Just get to lunch,” I muttered to myself.
It was the only way I could control my anxiety. In 1998, I’d made it through Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, or BUD/S, by focusing on just making it to the next meal. It didn’t matter if I couldn’t feel my arms as we hoisted logs over our heads or if the cold surf soaked me to the core. It wasn’t going to last forever. There is a saying: “How do you eat an elephant?” The answer is simple: “One bite at a time.” Only my bites were separated by meals: Make it to breakfast, train hard until lunch, and focus until dinner. Repeat.
The point was not to meet the minimums, but crush them. Success in Green Team was about managing stress and performing at your peak level—all the time.
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0 有用 海豚娘 2025-02-22 02:42:38 北京
文采很一般,但是作者和他的战友们是如何应对各种困境对我来说是新的。