Tag: skills

In some circles, attention is focused on a few skills (shooting, primarily, but emergency/trauma medicine also) which are indeed crucial - at times - but are also among the sexier of the skills which might come in handy in some sort of crisis. In fact, if you have some of the below skills, you might not have to use the ones named above. Side note - I have used "post-apocalyptic" in the title because it will attract attention. These things also come in handy in today's world. Tracking If you… Read More

It's easy to fall into a rut in any sort of activity - a comfortable place where you only practice the things you're good at, and therefore think you're good at the activity as a whole. This could apply to shooting, driving, flying, running, waterskiing, etc. As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. I was shooting with Mike Pannone a week or so back and shot a new drill he is working on which forces the shooter to do things he or she normally wouldn't do (for practice purposes) at… Read More

In this video, I relate some of the lessons I've learned about performance under stress, and how to improve my chances of survival in a dangerous situation. In order to provide a background for the opinions I have formed, I describe a few of the stressful situations I have encountered. I do not include them in order to boast or brag - they are the cornerstones of my experience regarding performance under stress. As you will see, I have learned as much - or more - from failure as I… Read More