Puddle Jumpers Introduction

Introduction

At 28, I became the head instructor of the US Navy SEAL sniper course. What happened during the next few years would change my life forever and continue to influence me long after I left the SEAL teams.

But even as I hit the peak of my SEAL career, teaching the next generation of elite snipers, I started to feel the cost of that life. My marriage was on the rocks, and I could see the distance growing between me and my kids. After 13 years of go-go-go deployments and living on adrenaline, I had a hard truth to face: if I wanted any kind of future with my children, I had to make a change. So I made the hardest call of my life, I left the Teams. I chose my family over the Navy, knowing that no mission, no matter how critical, was more important than being there for my kids.

What I didn’t expect was that the same mental management techniques I’d learned and used to teach deadly SEAL snipers would also apply to transitioning to civilian life and all land mines I’d encounter on the way. Losing my first business, my entire life savings up in smoke, getting divorced, and all the time trying to be a good father to my three children.

The core principles of any effective mental management program for performance sports (or being a great sniper) are visualization (mental rehearsal), embracing a positive outlook in all situations, self-image management, and using positive verbal cues. As a dad I’d use these experiences along with my background as a former helicopter crewman, and later pilot, to develop my own a style of parenting. This would be an incredible tool and parenting hack for me as a divorced father of three.

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