#12 Solo Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker and Combat Veteran, Trey Free on: "Making decisions and suppressing demons."

This is my conversation with combat veteran and Appalachian Trail
Thru-Hiker, Trey Free. Among many other things, Trey reminds us
in this conversation that "Quitting is a mindset, not a
decision!"


*A reminder that anything Trey says here are his thoughts, and
his thoughts alone. He is not representing his former or current
organization.*


Trey is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, then Air Force
special operations Combat Controller, a guy I consider an expert
in selection, assessment, and training. Trey's a huge part of the
MCTI community. He's a dad, a husband, an Appalachian Trail
through-hiker, and great American.


In this conversation, we discuss selecting and training chess
players rather than those who play checkers.


- building the race car we need today, rather than fighting the
last fight


- when Trey realized he needed to change his thinking around
professional development, and how to select and train Tier 1
operators effectively


- we discuss how challenging it is when as instructors and
trainers we try to push/progress training when the only
experience we have (the only experience anyone has) is our own.


- we talk about moving away from selecting only on tactics and
skills, but selecting and training to "Characteristics" such as:


- Problem Solving


- Interpersonal Effectiveness


- Communication


- Drive


- Stress Tolerance (cognitive overload)


We also discuss why training is for certainty and education is
for uncertainty


- we discuss mental toughness and Trey tells us his 15 categories
of what he believes you can control, and need to keep
front-sight-focused upon


- we talk about peak performance and getting over perceived
failures


- as it pertains to quitting hard things, Trey talks about
"quitting" as a mindset, not a decision.


- we talk about residue and transition from the military


You can find Trey on YouTube at EarlyRiser71, and see his book
release promo at It's Time to Choose.