Day 30: How to learn from OTHERS failures in A survivAL SITUATION
Survival Lessons learned from the failures of others: In the military we have this thing called the after action review. this is a system we use to learn from our mistakes. After training events we ask a few questions: What was supposed to happen? What actually happened? What did we do wrong? What did we do right? This gives us the ability to collectively see the perspectives of others. It also gives us the ability to understand our mistakes from an outsider's perspective. It’s an effective tool that can be used on the civilian side, or in daily life to better yourself at just about anything. With this in mind I have always liked hearing about the successful survival experiences of other people. It has caused me to think through potential survival situations and mitigate their risk of even existing with preparation and forethought. What do I mean by this? Well at the end of World War I the military was losing pilots 4 hours after landing uninjured in environments where people live regularly year-round. The question is why. Why are they losing Pilots who are otherwise un-injured to the elements? The answer is simple. They lack the necessary knowledge and skill set required to survive in an environment unfamiliar to them. So they used the after action review process and backwards planning. They tried to understand what they could do to prepare an advance, be that with equipment or knowledge and sought to prevent the survival situation from even happening in the first place. One of the most profound ideas that I have come across which is also one of the simplest ideas is the idea of movement. In most survival situations the right thing to do in most cases is to stay put. However when we spread out the time or change the threats in the environment that may not be an option. An example I like to illustrate is the historical example of the Jewish people, they were forcibly removed from their Homeland, and genocidal exterminated. This all happened over hundreds and thousands of years. yet they still exist today as a people unlike other cultures that have died out over time. The primary reason that they still exist is because they were able to pack up their roots and move to other locations. They then assimilate the norms and customs of that location to fit in there. They were able to exercise a form of plasticity in their ability to move adapt or and overcome. This strategy is the strategy most likely to help you survive in a war torn country. Get out and get out fast. This is why they survived. Looking at individual cases where Pilots have wrecked planes in lakes or on the tundra in Alaska or on the Ivory Coast. If we look at their preparations, their knowledge sets, And what they did to protect themselves against death. We can then do likewise.
Step By Step of how to learn from others failures
My tactical survival vest I wear this all day in the winter grab now ^^^
