Can you identify his most powerful survival skill?
Right..... John had a survivalist's attitude. That was what saved his life.
The ultimate test of you attitude in life comes out in high crisis. It is too late to get the right attitude during the crisis. It results from investing your life in bookmarks in thousands of small choices.
By bookmarks I mean that you are storing away in your mind many best choices for many events. The mind can put these bookmarks together in order in a fraction of a second, but if the bookmarks are not there, the adrenal gland will put you into panic mode, and you will not be able to respond cognitive and fight down the panic.
The other thing John had, which suppressed the urge to panic, was a droll sense of humor. This is true in combat, mountain climbing, and any other crisis prone activity.
The vast majority of people panic at some point. John is a classic example of the steady mind and spirit or a true survivalist. Again, John was not born with this in his DNA or genes. He acquired it by how he lived life and dealt with many smaller situations.
Rescue workers have gone to find some hiker who was lost in the wilderness and were shocked to see that the hiker had everything he needed to survive for weeks. He had fire starting needs, food rations, and water. The hiker simply laid down in the forest and died.
You can be a fantastic prepper and still totally lack the attitude and mental resilience to survive. Are you working on this?
EXAMPLE OF THE BUSH CRAFT SKILL OF HUMILITY
HOW TO AVOID THE CURSE OF COMPETITION AND BEING BETTER THAN FRED
HEY DADDY, ARE YOU TEACHING YOUR KIDS PRIMITIVE SKILLS
The whole life benefits of wilderness skills are discussed. The archetypals of wilderness and primitive survival skills are Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh. They cause the soul to panic, and then they offer you vitamins to take when the Yellowstone volcano blows off.
IS SURVIVAL REALLY A CHALLENGE TO A SMART PERSON? ANSWER: YES
ARE YOU INFECTED WITH STINKING THINKING?
DISCLAIMER: Spit out the bones. These people are mixing in some mystic notions that are totally vestigial. But, you can learn much from them.
Back to John's attitude. Somewhere, possibly during his Military service, John had stored away thousands of bookmarks. John had learned the virtue of humility. And, John learned to fight panic with humor, action, and mini-distractions. Have YOU?
