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Quitting: Why Are Members of Special Operation Forces Good at Not Quitting?

Growing up I often look at Special Operations Forces (SOF) as larger than life characters capable of doing the impossible.  The never quit despite the harshest of conditions.  The question I had gr...

Quitting: The Loudest are often the Biggest Quitters

 There is something I have realized over the course of my endurance career and time spent in the military, it is those that are the most vocal about not quitting are often some of the earliest to l...

The Ego and the Id(iot): Necessary Additions to the First Three Rules of Special Operations Forces

There are probably as many sets of ‘Rules for Special Operations’ as there are special operators, but one set most of us have probably heard goes like this: Rule 1: Look cool Rule 2: Know what you...

Right Now, It's This Way: The Importance of Being Present, Even When You Are Displaced

A few years ago, I met a man with a phrase tattooed on his forearm in typeface. On the surface we had little in common. He was nearing sixty, a Hollywood screen writer who had never known anything...

The Road Less Travelled: How "Die Living" Saved Me From Myself

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost My name is Paul and I’m an alcoholic. I have been in recovery for roughl...