What if the greatest lesson from Special Forces Assessment and Selection had nothing to do with becoming a Green Beret?
For twenty-four unforgettable days at Camp Mackall, Scott Kinder was no longer a name. No rank. No title. Just Candidate 111 (Triple Penny).
He carried a forty-five-pound rucksack through the North Carolina pines. He endured endless rucks, Log PT, Rifle PT, Nasty Nick, the infamous STAR Course, and Team Week. He lived by a whiteboard. He feared the sound of a TAC opening a notebook. He learned that a simple phrase: Candidate… you’ve failed to negotiate this obstacle,” could stay with a person for decades.
But this isn’t a book about elite military training. It’s a book about life.
With humor, humility, and hard-earned perspective, Scott takes readers inside one of the most demanding selection courses in the world while uncovering the timeless lessons hidden beneath every mile, every blister, every failure, and every success.
You’ll discover why:
Identity must be earned: not inherited. Leadership begins long before you’re in charge. Attention to detail separates professionals from amateurs. Small problems become big problems when ignored. Teams succeed when egos disappear. Your worth should never be determined by someone else’s selection. The greatest obstacle you’ll ever negotiate is often the conversation happening inside your own head.
Whether you’ve served in uniform or never stepped foot on a military installation, the lessons of Camp Mackall apply to every challenge life places in front of you: business, leadership, marriage, parenting, faith, adversity, and personal growth.
This isn’t a Hollywood version of Special Forces. There are no dramatic speeches. No cinematic heroes. No impossible action scenes. There’s gravel. There is uncertainty. There is a Rubber Ducky. There are Green Berets quietly taking notes while Candidates discover who they really are when nobody seems to care.
More than twenty years later, Scott realized something profound. Camp Mackall wasn’t simply evaluating whether he could become a Green Beret. It was quietly teaching him how to become a better husband, father, leader, entrepreneur, and man. Because life never stops putting obstacles in our way. The only question is whether we’ll negotiate them.
If you’ve ever wondered what Special Forces Assessment and Selection is really like (or if you’ve ever faced an obstacle that made you question yourself), this book will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.
No BS Change Management
Most organizations do not fail because they lack ideas.
They fail because they cannot successfully implement change.
Every company claims to want innovation, transformation, agility, and growth. But slogans and strategy meetings do not create results. Successful execution does.
In No BS Change Management, Scott Kinder cuts through the corporate jargon and consultant fluff to expose why most organizational change efforts fail long before execution even begins.
This is not another academic textbook filled with complicated models nobody remembers.
This is a practical, brutally honest field manual for leaders, project managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and teams trying to survive and lead through real organizational disruption.
Inside the book, you’ll learn why resistance to change is normal. How poor communication destroys execution. Why innovation IS successful change. How projects deliver organizational transformation. Why culture kills more initiatives than technology. How to use the COSTS Framework to assess change impact. Why momentum beats perfection. How to lead people through uncertainty without creating chaos.
Whether you are leading a digital transformation, scaling a business, managing a major project, or trying to keep your team aligned during uncertainty, this book delivers practical leadership and operational strategies that actually work in the real world.
Because change is not a memo, change is leadership under pressure.
And leadership (not buzzwords) is what makes transformation survive.
Special Forces Brothers In Christ
What happens when the war ends… but the battle inside you begins?
In Special Forces Brothers in Christ: Warriors, Faith, Pride, and the War After the Battle, former Green Beret Scott Kinder delivers a raw, honest, and deeply personal exploration of warrior culture, silent faith, pride, brotherhood, and the spiritual struggles many veterans carry long after the uniform comes off.
After arriving at 5th Special Forces Group during the height of the Global War on Terror, Kinder was surrounded by some of the most respected warriors in the world: men forged through combat, sacrifice, discipline, and mission.
Yet despite years spent together in training rooms, team houses, and war zones, one subject was rarely discussed openly: Jesus Christ.
Years later, an alumni text thread changed everything.
