I take you back to Yakshal, Afghanistan — the hardest day of my life — and show you how to mine your own past for proof you can do hard things again.
 This isn’t war-story theatre. It’s a framework: identify the core that got you through, strip away tactics that no longer fit, and re-apply it to today’s realities.

 We cover the SHIFT loop (assess → adapt → apply → review), negative feedback as a safety signal, and how to replace fantasy goals with evidence-based action. You’ll leave with a simple drill to rebuild belief and momentum this week.

What you’ll learn:

• Why retreating from hard things often makes it worse.
• How to extract principles from your toughest moments and reuse them.
• How the SHIFT loop forces honesty and protects progress.
• A 10-minute exercise to turn past resilience into a current plan.