the ability to shut off the self and merge with the team is an exceptional and peculiar talent. That’s why the SEALs have spent several decades developing such a rigorous filtration process. “If we really understood this phenomenon,” says Davis, “we could train for it, not screen for it.”
This was one of the disappointing parts of the book. It starts this way leading you to believe that there has been some discovery so that you can train for it, but ultimately it seems the answer is no.