Life Principles and the Deep Sea: A Written Series based on interviews with Elite Diver John Chatterton 

 A series by Phylinda Moore

Notice: This interview series contains strong language.

Part IV “Change your perception about things.”

“I don’t have to wait for the problem to adjust for the problem.” And “Whatever the problem you’re a lot better off with a self-reliant solution. “Self-reliance gets mistaken for ‘I don’t care’ and that’s totally not the case. The best team member is you. Be self-reliant. Bring more to the team. Don’t be needy.” Instead it’s about challenging yourself, “How good you do your job. How well does the other diver’s understand?” He cautions that, “anxiety takes precedent over tasking,” but this is “less an issue about anxiety and more an issue about discipline. Think more in terms of self-awareness. Worry about what can I...

Life Principles and the Deep Sea: A Written Series based on interviews with Elite Diver John Chatterton 

 A series by Phylinda Moore

Notice: This interview series contains strong language.

Part III “Huge difference between knowledge and understanding.”- Chatterton 

People who study decision making say good decisions are a function of three things: 1. Training

2. Rules (based on your training, establish some rules for circumstances. but not a lot of rules.)
3. Rehearsal 

John says, “It isn’t rocket science. That’s the way to make good decisions.” 

In all cases it is crucial to know how to apply knowledge to understanding. “Consistently.” says John. “Observe, collect data, process that data in our mind, then we make a decision.”Again, the lessons come back to the fact that this is up to you, your training, your preparedness and your psychology. 

John says, “modern solutions to dive problems...

Life Principles and the Deep Sea: A Written Series based on interviews with Elite Diver John Chatterton 

 A series by Phylinda Moore

Notice: This interview series contains strong language.

Part II “If you have something to breathe, you can solve the rest of your problems”

 Apart from the dives the rest of the days are spent mixing gas and preparing equipment but also primarily in the classroom, where technical knowledge is covered, the morning’s dives are analyzed, and the psychology addressed. John says, “you can only train for so long and so much.” John’s presents his commandments early as they are touchstones he will refer to throughout the class.

The Thirteen Commandments According to John Chatterton

1.     Be your own savior (this one used to be “Go unfuck yourself”)
2.     One is none. Two is one. Three is two.

III.   Don’t get lost, and when lost don’t get...

Life Principles and the Deep Sea: A Written Series based on interviews with Elite Diver John Chatterton 

 A series by Phylinda Moore

Notice: This interview series contains strong language.

 Part I:  Who is John Chatterton? 

  What an elite diver has to teach us about discipline, leadership, and effectively applying our talents.

  What happens to a person’s essence when you put a human under extreme pressure, and every moment might mean the difference between life and death? John Chatterton, an elite deep-shipwreck diver, believes it is under this pressure that a person’s essence is revealed. The deep ocean is the most unforgiving environments a human can choose to put themselves in on this planet.  Here, your life depends on your success. “We were never meant to work in the underwater environment. But we do,” says John.

 John Chatterton is also a war hero, and a modern explorer. He has solved some of our...