Episode 67
How To Think Like A Tactician
We’ve been building up to this concept to help raise the lowest common denominator in tactics, survival, and self-defense.
At Tactical Tangents, we talk a lot about “People Ideas Hardware” and how to apply that formula to making critical decisions in tactical situations. The point of this podcast is to help you, the “tactician,” apply critical thinking and problem solving to things like shooting, driving, fighting, and other skills so you can overcome any survival situation you find yourself in. That might be a concealed carry/self-defense scenario, it could be tactical situations in law enforcement or the military, or how you approach disaster preparation.
Whatever the situation, your job needs to be focused around these core principles so you can fight effectively and win.
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