’t fuck around with fancy tools & contraptions.
No matter where I am in the world, I try to follow this structure.
It equates to:
2-3 hours of physical exercise (1 hour from commuting, 1-2 hours from training depending on the day).
7-8 hours of work (this will fluctuate depending on client calls, deep work days & travel).
I can break this down in far more detail if there is enough interest, but each day should be planned before you go to sleep.
This brain dump is an essential part of my wind down routine & makes me sleep infinitely better when I know what the fuck I actually need to do.
SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
I did not talk once about manifestation, motivational YouTube videos or trying to manifest your dreams from the comfort of your couch.
This system will serve you infinitely better than any pep talk you will get on your instagram reels.
This system not only works in my life, but I have used it with businessmen & career professionals all over the planet.
If you’re interested in having this system deployed into your life, DM me ‘Lethal’ to learn more.
J.Krucial.
Thanks for the insightful breakdown - simple yet looks effective
Time to grab pen and paper
I needed this . Thank you