Eustress Training - Ep. 24
Eustress training is a way of training your body to do more work, easily by raising the baseline of movement or exercise that you can do without stressing your body out or making a significant demand ...
26 Juli 202215min
It Doesn't Matter - Ep. 23
Over our lifetimes, as years of experiences accumulate, we can begin to formulate a universal lesson: No matter how many bad things you went through in the past, you were still alive when they were ov...
19 Juli 202227min
How to Join the CIA and Lies About Lie Detection: Dr. Andy Morgan, Part 2 - Ep. 22
In the second half of our conversation with Dr. Andy Morgan, we cover topics including: - Advice for people seeking careers in the intelligence community - Andy’s work as an expert witness testify...
14 Juli 202247min
The Warfighter's Stress Response: Dr. Andy Morgan, Part 1 - Ep. 21
Dr. Andy Morgan is a Yale-educated former CIA medical intelligence officer, and one of the world's foremost experts on performance under stress in special operations personnel. In this episode we co...
12 Juli 202249min
Quit Tomorrow - Ep. 20
Self-herding is when you refer to your past actions for subconscious guidance rather than mirroring what others around you are doing. This effect can persist a lot longer than the situation that produ...
6 Juli 20228min
Change the System, Not the Symptom - Ep. 19
In SOF selection, you'll often hear instructors say "Don't set yourself up for failure." From your viewpoint in the pushup position with wet sand abrading every inch of your body, this might seem li...
28 Juni 202214min
Metacognition - Ep. 18
Metacognition is a fancy word for “thinking about thinking”. To borrow definitions from research with Olympic athletes, metacognition can be broken into 3 forms: - being aware of goals and how t...
20 Juni 202210min
Resilient Performance - Dr. Doug Kechijian - Ep. 17
Dr. Doug Kechijian is a physical therapist and CEO and co-founder of Resilient Performance Systems, which has locations in Manhattan, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Resilient seeks to systematically ex...
14 Juni 20221h 7min
