Tom Hruby

If you can figure out why people quit, why can't we reverse engineer that and make people as bulletproof as possible? I think you can, but the reason that it doesn't really get much traction is that it lands on the person absorbing the information and then they have to do really, really, really hard work.

Physically and mentally.

Physically and mentally.

Physically and mentally.

There's one thing and one thing only. Time. How they view time.

There's one thing and one thing only. Time. How they view time.

There's one thing and one thing only. Time. How they view time.

You know that we would set our watches incorrectly in Hell Week.

You know that we would set our watches incorrectly in Hell Week.

You know that we would set our watches incorrectly in Hell Week.

The fuck we wouldn't. Do you think anything accidental happens in Hell Week?

The fuck we wouldn't. Do you think anything accidental happens in Hell Week?

The fuck we wouldn't. Do you think anything accidental happens in Hell Week?

The things in your head were the only things that mattered. So think about this, students going into BUDS, which we'll call it 183 days. Wow. Nothing happens that is accidental. So two students, one of them has 183 little 3M yellow stickies and the top one says 183 and the next one's 182 all the way down to one. And he puts those up on his wall in the barracks. The other student says...

The things in your head were the only things that mattered. So think about this, students going into BUDS, which we'll call it 183 days. Wow. Nothing happens that is accidental. So two students, one of them has 183 little 3M yellow stickies and the top one says 183 and the next one's 182 all the way down to one. And he puts those up on his wall in the barracks. The other student says...

The things in your head were the only things that mattered. So think about this, students going into BUDS, which we'll call it 183 days. Wow. Nothing happens that is accidental. So two students, one of them has 183 little 3M yellow stickies and the top one says 183 and the next one's 182 all the way down to one. And he puts those up on his wall in the barracks. The other student says...

I don't care how many days I have left because my goal is just to make it through today. The difference in those two students, percentage point graduating, almost everybody who's sitting there who, oh my God, I made it through the first day and they peel it off and they look at that number, they go, fuck. Can I do this for 182 more days? That destroys you. Their view of time.

I don't care how many days I have left because my goal is just to make it through today. The difference in those two students, percentage point graduating, almost everybody who's sitting there who, oh my God, I made it through the first day and they peel it off and they look at that number, they go, fuck. Can I do this for 182 more days? That destroys you. Their view of time.

I don't care how many days I have left because my goal is just to make it through today. The difference in those two students, percentage point graduating, almost everybody who's sitting there who, oh my God, I made it through the first day and they peel it off and they look at that number, they go, fuck. Can I do this for 182 more days? That destroys you. Their view of time.

Hell week is the same thing. The advice I was given by a brown shirt and for people listening, If post-health week, which is in first phase, which when I went through is the fifth week. Was it the same for you? I think it was fourth week when I went through it.