Recalibrate, what it means and why top brass Navy Seal demands it
We have to live like this
While scrolling videos one time in my phone, I stopped in my scroll when this bulky Navy Seal guy talked about a scene in his career when a subordinate reported that their mission was cancelled.
I would imagine this burly Navy Seal guy won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, would pound the table with his fist, and would shout beautiful and colorful language to his subordinate.
But no, he was calm.
Instead of being pissed off, the Top Brass Navy seal (his name is Jocko) told his subordinate, in a calm demeanor, “Good, we can prepare for the mission more”.
Jocko was calm and collected.
What gives?
In another time, the subordinate reported, “The high-speed gear that we asked for was rejected.”
Calm and collected, Jocko replied, “Good, let’s use the old one in our mission”.
The next time the subordinate reported a dismal outcome in their to be missions, the subordinate said, “Wait, don’t answer, because I know what your answer will be…. good”.
What’s going on?
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I remember when I was writing my thesis when I was in college, my floppy disc was destroyed.
(As a side note, you can see this was the time when computers were slow and loading Windows 98 takes two centuries to load before you see the Windows 98 Logo, and storage systems are subpar.)
Luckily, only part of my thesis section was corrupted, so I have to re-write the whole damn thing.
But if I was Jocko, what would I say?
Or appropriately, what would Jocko do?
Jocko would probably reply: “Good, you have to re-write the hardest chapter, and you are reviewing the concepts again, in preparation for your final defense.”
What a life.
But honestly, at first, I will be pissed off, but if you recalibrate and give the disaster a different meaning, that would be it: you are reviewing for the final defense, your time is not wasted.
Composing your thoughts and reviewing key concepts will put you on top of your game.
So, what’s recalibrate?
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When the famous comeback of the New England Patriots against Atlanta, I told my kid, who plays basketball, that Tom Brady took all his energy away from the first half and refocus his attention to the second half.
I told my kid, recalibrate means, focus on the next snap.
It’s a hard thing to do, when you are pissed off on the way you played earlier. But just like elite athletes train their body, they train their mind too.
Next snap.
Chop….chop….chop…
That’s how you cut a tree, and that’s how you cut a big lead, by focusing on the the next move.
Recalibration in weight loss
I always ends my writing with how you can apply what I wrote with weight loss and healthy lifestyle.
With weight loss, there will be times that you forget to apply the portion control in your eating habits.
Who’s been there?
You know what I mean, you rummage your fridge after coming home from work and then, you are disappointed of yourself. You tell yourself, I can never lose weight.
Don’t tell yourself that.
Recalibrate.
Refocus on the next move.
It’s not the end of the world. Those things happen, and it’s what you do next that matters.