The same warriors who once spoke only of missions, deployments, and combat began openly discussing Scripture, theology, grace, redemption, failure, repentance, and the battle for the soul. As Kinder began interviewing fellow Green Berets, a powerful pattern emerged: once the operational tempo slowed and the noise faded, the deeper spiritual questions became impossible to ignore.
This book is not a theology textbook. It is a spiritual reckoning.
Blending personal reflection, warrior philosophy, biblical truth, and hard-earned wisdom, Special Forces Brothers in Christconfronts:
The fear of appearing weak in warrior culture.
Why high performers often struggle spiritually in silence.
Combat trauma, moral injury, and post-service identity loss.
Pride, isolation, addiction, and emotional suppression.
The importance of confession, surrender, and brotherhood.
Why many veterans fight harder for foreign populations than their own families.
Spiritual warfare and the unseen battles many warriors never prepared for.
The difference between being a fighter and becoming a shepherd.
Written in a blunt, authentic, and deeply relatable voice, this book is for:
Veterans
First responders
High performers
Leaders
Men and women struggling privately while succeeding publicly
Anyone searching for purpose, faith, redemption, and truth after life’s hardest battles…
This is not a story about perfect people. The last perfect person walked the Earth over 2,000 years ago. This is a story about warriors finally discovering that strength and surrender are not enemies, and that no sin is too heavy for the cross.
Brothers in arms. Now brothers in Christ.
No Bullsh*t Project Management
Organizations today have no shortage of ideas, tools, meetings, dashboards, or priorities, yet finishing work has never been more difficult. Strategy is rarely the problem. Execution almost always is. Even well-funded initiatives with smart people and clear goals routinely stall, drag, overrun budgets, lose alignment, or quietly die. The modern workplace is drowning in motion but starving for outcomes.
No Bullsh*t Project Management is a practical field guide for closing the gap between intent and results. It rejects the overly academic, heavily bureaucratic, and jargon-filled approach that has consumed much of the project management world and instead focuses on what actually drives delivery in real environments: clarity, alignment, sequencing, risk, communication, and disciplined execution.
A Green Beret’s Guide to Starting a Business: How to Fight, Win, and Actually Make Money
Business is war. Are you ready for the fight?
Most business books are written by keyboard warriors, corporate lifers, or self-proclaimed “gurus” who’ve never had to fight for a dollar. This isn’t one of those books.
Written by a former U.S. Army Green Beret, A Green Beret’s Guide to Starting a Business will teach you how to think, plan, and execute like the elite, because in business, just like in combat, amateurs get crushed and pros win.
Inside, you’ll learn:
Why mindset beats skillset (and how to develop both).
How to plan a business like a mission and execute like your life depends on it.
How to find customers who pay, not just “follow” you
Why discipline, systems, and adaptability will outwork your competition every time
How to deal with setbacks, failures, and days when you want to quit
And how to make money, because profit, not popularity, is the objective
This is a blunt, no-excuses manual for anyone serious about building a business that wins.
Whether you’re a veteran, an entrepreneur, or just someone sick of corporate B.S. looking to build your own future, this guide will show you how to fight smart, lead boldly, and win in the world of business.
It’s not easy. It’s not supposed to be. But it is worth it.
Suit up. It’s game on.
MTT: Military Transition Tips is a guide for service members navigating the often challenging shift from military to civilian life. Written with firsthand experience and practical insight, this book serves as a trusted companion to help you successfully adapt to a new environment while honoring your military heritage.
Transitioning out of the armed forces involves more than just finding a job; it’s about redefining your purpose, building a new support network, and leveraging the skills you’ve acquired during your service. MTT offers actionable strategies to tackle each stage of this process, from crafting a civilian-friendly résumé to mastering job interviews, understanding corporate culture, and planning your personal finances.
Available now.
Frag Out! A Green Beret’s Guide To Winning in Life and Work
Frag Out! is the culmination of all I’ve done in my professional life and will give you the keys to start winning in your projects and across your business.
This book will help you. It’s focused on helping you win the very fights you fight each day, from my time in Special Forces to running global operations within the Institute of Project Management through starting my own business. I’ve done the things I show you.
Available now.
