Friday, July 19, 2013

Sheepdog tip of the day

There is a kind of dream not associated with any real world event. I
call it the Universal Warrior Nightmare. The most common version of the
universal nightmare is to dream that you cannot get your gun to fire. The gun
jams, the bullets dribble out the end of the barrel, or they bounce
impotently off the bad guy's chest. The puppy, your midbrain, your
... unconscious mind, sends a message into your dreams that says, "Boss, I'm
worried. I'm afraid it might not work." Well, who would not be worried?
Many of your brother and sister warriors have such nightmares and there is
nothing wrong if you are having them now or you get them in the future. But
there is one thing you can do that has helped many warriors to make the
dreams go away: train. The puppy is worried, so to calm him you teach him a
few new tricks or polish the old ones. Train hard so that he feels confident.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat 
 

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