Navigating Chaos: How to Find Certainty in Uncertain Situations

by Jeff Boss

While shooting is performance-based criteria that defines a SEAL’s action, moving is our adaptation—our ability to change based on a need. This could take the form of physical adaptation (changing locations in a firefight, for example), personal adaptation (changing opinions or behaviors), or organizational restructuring (changing organizational culture or strategy). Whatever the impetus or the type of movement, the one constant is that to move is to learn, as you shift from what you once knew to be right into the unchartered territory that you now believe to be the new right. Humility is fundamental here, too, as it’s what enables you to release your previously held mental models and move forward.