423: Your Personality May Keep You From Surviving. "Psychological Aspects of Survival"
Jocko Podcast Key Takeaways Your survival may depend more on your personality than upon danger, the enemy, the weather, the terrain, or the nature of the emergency Survival depends a great deal on your knowing and facing the situation, but you are part of the situation Taking action reduces fear; there is nothing that makes fear worse than hesitation Survival requires the ability to detach from the situation“You can only improve your weaknesses if you’re humble enough to admit them.” – Jocko Willink Both pessimism and unrealistic optimism are equally dangerous to survival Seek out things that make you uncomfortable so that you become more comfortable with being uncomfortable Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgPsychological Aspects of Survival, 1954 Air Force Manual.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content