Always do the right thing. Yes, there is always a right and wrong way to act and react. If you are having trouble figuring out which course of action to take, you’re either ignoring the innate feeling inside of you that is a direct link to your morals, values, and/or your faith; or you hear it and need to learn …
The Primal Switch: How Developing The Ruthless Mindset for Surviving Hand-to-Hand Combat Could Save Your Life
Chances are you’re never going to find yourself in a situation where you are forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat. However, as I’ve said time and again, the one thing you should always expect and train for is the unexpected. In his doctoral dissertation, my friend and current director of the United States Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) Human Performance Program, LtCol Pete …
Don’t Feed the Amygdala!
In 1985, while making the very difficult descent after summiting the 21,000 foot Siula Grand Mountain in the Peruvian Andes, two British mountaineers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates ran into a catastrophe when Simpson suffered a broken leg. Simpson’s injury was basically a death sentence above 19,000 feet on the completely uninhabited, snow-covered mountain in Peru. Simpson had to do …