What podcasts say about Andy Stumpf
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What Andy Stumpf has said on podcasts
62 statements · 25 positive · 28 negative · 3 mixed · 6 neutral
Small, unseen actions create the biggest long-term differences.
“It's the small stuff that nobody sees that makes the biggest difference in the world.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 0:04
Repeatedly choosing unwanted actions produces long-term benefits.
“They need to do the thing then, even if it's microscopic, that they want to do less more often than they do the thing that they want to do more.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 0:23
People cannot control life events but can completely control their responses.
“I have no control over what happens to me in my life, but I have absolute and complete and total control over how I respond to it.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 7:10
Users can choose whether to engage with social-media algorithms.
“I have the choice as to whether or not I interface with the algorithm.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 8:55
Most internet content should be viewed with substantial skepticism.
“The vast majority of things you should take, I think, with a large dose of scrutiny on the Internet.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 10:09
Reducing phone-based social-media use improved Andy’s mental health.
“My mental health was better in January than it had been in a long time.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 12:44
Younger people are becoming more cautious about social-media platforms.
“I think that generation now is really viewing these platforms with a little bit more of a wary eye.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 25:18
Alcohol can make social interaction easier to some extent.
“it is a social lubricant for a degree.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 28:30
People should weigh alcohol’s risks against its rewards.
“they should pay attention to the risk versus reward.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 30:51
BASE wingsuits lack airflow for roughly their first four seconds after exit.
“for the first about zero to four seconds, you don't have any air filling up the RAM air inlets.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 38:18
Wingsuit BASE jumping has a high fatality rate and is not safe.
“the wingsuit based jumping community, the fatality rate is high. I would never tell anybody that it is a safe activity”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 57:23
The Dunning–Kruger effect is the most dangerous aspect of wingsuit BASE jumping.
“I think the Dunning Kruger effect is always the most dangerous aspect of it.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 58:16
People should complete about 200 skydives before using a wingsuit.
“Most people will recommend skydiving 200 jumps to even before you put a wingsuit on”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 58:39
Parents should fully expose children to the real dangers of wingsuit BASE jumping.
“I would do everything I could to prepare them as much as possible. And by that, I mean scare the absolute dog out of them with the reality and confront them with the actual reality of it.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:02:12
Accessing flow states can substantially change a person’s life.
“if you can find your way there, I don't care that nobody can describe what it is. I am here to tell you it will change your life if you can find your way into that space.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:27:22
Doing tasks incorrectly ultimately takes longer than doing them correctly.
“It always takes longer to do it wrong is the bottom line.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:31:41
People should choose the slightly harder option more often in daily decisions.
“Every single decision that you have in front of you in your life will have a slightly easier and a slightly harder choice. Make the slightly harder one more often than the slightly easier one.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:35:21
Exercising on days when motivation is low provides greater mental than physical benefit.
“Those are the most important days, even if you do less. The mental victory there, in my mind at least, and I'm not an expert in any of this, far outweighs any of the physical aspect.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:43:29
Continually learning unmasterable activities may help preserve mental youthfulness.
“I love doing things that seem as if it is impossible to master them. I think that's the key to staying at least mentally as young as possible, constantly learning new stuff”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:47:49
Being open about severe pain improved Andy’s treatment experience.
“The more open and honest I was, the better it got.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 1:56:21
Since 2001, Green Berets have lost more members to suicide than combat.
“The Green Beret community has now lost more people to suicide than combat operations since 2001.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 2:03:21
Drinking water after sleep can improve how people feel.
“I tell you what, I implemented that and it's kind of amazing how much better you feel when you hydrate a little bit after you sleep.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 2:30:24
Delaying exercise until later makes postponing it more likely.
“If I push my physical exertion until later in the day, I am far more likely to push it off until the next day.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 2:31:53
Repeated small disciplined choices can substantially change life over time.
“Pair that out over a week, over a month, over a year, your life's not going to look the same.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 2:34:27
A slightly smaller achievement with fulfillment is preferable to total sacrifice for success.
“I would rather have people arrive a little bit under this massive lifetime goal and be a really happy, really fulfilled, really enriched person than somebody who carves out everything from their life”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 2:45:50
Money can improve wellbeing by outsourcing menial tasks and freeing time.
“if you can get to a place where you could outsource food or menial tasks that will give you more time to do the things that you are enriched by. Yes, yes, it 100% can help with that.”
Open the episode · The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy StumpfListen at 2:50:51
AI making decisions faster than humans creates a tactical disadvantage for adversaries without it.
“Because if it can think and make decisions faster than any human, that's any of those earlier phases, then you're already at a tactical disadvantage.”
Open the episode · No One is Ready for This Coming War - Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf - #1089Listen at 4:41
AI currently helps military planning and analysis more than direct operator tasks.
“So I think it helps more in the planning and analysis process than anything.”
Open the episode · No One is Ready for This Coming War - Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf - #1089Listen at 6:02
AI will not make final go/no-go decisions for military missions.
“It'll never make the decision as the go no go criteria.”
Open the episode · No One is Ready for This Coming War - Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf - #1089Listen at 6:26
Aircraft-based heartbeat detection may be possible but is not currently operationally mature.
“Do I think it's capable of doing it in a heartbeat? Maybe. But I don't think we're there yet.”
Open the episode · No One is Ready for This Coming War - Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf - #1089Listen at 8:15
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