Imagine there's a guy in Special Forces who nearly rips his leg off in a parachuting accident.

It puts him in the hospital for nearly a year and ends his military career.

Now imagine if that same guy went on to break cycling world records with no prior experience cycling.

Yeah, what the fuck? My guess today is that guy. His name is Dean Stott and he is

the baddest motherfucker I've ever met.

And aside from breaking absurd cycling world records, he was a member of the United Kingdom's

Special Forces for 16 years.

He has been on missions in Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen, among other undisclosed

locations.

Since leaving the military, he's worked in private security, extracting foreigners in war

zones and protecting members of the royal family.

As you will see, Dean's mental strength is absolutely awe-inspiring.

He's been in some of the most difficult situations imaginable

both mentally and physically, and in this this episode we're going to discuss all of

that.

We're going to talk about his relationship to pain and how he's trained himself over the years

to never be stopped or affected by it.

We're going to talk about the psychological benefits

of an absurd amount of planning

and why it's useful to see everything as a mission

and how Dean thinks about risk.

We'll discuss the importance of remaining aware of one's mortality without also being consumed by it.

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