- quoted in 📖 Can't Hurt Me, attributed to SEAL in general
Three days after starting, they ran into their first blizzard, a nice, south-east gale whipping the Barrier into a violent whirl of drift. “These Norskies are a very tough lot,” as Oates had written. This was the kind of blizzard that kept Scott in his tent. Amundsen set off as usual with the trite remark that “nobody knows the day before the sun goes down.” Eventually it ceased to drift, and that day they did thirty-nine miles.
— 📖 Scott and Amundsen exemplifying their excellent preparation work
- you can also frame this with willpower depletion:
- > When our willpower runs out, we all revert to our default settings. This begs the question: What are your default settings? If your willpower is dragging, will you grab the bag of carrots or the bag of chips? Will you be up for focusing on the work at hand or down for any distraction that drops in?