Sebastian Junger: Award-Winning Journalist, New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribe, War, A Death in Belmont, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, and Co-Director of Restrepo

<div>There are people in this world who experience and endure almost unbelievable events in their lifetime. This week’s amazing guest, Sebastian Junger, is one of them.</div> <div>Sebastian shares graphic details of his undiagnosed, life-threatening aneurism that burst, causing a 90% blood loss – all internally. He is an award-winning journalist covering major international news stories as well as a documentary film-maker. He has been nominated for an Academy Award. He also has an amazing grasp of human and military-related psychology.<br> <br> </div> <div>In addition, Sebastian is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of <em>The Perfect Storm</em>, <em>Fire</em>, <em>A Death in Belmont</em>, <em>War</em>, <em>Tribe</em>, and <em>Freedom</em>.    </div> <div>Sebastian Junger is the founder and director of Vets Town Hall, with the purpose of increasing communication and understanding between veterans and civilians in their communities.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong> </div> <div> </div> <ul> <li>If you can’t out run ‘em and you can’t out fight ‘em, you’re gonna have to out think ‘em.</li> <li>When things get physically hard, you gotta figure out how to turn off your mind – don’t let your mind negotiate with you.</li> <li>I was a lackluster student in college, but writing a thesis is the most exciting thing I’d ever done.</li> <li>I made a mistake and hit my leg with a chainsaw.</li> <li>There are really dangerous jobs out there with a mortality rate of combat soldiers.</li> <li>The majority of veteran suicides are primarily Vietnam-era veterans. It may not be caused by a combat issue as much as it could be life issues.</li> <li>While working as a journalist In Liberia, I was accused of being a spy. They came to get me and I hid on the roof of my hotel, with the embassy 300 yards away.</li> <li>In combat, you’re proactive. You have urgency. You can affect the outcome.</li> <li>There is a moral burden in killing the enemy.</li> <li>I had an undiagnosed aneurism – a deform