06/08/2026
The most valuable thing a fi****ms instructor can learn is one word: Acceptance.
The timer don’t care. It don’t care if you slept four hours. It don’t care if your optic lost the dot. It don’t care if your ammo caused a malfunction. And it could care less how many classes you’ve taught or how many rounds you’ve fired. Data has zero ego.
It only tells the truth. Over two days, Christopher Bean didn’t give me compliments. He gave me observations. Every rep. Every draw. Every transition. Every hit. Every miss. Then he did something that’s incredibly rare.
He used deductive reasoning—not assumptions—to explain why I was performing the way I was. Not just what happened... but what caused it. That’s a level of evaluation most people never experience. His course was a 2-Day Deductive Pistolcraft that measured your emotions and skills through The Crucible Drill.
And here’s the thing, and listen up, feedback is only valuable if you’re willing to accept it. Acceptance doesn’t mean you like it, it means you agree with what you see. Like is a feeling. Like is an emotion that get all of us all up in our heads when we need to preform. Acceptance means letting go of the need to control the outcome long enough to honestly evaluate the process.
Ironically, that’s where real performance begins. The less I tried to force the result, the better I performed. That lesson doesn’t just apply to shooting. It applies to leadership. Business. Marriage. Life. and yes, shooting.
So, I’ve accepted what Chris said. In fact, I’m rebuilding part of my training plan- my mental game. And when Chris comes back to Virginia to teach this class next year, you might want to join us. I mean, I’ll have a free seat cause I’m hosting. So.
Thank you, buddy. I appreciate every single word. Learn more about:
Christopher Bean and Tactical Advantage:
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