"But, Jack...Trump Wants to Crush Us!"Master the 10 Navy SEAL Switches: Command Your Mind Like a Warrior-Even While The World Is Chaotic

Build internal armor strong enough to outlast panic, politics, and pain

“But, Jack...Trump Wants to Crush Us!”Master the 10 Navy SEAL Switches: Command Your Mind Like a Warrior-Even While The World Is Chaotic

Build internal armor strong enough to outlast panic, politics, and pain

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #648: Friday, November 14th, 2025.

Author’s Note:

This issue was meant to stay locked behind the paid wall…part of the “10 Switches” series I’ve been building for the Inner Circle.
But…I decided to make an exception.
You’re getting it free this weekend.
Read it carefully.
Because once you see how these Switches work…you’ll understand why paid readers don’t just read them…they can’t wait for them.

Enjoy…

The Toughest Minds on Earth

There’s a reason I chose the Navy SEALs for this issue of JHN.
Not because they’re superhuman.
But because they’ve mastered something 99% of people never will: the art of not quitting when your brain is screaming for mercy.

You can teach tactics. You can teach weapons. You can teach navigation…diving… explosives…strategy.
But what the SEALs teach better than anyone else on Earth…is control of the internal battlefield.

Hell Week isn’t about strength…it’s about surrender.
Not surrendering to pain…but surrendering the illusion…that comfort ever mattered.

Because once you stop negotiating with pain…
once you stop waiting for the world to calm down before you act…
you become something the average person…doesn’t even recognize anymore: steady in the storm.

That’s what this issue is about.
Not hero worship. Not war stories.
It’s about mental operating systems…forged under freezing surf…sleep deprivation… and total chaos…that can help you function at your best…when everything around you feels like it’s breaking apart.

SEALs train for war…but what they’ve really mastered is peace under pressure.
And that’s what every one of us needs now…in a world that’s spinning faster…louder… and crazier than ever before.

This issue of The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter is your access point into that mindset.
Because while the world melts down… you’re going to learn how to switch on.

Now…here’s the thing most people miss:

Mental toughness isn’t born in uniform.
It’s built the same way anything else is built…rep by rep…moment by moment…under pressure.

That’s why the 10 Navy SEAL Switches aren’t about military life.
They’re about mental command…a set of psychological triggers that flip you from reactive to relentless.
You don’t have to crawl through surf or carry a log to use them.
You just have to stop waiting for ideal conditions… and start operating like someone who doesn’t need them.

Because in a world this chaotic…the people who survive…aren’t the ones who “hope it calms down.”
They’re the ones who know how to stay calm while it burns.

The 10 Navy SEAL Switches

1. The Reps Don’t Care Switch

Pain doesn’t negotiate.
Insight: SEALs stop asking “How long?” and start asking “How many reps until it changes me?”
Action: Replace the question “When will this end?” with “What’s my next rep?”
Identity line: Each rep is a vote for who survives when comfort quits.

2. The 90-Second Reset Switch

Ninety seconds is the life-cycle of panic.
Insight: Neuroscience and field drills show cortisol spikes burn off if you ride them… not fight them.
Action: When chaos hits…breathe once…twice, thrice…don’t speak…don’t act…for ninety seconds.
Identity: You just outlasted the storm…before it made decisions for you.

3. The Micro-Mission Switch

Overwhelm kills more missions than bullets.
Insight: SEALs shrink impossible tasks…into micro-missions: win the next five minutes.
Action: Slice every objective…into time boxes…you can dominate.
Identity: Five-minute victories…stack into unbreakable momentum.

4. The Audible Calm Switch

Loud world, loud mind.
Insight: Operators talk themselves quiet…literally. They give themselves a single audible command: “Slow it down.”
Action: Use your own voice as the trigger…it resets prefrontal control.
Identity: You are the calm in other people’s storm.

5. The Failure Rehearsal Switch

Fear disappears when you pre-live the loss.
Insight: SEALs visualize what could go wrong…until the outcome loses novelty…and power.
Action: Run failure once in your head…watch it dissolve…then execute.
Identity: You already died once…in rehearsal. Now you’re free to perform.

