Huberman Lab

The Mental Frame & Specific Daily Actions to Succeed | Andy Stumpf 2026-06-15 04:00:00

Andy Stumpf is a retired Navy SEAL, world-record-holding wingsuit BASE jumper, martial artist, and author. We discuss the mental framework and moment-to-moment decision-making process that can allow anyone to build discipline and resilience and better navigate both everyday life and life’s most challenging moments. Andy explains several simple-yet-powerful tools gleaned from his time in — and after — his SEAL career that can help you determine where to focus your actions and how to clear your mind of things you can’t control or that hold you back mentally. Andy also shares and reflects on lessons learned from some of the deeply personal challenges he faced outside of combat and freefall. Finally, we explore the all-too-frequent tragedy of people — including high performers — taking their own lives, and consider what might be done to prevent more such losses.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Andy Stumpf

(00:03:09) Protocols Book

(00:04:06) Nagging Thoughts, Tool: Determine Influence vs Concern

(00:10:14) Social Media, Screen Time Discipline

(00:17:01) Sponsors: Our Place & Wealthfront

(00:20:11) Social Media Addiction, Young Adults, Rebellion, Alcohol

(00:27:38) Alcohol & Social Experiences; Cannabis; Ice Bath

(00:36:07) Skydiving, Wingsuit Flying

(00:41:47) Sponsor: AG1

(00:43:06) Skydiving, BASE Jumping, Wingsuit Flying; Navy

(00:55:25) Danger & Fear, Wingsuit Flying Risk, Death

(01:03:04) Divorce, Imperfection; Parenting Kids in Divorce

(01:12:16) Sponsor: Function

(01:13:55) Parents’ Divorce

(01:19:38) Long-Term Flow State, Focus, Adrenaline; Time Perception

(01:30:58) Toilet Paper, Shortcuts, Tool: Do the Slightly Harder Choice

(01:37:11) Micro-Discipline, Doing the Harder Thing, Tenacity & Super-Agers

(01:48:00) Sponsor: Joovv

(01:49:12) Physical & Mental Pain, Discussing Pain; Dogs

(02:00:45) Suicide, Self-Talk, Isolation, Alcohol

(02:11:52) Top Performers, Suicide; Ibogaine; Military, Trauma

(02:21:36) Trauma & Healing, Exploring Other Possibilities, Control

(02:28:57) Disciplined Acts, Choosing the Slightly Harder Option

(02:35:20) Current Projects, Project Choice

(02:41:48) Price of Success, Happiness, Money

(02:53:09) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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