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Fifty Dangerous Things
Dangerism – Belief systems or ideologies in which some activities are considered dangerous based on cultural histories, taboos and traditions rather than science, statistics or concrete evidence.
“Have you ever licked a 9-volt battery?”
This is the question Gever Tulley... -
Commitment, Control and Challenge.
A recent area of research of mine is in the psychological concept of “hardiness.”
Hardiness, put simply, is the ability to withstand and perform well under stress.
The concept was initially defined in the late seventies when a guy named Kobasa began studying... -
Real Food
Protein shakes have been a dietary staple of mine for much of my life.
I loathe MRE's; the "Meals Ready to Eat" given to military personnel in the field consisting of roughly a thousand calories of mostly flour, soybean oil and corn syrup. On deployments I would often live... -
Combat Psychology and Sports Performance
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." — Mike Tyson
Picture a large plastic zip tie, about an inch wide. The smaller versions are sometimes used to tie garbage bags; soldiers and police officers use the large ones to restrain people. Anyone could...