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Letting Out Your Dark Side " If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic." -  Tyler Durden- As a child, life was fun and carefree.  You did not sit around worrying about the past or future.  Instead you focused on the moment.  If you go back far enough, you expressed yourself without fear of being judged. If you did not want to wear a pair of shoes or eat a piece of broccoli, you rolled around on the floor, jumped up and down, or screamed at the top of your lungs.  You had something to say and wanted everyone to know. As you got older, something changed. Welcome to the world of being nice.  A world where if something bothers you, it should be hidden.  A place where we say nice things to people, but we really mean something different. Not being liked, not  fitting in, or missing out on something, is the result of saying how we really feel.   We fall into the trap of gossiping and complaining because it makes us fe

WHAT I REALLY LEARNED IN COMBAT CONTROL TRAINING Using the mindset of modern day warriors can help people succeed in everyday life. You learn a lot about yourself when you test yourself to the limits of your capabilities.  Becoming a special operator in the military is the perfect opportunity to do this. There is something that happens to yourself when you face an enormous challenge, when  the odds of failing are better than being successful, something in yourself changes.  I learned a lifetime of valuable life skills  in three years of Combat Control training, and I still reap the rewards of reaching my mental and physical limits. I never did any actual missions, only practice ones that were unbelievably challenging.  But it doesn't matter.  I placed myself in a vulnerable position, one that my family, friends, and co workers said not to.  For whatever reason, I followed my gut , and ignored the opinions of others, even those close to me. With a beret on