Dec. 15, 2023

Challenging Perspectives on Safety, Preparedness, and Survival

Challenging Perspectives on Safety, Preparedness, and Survival
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Do you truly understand what it means to be prepared? This episode challenges the very notion of safety and survival, taking you on an intense and introspective journey through a powerful passage from Jack Carr's book, "True Believer." We dissect the profound dedication of a relentless fighter, training tirelessly in the face of adversity. The stark realism of this reading compels us to reconsider the threats around us, and the unyielding enemies training relentlessly to harm us.

Dive deep into our personal experiences with tactical weapons training as we confront the illusion that simply owning a weapon guarantees safety. We argue that true defense extends beyond weapon possession, encompassing mental resilience, physical readiness, and spiritual fortitude. Through this provocative discussion, we aim to reshape your perspective on self-defense, preparedness, and survival. Embrace this opportunity to redefine your understanding of safety and preparedness in our unpredictable world.

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Good morning.

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It's Friday, december 15th.

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I want to share this with you.

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It's one of my favorite passages.

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One of my favorite readings.

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It's the title of a great book by Jack Carr, and I will not do this justice.

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Jaco has read this once before as a prelude to one of his podcasts, but I love it.

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It hits home.

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It's called True Believer.

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Somewhere a true believer is training to kill you.

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He is training with minimum food or water and austere conditions, day and night.

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The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his webgear.

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He doesn't worry about what work out to do His ruck ways, what it weighs.

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His run ends when the enemy stops chasing him.

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The true believer doesn't care how hard it is, he only knows that he wins or he dies.

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He doesn't go home at 1700.

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He is home.

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He only knows the cause.

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Alright.

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So that's pretty hardcore and it's more than just a passage.

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Whether you know it or not, I think recent events prove it.

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They drive the point home.

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This is absolutely true.

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It's gospel true.

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There are those out there, for whatever motivation, sometimes nothing more than blind stupidity, sheer hatred.

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They do what they do to come after people like you and me.

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The only cure for that is preparation.

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That's it, that's all, whether it's mental preparation, physical preparation.

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One of the things that we've been doing for a while here is kind of like on a side is some tactical weapons training.

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I started that back in 2010 on a Navy contract and it never ceases to amaze me how a lot of people nowadays will look at the concept and they'll say I carry, it has nothing to do with physical condition, because I carry my brother.

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Good for you, good for you, but I hate to say it.

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But the hard truth of it is, if that's your sole line of defense, if that's your first, second and if that's your pace plan your primary, alternate, contingency and emergency if carrying is all four of those plans, you're fucked.

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Plain and simple.

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It's like anything else you don't remain calm unless you train to remain calm.

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You don't win the fight unless you train to win the fight and mental preparedness, mental fitness, physical fitness, spiritual fitness.

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There's more to preparation and saving yourself than I carry.

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Any idiot without a criminal record can purchase a handgun and get a concealed carry permit in the state of Pennsylvania.

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Believe me, I know because I've seen some of those idiots.