In law enforcement it is not easy to be resilient, we see the worst that humans beings have to offer. The up and down stress of handling ”hot calls” and then routine calls, handling hot calls, then routine calls. This creates health issues if we aren’t intentional in our drive for good health.
Louis Zamperini is a person who moved beyond resilience to anti fragility. Louis learned to gain from the disorder of life to be stronger and stronger. Louis ran the 5,000 meters in the 1936 Olympics and finished 5th, as we know this takes incredible determination. Louis took that discipline and determination into his service in WWII. When he was serving as a crew member on a bomber, his plane crashed, he was 47 days at sea before he was found by the Japanese soldiers. He was found by Japanese troops and spent two years in a POW camp. While in the camp he was beaten, forced into heavy labor, and made to do seemingly impossible tasks because they knew of his running fame. Yet Louis survived, in fact he learned to thrive.