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Staring Down the Wolf
Part of 16/20

again that he was medically retired.
So what allowed Luttrell to push through failure and bounce back even when the odds were stacked against him? In a word: adaptability. Adaptability is the key to resilience. It’s being able to quickly get over failure and shift gears when things don’t go as planned.
Luttrell’s mission obviously didn’t go as he had hoped but he didn’t dwell on the past or curl up in a fetal position. Instead he forged ahead drawing on his training to come up with new solutions every step of the way. With this approach he was able to not just survive but to return to combat and contribute further to the larger mission.
This also speaks to a core element of resilience: a positive attitude. Optimism is easy when things are going well; the true test of a positive attitude is being able to ignore negative thinking in the midst of bad situations. Don’t let yourself dwell on the negative – take a deep breath focus and start asking how you’re going to get over this next