1. Set a BFG What were your goals for 2022? Were they “safe goals” (easily achievable?). If you haven’t thought about this you are already behind the top 1% in your profession. Like we used to say in the SEAL Teams…Go Big or Go Home. Most of the world will go home, that’s an inconvenient […]

1. Mental Rehearsal Practicing in your mind can be just as powerful as practicing in the real world. I was taught this by an Olympic Gold Medalist and it works. Every beginner has a low self image until they prove competence in the skill they are learning. Practice to build competence and this includes closing […]

News outlets are fanning the flames of war in Ukraine and bringing us closer to Nuclear war.  Editorial boards seem more focused on journalistic masturbation and getting viral clicks for advert dollars than pursuing a more constructive form of journalism that contributes to the betterment of humanity. Nobody believed a Ukraine invasion could happen until […]

Get a seaplane rating in Italy? Really? It may sound crazier than a Trump rally at Biden’s pool house but I think it’s the best option and I’m here to tell you why BUT, first a little about me. I worked on a SCUBA boat as a kid and lived on my family’s Ketch for […]

The World is a better place because we are different. Different tastes, beliefs in religion, science, mysticism, sexual preferences, lifestyle, and more. It’s really what makes the world a beautiful place. I’m thankful I don’t live on the planet Conformia with a bunch of group-thinking cone heads (sorry not sorry if you have a cone […]

“Dude, someone started a Reddit forum about your instagram chess photo.” More messages started coming in, and that sick feeling in the stomach started to kick in. What the hell have I done now! “Queen on’er own color Webb!”, said my friend Nick, co-founder of Zocdoc, a great chess player. Then I looked at the […]

Finn’s search for his memory of one fateful night leads him to Iceland—only to be followed by an unhinged assassin intent on stopping him—in the riveting follow-up to Steel Fear, from the New York Times bestselling writing team Webb & Mann, combat decorated Navy SEAL Brandon Webb and award-winning author John David Mann. Disgraced Navy […]

In mid-2006, after having run the SEAL sniper course for two and a half years, I finally decided to leave the service and go into the private sector. The entrepreneurial impulse was as much in my blood as aviation, maybe even more. So I decided to follow a dream that had been bubbling up throughout […]