Green Beret Teaches You How to Survive Any Situation - Mike Glover - #656
Modern Wisdom
07/20/23
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Mike Glover is a former United States Army Green Beret, survivalist expert, CEO of FieldCraft Survival, and podcaster providing expertise on survival tactics and preparedness.
Being prepared is arguably the most potent tool in any survival kit. However working out what to prepare for can be a daunting task. How do you decide the likelihood of potential threats and distinguish them from unlikely scenarios? How do you gear up for risks that present the most significant danger to you, and what do you need?
Expect to learn how to best prepare yourself to survive a car accident, the biggest risks you should know about but aren’t preparing for, the surprising risk that always gets overlooked when using firearms, whether doomsday preppers in their bunkers are actually preparing correctly, the tool you should always keep handy that might save your life one day and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro (00:21) Mike’s Background (04:07) Why Mike Was Labeled as a Terrorist (07:51) How Important is Preparedness? (17:38) The Biggest Risks Society Doesn’t Think About (22:10) Daily Basics of Preparedness (31:46) How to Eliminate the Freeze Response (39:06) What People Misunderstand About Personal Firearms (49:46) Importance of Situational Awareness (54:29) How Demeanour Can Be Weaponised (1:02:44) How to Prepare Your Home for Incidents (1:10:20) Mike’s Advice on Handguns in the Home (1:20:29) Where to Find Mike
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Deconstructing the habits and mindsets of the world's most successful people gives us an insight into how to expedite success and avoid pitfalls. Presumably the people who made it to the top have found effective ways of operating that we can all use in our lives, today we go through some of the most useful.
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An Economist’s Guide To A Happy Life - Erik Angner - #657
July 22, 2023
•65m
Erik Angner is a professor of philosophy at King's College London, researcher, and author.
Economists are usually concerned with macro trends. Money, finances. But they also have data-driven insights into what makes a happy, fulfilling life. Plus Erik is also a philosopher, so he manages to blend two murky worlds into a very usable life approach.
Expect to learn what economics says are the 4 pillars of living a good life, why everyone hates philosophers, whether all old Japanese people should kill themselves, why economists get such a bad wrap, how to maximise your happiness from an economic perspective, whether there is a difference between men and women's happiness, how to break your addiction to material possessions and much more...
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This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins
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The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
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