Getting Ready to Come to SF Selection?

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Mental stress takes a lot of energy and really wears you down. Accepting that there's always going to be stress is probably the first thing to understand, he says. What can I control? I can control how much I prepare before I get here. Eat and write if I didn't already say that. Be surprised how much sleep has an effect on your performance. Good nutrition. One of those things that you can control and you're out of two. And you can control your attitude even before you ever get here."

Today we are joined by Dr. Rick Dietrich and Mr. Bob Jones of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School's Human Development Directorate (HDD). We open the discussion by talking about the Growth Mindset, challenges to performance and how SMs can work to self-improve. The Doctors mention how there will always be stress, but that the way forward for students is to seize what they can control (nutrition, PT, sleep etc) to help lay the mental groundwork for success. We also discuss how the SOCEP and HEAT programs assist our students in reaching their best performance throughout each of the Regimental Qualification Courses.