About

Gareth Timmins

Gareth is a former Royal Marines Commando, emerging behavioural/cognitive scientist, turned bestselling published author of: Becoming the 0.1%: Thirty-four Lessons from the Diary of a Royal Marines Commando Recruit and The 0.1% Academy: Master the 7 Mindsets to Maintain Peak Performance.

While undertaking the thirty-four weeks of Commando training in 2005/06, at the tender age of twenty, he documented his experiences by keeping a never-before captured diary of elite military training. Within his debut book, Gareth utilised his academic grounding to produce and integrate thirty-four unique psychological lessons that people can utilise to achieve cutting-edge, performance thinking and develop an elite mindset.

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Research

He has previously supported the University of Surrey’s Business School, sharing insights that added real value to their MSc Entrepreneurial Thinking programme. His sessions covered topics such as the conceptualisation and perception of fear, and how techniques like cognitive restructuring and controlled breathing can help emerging entrepreneurs take smarter, calculated risks.

He is also undertaking PhD research at the University of Huddersfield, exploring rapid decision-making under time pressure. His work focuses on controlling the elicitation of irrational belief structures to improve the accuracy and consistency of high-pressure decisions during elite military operations while increasing success during frontline emergency responses in high-pressure life-threatening situations.

Looking ahead, he aims to translate these findings into the business sector, creating a blueprint for senior and emerging leaders to perform more effectively under stress. His goal is to develop an innovative framework that reshapes our contemporary understandings of resilience, and responses to stress, enabling greater success in the face of overwhelming corporate pressure.

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Work

His expertise in mindset, cognitive performance, and mitigating burnout provides the foundation for immersive courses that bridge the gap between the corporate world and the high-performing athlete. Working with world-class speakers and contributors, Gareth delivers programmes that inspire trust, accountability, and human optimisation, equipping professionals and organisations to achieve sustainable excellence.

Through The Elite Edge Academy®, Gareth provides structured programmes and coaching designed to help individuals strengthen resilience, sharpen decision-making, and unlock peak performance. In parallel, the Leaders Think Tank® brings together senior executives and entrepreneurs in a collaborative environment, creating space for strategic thinking, problem-solving, and the pursuit of transformative leadership.

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