6. The After-Action Loop Switch

Debrief or repeat.
Insight: Every mission ends with a ruthless…blame-free review. That’s how mediocrity dies early.
Action: Journal one paragraph: What worked, what didn’t, what I’ll fix tomorrow.
Identity: Feedback isn’t criticism…it’s ammunition.

7. The Energy Override Switch

Motivation is a rumor.
Insight: SEAL physiology training proves motion…creates motivation…not the other way around.
Action: When you don’t feel like it…move for 30 seconds. The body will drag the mind behind it.
Identity: Discipline is the generator…emotion is just the light it powers.

8. The Compartment Switch

Emotionally bleed on the wrong task, and you lose two fights at once.
Insight: SEALs compartmentalize…one box at a time…sealed tight.
Action: Label the mental container before engagement…“Mission Only,” “Family,” “Recovery.”
Identity: You decide when the door opens…chaos doesn’t.

9. The Edge of Failure Switch

Comfort is camouflage.
Insight: Growth lives one notch past failure. SEALs program 60% success drills…hard enough to break…safe enough to learn.
Action: Seek controlled failure daily…it rewires fear into familiarity.
Identity: Every near-miss…is a medal for courage under curiosity.

10. The Integrity Under Night-Vision Switch

Character is what you do when no one can see…but you still can.
Insight: SEAL teams run “dark accountability” drills…honesty checks with zero witnesses.
Action: Do one act of integrity unseen…every 24 hours.
Identity: The man who answers to his own night vision…never loses daylight power.

Remember This

These ten are part of the backbone…of The Switch Series.
Every issue drills deeper; this issue is about mindset…neuro-control…resilience…moral toughness.
Free readers get the surface. Paid subscribers get the wiring diagram.
If you want to flip the switches most men and women never find…join the team.

BONUS SECTION:

Expanding and Reinforcing…Navy SEAL Switch #1: Pain Doesn’t Negotiate…It Just Counts Reps

Every Navy SEAL learns this the hard way:
The ocean doesn’t care about your motivation.
The logs don’t care about your excuses.
And pain…sure as hell doesn’t care about your feelings.

It only counts reps.

That’s the difference between civilians who wait for life to feel fair…and operators who build bodies…and minds…so unbreakable…that fairness doesn’t factor into the equation.

You’ve Asked the Wrong Question Your Whole Life

You’ve had those mornings too.
You wake up…look at the mountain in front of you…emails…bills…deadlines…politics…and your brain whispers, “How long do I have to do this?”
That’s the civilian question.

SEALs never ask how long.
They ask one thing: “How many reps until I change?”

Because the pain isn’t the problem.
Negotiating with it is.

The Science of Grit: How SEALs Rewire Pain into Identity

A SEAL’s brain is wired around rep-based identity,,,small…repeated acts that reinforce…who you are becoming…instead of who you were.

It’s built on two truths:

1. The brain can’t argue with repetition. Every rep fires a vote into your identity… until it’s no longer “discipline”…it’s muscle memory.

2. Momentum is immune to emotion. Once you’ve started…your body drags the rest of you along.

That’s why their motto isn’t “feel better.” It’s “It pays to be a winner”

Flip the Switch: From Endurance to Dominance

Here’s the Switch:

1. Stop asking “How long?” That’s the language of fatigue.

2. Start asking “What’s my next rep/step?” That’s the language of endurance.

3. Count nothing but completions. The only metric that matters…is forward motion.

Apply it like this:

When your willpower dips…don’t think “another hour.”
Think “one more call…one more push-up…one more paragraph.”

And when the pain protests?
Smile. Pain’s…just the world taking attendance.

Your New Operating System: Repetition as Reputation

From here forward…measure your days in reps/steps…not hours.

You’ll discover something dangerous: consistency that doesn’t depend on motivation.

Every rep is a vote for your future.
Every vote compounds.
Every compound builds armor.

The “10 Switches” series is what separates people who endure…from people who wish they did.

Join the Inner Circle to make sure you get to read…every. single. one. of. them.
Paid subscribers get the wiring diagram…the moment each one drops.

Flip the Switch: Join the Few Who Execute Under Pressure

Remember: Pain Keeps Score. Make Sure You’re Winning.

You’ve got the mindset; now get the system.
Upgrade to a paid subscription and master all of the upcoming Switches…one at a time…each designed to hard-wire resilience…dominance…and composure under fire.

Back soon,

-Jack