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Developing A Special Forces Mindset - Jay Morton - #246

Episode 2462020-11-15简体中文Members only

Guests: Jay Morton

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§01垃圾桶、摄像头,和一个排序问题

克里斯·威廉森把这一期的框架设在恐惧、压力和出色发挥上,然后用画面把这个框架戳破:杰伊·莫顿人在迪拜,在酒店房间里平衡在一个翻过来的垃圾桶上,用漫游流量把手机当热点。“I'm in Dubai. How could I not be well?” 后面那个晒伤的笑话——“When you're from Winterfell, you don't tan.”——定下了调子:不适是被嘲弄掉的,不是被郑重对待的。第一个实质性问题是一个排序:哪个更难,“the selection process for special forces or climbing Everest twice”?

§02选拔:以淘汰作为黏合机制

莫顿的答案是珠峰,然后他花了长得多的时间解释为什么选拔算不上更难的那件事。选拔要跑六个月,而这个群体会自我淘汰:“you start with maybe 150, 170 people”,三周内少一半,然后掉到二十来人。剩下的是由共同的苦难熬出来的“super tight bond”,这也正是他说自己享受选拔的原因。奇怪的是之后的部分:24 岁的他进了一个人人快四十的小队,而通过选拔的仪式不过是一条腰带、一顶贝雷帽、在钟楼旁拍张照、一轮握手,然后各奔自己的中队。

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