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Average Fails Everyone

By Craig Weller / September 13, 2021 / 4 Comments

Military aircraft technology evolved rapidly in the years after World War 2. With the introduction of jet engines, planes became much more powerful and complicated. They also became alarmingly easier to crash. On many days the Air Force recorded over a dozen different crashes at bases around the country. Seventeen pilots crashed in a single […]

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Secondary Emotions

By Craig Weller / October 21, 2020 / 2 Comments

Regardless of your occupation, self-regulation is a key component of resilience and performance under stress.    Self-regulation has an immediate effect, in that it helps you direct your cognitive function and make better decisions in difficult situations.  In the medium-term, it helps to modulate circadian rhythms, prevent burnout, and manage energy and recovery.  And, in […]

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Attention

By Craig Weller / April 27, 2020 / 0 Comments

We were standing in ranks on the beach in Coronado, California, in front of the Naval Special Warfare Center. We were about to start an open-ocean swim, and each student was being inspected. Along with the mask and fins, we each carried an SRK dive knife, emergency flares and a UDT life vest. The vests […]

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