530: The 8 Life Lessons to Keep Your Head Above Water. With Andy Stumpf
3/4/20263 hr 45 min
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Throughout his 17-year career, Andy executed hundreds of combat operations throughout the world in support of the Global War on Terror. He was medically retired in June of 2013. His awards and decorations include 5 Bronze Star Medals (Four with Valor), the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, The Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal with Valor, Three Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medals, Two Combat Action Ribbons, and the presidential Unit Citation.
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First 90 secondsJocko Willink· Host0:00
This is Jocko Podcast number 530 with Echo Charles and me, Jocko Willink. Good evening, Echo.
Andy Stumpf· Guest0:04
Good evening.
Jocko Willink· Host0:05
If you're ever given the choice between being ambushed or ambushing someone else- [laughs] ... go with the latter. It is infinitely more en- enjoyable. When you are ambushed, you're often caught unprepared and i- in an environment that favors your enemy. Fear in these situations is normal. If we can agree that fear will be present, it is no longer a question of whether or not you will be afraid. The question becomes whether you are going to allow it to control you, or are you going to control it? When you are ambushed, the single most dangerous thing that you can do is remain in place and do nothing. If you do, your enemy is bound to maneuver on you and destroy you. The likeliest way to sustain your life and to turn the tables on your enemy is to maneuver. When you maneuver, you change the angles on your enemy, you change the geometry of the problem, and you start forcing them to react. In a perfect tactical world, you would maneuver, flank, and destroy your enemy. The first step in that sequence is the most critical, and it answers the question I have received countless times: how do I get started? The answer: you move. And that right there is an excerpt from a new incredible book called Drown Proof. Drowned Proof: 8 Life Lessons to Keep Your Head Above Water. It is written by my brother and retired SEAL, Andy Stumpf.