Earlier this week, Bryant was asked to talk about the differences between bullying and how military drill sergeants use stress to develop confidence, strength, and teamwork. 

One of his mentors provided a great answer shown below:

Joe Rod: Here are some of my thoughts on the difference between a drill sergeant (Ds) and a bully. 

The bully uses punishment and threat of punishment to intimidate and cause fear in another person. His motive is based hate, and the desire to stroke his/her sick ego. The DS uses discipline (a good thing) to build a young recruit. 

The DS has 12 weeks to turn a civilian into a Soldier, Sailor, Airmen or Marine. Not much time to make life changes such as learning to trust and submit to one's leader, learning teamwork to accomplish the mission, and learning basic Soldier skills. 

The DS may cause fear in the mind of a new recruit but the motive is not to destroy the person but to change him/her for the better. Most Soldiers don't hate their DS(as they would a bully) but hold him\her in a high degree of respect. 

The Soldier will forget the name of their basic training company commander but they will never forget the name of their DS. Proper discipline is the key ingredient to making anyone good at what they do...an athlete, musician, student, etc. Sometimes "good" discipline may require what we might call punishment. 

That punishment usually occurs after a recruit due to poor attitude or lack of respect repeatedly fails to submit to the authority of the DS and the discipline has to be ramped up a degree. In today's Army there is no longer any physical contact between a DS and the recruit. 

The the key difference between the bully and the DS is motive. One seeks to build up and the other seeks to tear down. Much more could be written on this topic. The Bible says that if parents truly love their children they will discipline them when needed.

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Bryant then went on to elaborate on Joe's points and to encourage everyone to develop strength and resilience to overcome the challenges and challenging people we all face in life. 

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Bryant shares the heart wrenching stories of failing horribly at achieving two of his big life goals. 

The first is the story about not making it into the NFL.

The second is about his failed attempt to become a world-renowned musician.

We promise this story has a happy ending!

Today Bryant covers the last 5 of the 25 cognitive biases AKA the psychology of human misjudgment. 

In this episode we cover:

21. Senescence-Misinfluence Tendency
22. Authority-Misinfluence Tendency
23. Twaddle Tendency
24. Reason-Respecting Tendency
25. Lollapalooza Tendency or the Tendency to get extreme consequences from confluences of psychological tendencies acting in favor of a particular outcome.

Today we'll cover the 11th through the 20th cognitive biases or what Charlie Munger calls the Psychology of Human Misjudgment. 

In Poor Charlie's Almanac, Charlie Munger talks about the psychology of human misjudgment. 

This is also known as the 25 cognitive biases. 

In Part 1 we will cover the first ten of these tendencies and show you how to not allow them to adversely affect your life

Buckle up, this is a heavy one.

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The sooner you understand and accept this, the sooner you can begin to adjust to regular life.  

Bryant's son comes on the show to educate him on how Santa makes his Reindeer fly. 

Choosing a job with an organization that shares your values and supports your long-term career goals can be tough.

Hopefully this talk will make that decision process a bit easier. 

Some of the worst advice you can give a person is to tell them to follow their passion.

Too many people don't truly understand what passion is or how to develop it.

This podcast will help you do both.