Run! and Swim

There are two basic life skills that every human being should possess:

Running / Sprinting
Swimming / Diving

These are not sports. They are survival competencies.

At any state, age, environment, or situation, you must ensure that you are at least capable of sprinting 50 to 100 meters. Jogging is not enough. Most people can jog, but running is different. Running is explosive, urgent, and decisive. It is what allows you to escape danger, close distance, react instantly, and survive moments where hesitation costs lives.

Running is compulsory because danger does not announce itself. When a threat appears—whether from nature, accident, or human intent—you do not have time to prepare, negotiate, or pace yourself. You run now, or you don’t run at all.

Swimming and diving are equally non-negotiable. Water is one of the most common causes of human death, not because people enter it intentionally, but because they are forced into it unexpectedly. Floods, rivers, boats, coastal environments, and accidents do not ask whether you are comfortable in water.

The inability to swim is not a weakness—it is a fatal dependency.

Running allows you to escape on land.
Swimming allows you to survive in water.

Together, these two skills form the minimum operating standard of a self-reliant human being. They are not extreme, not optional, and not reserved for athletes or soldiers. They are the baseline.

A human who cannot run and cannot swim is not free.
He is merely comfortable—until comfort disappears.