Harry Moffitt wants you to feel what it actually takes to be an SAS Soldier. The bone-deep pressure, the tests designed to break you before you’ve even begun, the kind of training that doesn’t just challenge you - it leaves marks you carry for life.
Harry has lived through wounds, brutal recovery, and moments of unexpected humanity that shift how you see the world. He pulls you inside that experience - the highs, the lows, and the messy reality of trying to rebuild a life after the battlefield.
You’ll walk away with insights you can use: how to prepare yourself for pressure, how to build resilience that lasts, how to perform when everything in you wants to quit. And yes — you’ll even hear how all of this ends up forming a very real, very punk, all–special forces band.
In this episode Andrew and Harry discuss:
0:05 Putting a mission on hold to help people in need and the outpouring of humanity that caused the situation.
5:45 Being wounded and the lengthy and tough recovery process that followed.
10:00 One of the most beautiful moments of Harry’s time in the SASR.
16:30 An average day in the SASR and the type of person who makes the perfect recruit.
25:00 The gruelling training SASR recruits go through and how close is it to the Hollywood version?
28:45 What drew Harry to the military and heading up the operator stream of the SASR.
33:30 What surprised Harry the most about transitioning to civilian life and how he prepared for that during his career.
40:00 Preparing new recruits for life outside the military.
44:30 looking at your whole life and not just one part at a time.
50:00 The human performance revolution and learning about high performance from Percy Cerutty.
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