Bin Laden's Assassin: The Navy SEAL Who Killed The World’s Most Wanted Man | Rob O'Neill (E340)

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Rob O’Neill is a former Navy SEAL best known for being part of the mission that took down Osama bin Laden. With years of experience in high-stakes operations, he’s learned invaluable lessons about leadership, resilience, and the importance of living in the moment.

In this episode, Rob shares the mindset that helped him navigate both combat and everyday life. He talks about the power of small wins, how something as simple as making your bed can set the tone for success. He also dives into the importance of learning from others, embracing humility, and staying focused on what truly matters instead of wasting energy on unnecessary worries.

Rob also opens up about personal sacrifices, especially the toll military life takes on family. He reflects on the difference between saying goodnight and saying goodbye to loved ones, emphasising the importance of cherishing every moment.

This episode is packed with hard-earned wisdom, practical advice, and powerful reminders to stay resilient, appreciate life, and always answer the phone when your parents call.

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0:00.0	Don't forget next week's episodes are available early, exclusively on the high-performance app.
0:05.2	Out now, ex-Chelsey midfieler John Obi-Michel and former U.S. Navy SEAL, Rob O'Neill.
0:12.5	We're going after Osama bin Laden tonight for the first Americans to fight al-Qaeda to the death,
0:17.8	and those were the passengers on United Flight 93 on 9-11.
0:24.4	Pakistan police might show up to Pakistan. Military might show up. We'll either shoot it out with them or die in a Pakistani prison. You know, it's a very high probability this is the last
0:28.4	mission we go on. And when we went through the curtain at the top of the stairs, he moved it.
0:32.5	And because he went sort of left, I had to go right based on our tactics and because I did that, standing in front of me,
0:37.6	three feet away was Osama bin Laden.
0:40.9	That is the voice of former SEAL Team Six operator Rob O'Neill, the man who pulled the trigger
0:45.8	to kill Osama bin Laden after a desperate manhunt that lasted a decade.
0:51.4	Damien, I don't think we've ever had a conversation like this on high performance.
0:55.2	Absolutely, Jake. I mean, Rob shares with us a really vivid description of the moment when he realized who
1:00.4	his infamous target was, you know, the dynamics of that ever-changing mission. And there's a really
1:05.9	heartbreaking bit where he kisses his kids goodbye rather than good night. Because as he tells us in this conversation, he thought this was the mission that would
1:14.6	kill him. He talks about how one of the helicopters crashed on the way to Osama bin Laden's
1:19.5	stronghold, how the whole mission nearly failed, the moment that he took the shot and then that
1:24.2	realization that his life had changed forever and he is fascinating when we get
1:29.6	into a deep conversation about how seal training equipped him for such a mission as we welcome to
1:35.9	high performance a former member of seal team six rob o'neill rob welcome to high performance.
1:45.8	Appreciate it.
1:46.8	So you're on the most high-profile mission of your life,
1:50.8	and suddenly standing in front of you is Osama bin Laden.
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