Former Green Beret and Fieldcraft Survival CEO Mike Glover chats with Trey Elling about PREPARED: A MANUAL FOR SURVIVING WORST-CASE SCENARIOS. Topics include:
- The book’s goal (0:33)
- Growing up with preparedness (1:11)
- How preparation saved his life while serving in Iraq (1:52)
- Defining ‘mindset’ (4:10)
- The resilience crisis(5:26)
- The importance of failure (7:50)
- Fight or flight or…playing possum? (9:34)
- Combating self-doubt in stressful situations (12:36)
- How to start contingency planning (14:07)
- Arrogance as a foil to planning (15:49)
- The dichotomy of situational awareness (18:34)
- Hands & demeanor as potential threat signals (20:13)
- Tom Flanagan and making good decisions (23:13)
- Making the choice to use deadly force (27:04)
- Everyday carry EDC & physical preparation (30:02)
- Mobility & physical preparation (31:31)
- The death of common sense (33:41)
- The versatility of Mylar blankets (35:50)
- Why people get their homestead wrong with preparation (37:12)
- Are MREs valuable as a backup food plan (40:06)
- The importance of community (41:58)