Leading from the Front - Ep. 42
We often think of leadership, particularly in special operations, as manifest in the form of some big heroic act. That can be the case; the military is full of those examples. But far more often, a ...
28 Jun 202311min
Seb Lavoie, Part 2: SWAT/ERT Selection, Leadership, and Mindset - Ep. 41
This is the second half of a two-part episode with Sebastien Lavoie. Please check out the first episode if you haven't listened already. In that episode, we discussed Seb’s early career, his time on t...
15 Jun 202344min
Seb Lavoie, Part 1: Elite Tactical Team Leadership and Selection - Ep. 40
Sebastien Lavoie, a veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Armed Forces with over two decades of dedicated service, is now the CEO of Raven Strategic Inc. after retiring ...
13 Jun 202345min
You Will Have Your Waterloo - Ep. 39
SOF selection is an equalizer. It's an egalitarian machine designed to reveal what's inside each candidate when suffering. It's in this suffering that your character - the raw material that determines...
31 Mai 20239min
Managing Expectations & Maintaining Cognitive Flexibility - Ep. 38
When we fail to examine our expectations, and they don’t become a reality, we can have strong feelings of disappointment, resentment, anger, frustration, discouragement, or resignation. Expectations ...
16 Mai 202314min
Stress, Training, & Adaptation (Part 2) - Ep. 37
In this episode, we talk about stress, training, and adaptation. This is a big topic, so we’ve broken this into a two-part podcast. This is part two of that series, so you might want to check out the...
15 Mar 202323min
Stress, Training, & Adaptation (Part 1) - Ep. 36
In this episode, we talk about stress, training, and adaptation. This is a big topic, so we’ve broken this into a two-part podcast. To understand programming, you must first understand how and why yo...
23 Feb 202313min
Paradoxical Intent - Leaning Into Fear - Ep. 35
SOF selection requires that you develop a close relationship with pain. This doesn’t just mean lots of dramatic grimacing for the camera. Eventually, successful experiences teach us that pain can be...
7 Feb 202318min
