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Introduction Stress management is an important aspect of life, especially for military personnel, who frequently experience high levels of stress and/or anxiety due to the nature of the job and even the training that goes into it. It is critical...
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By Christine Sanchez, PhD, CMPC, BCB What is the mindset of an elite Operator or Soldier? Elite performers choose to approach training and daily life with a Growth Mindset (Dweck, 2007). To read our previous article on Growth Mindset for...
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Mindset is a significant contributing factor when it comes to the overall performance of an Operator or soldier. It is also one that is sometimes overlooked in regards to how to train and improve it as it is not as...
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When considering stress, we associate emotional state such as a stoppage in your weapon whilst on a timed shoot or being stuck in traffic after a late stand-down. Rarely do we think of the stress in a hormonal capacity such...
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Due to the professional requirement of being capable under fatigue and stress whilst in a kinetic environment, using sleep deprivation in a training environment is the closest variable we can control in order to mimic the psychological stresses of combat....
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