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" Adventures, while exciting, can be terrifying. Bob Lutz has had more than his share. For our adventure issue, he spoke with us about the nature of crisis, risk, and personality. His thoughts are excerpted here, in\u2014unlike the man himself\u2014no particular order.   I always say, a background in Fifties and Sixties military aviation really helps in life. Our combat jets were so unreliable you had a hydraulic emergency or a fire-warning light every third or fourth flight. That was a time to tell yourself, &amp;quot;Okay, settle down. What&amp;#039;s the procedure?&amp;quot; You sort of take your panic and set it off into a corner and focus on doing the right thing. If you&amp;#039;ve done that for a few years, you become very relaxed about everyday crises.  There is a dollar value to time.  I had a guy work for me, a handyman, and I said, &amp;quot;Hey, get me a nice claw hammer, will ya?&amp;quot; I wanted one of the nice ones with a forged steel shank and then the little leather rings on the handle. And he said, &amp;quot;Fine.&amp;quot; Two days later, I said, &amp;quot;Where&amp;#039;s my hammer?&amp;quot; And he seriously said, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m still researching where I can get the best price.&amp;quot; I was ready to pay $30 for a hammer, and he was still checking to see if he could get one somewhere for $27.    Yeah, you can get fired. And I never quite did. I mean, I admit to leaving two steps ahead of the sheriff a few times.  I believe many people who drive extremely well have that same capability, whether it&amp;#039;s motorcycles or cars. They&amp;#039;re getting all these sensory inputs, which immediately have to be translated into action.  People can be scared to be empowered, scared to be placed in a decision-making situation, scared that they&amp;#039;ll be wrong and then they&amp;#039;ll be tagged with it. The safe way is live to fight another day by asking for more data.  I can&amp;#039;t stand indecision, inaction. There&amp;#039;s a certain psychological profile of somebody who&amp;#039;s going to be a successful military fighter pilot. And it is pattern recognition, pattern analysis, and then rapid decision-making. You accept all the inputs, but then you immediately form a judgment that you have to act on.         "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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