209: Jason Redman - The Power Of Humility: From A Wounded Navy SEAL - a podcast by Ryan Hawk
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Episode 209: Jason Redman - The Power Of Being Humble: From A Wounded Navy SEAL
- Sustained Excellence = Humility... Re-learning how to humble yourself. Arrogance can ruin you
- The story of Jay being "ripped in to" by a leader after he made a mistake that could have costs lives... And how that impacted him
- "Great leaders take a step back... To analyze what happened"
- "There are no bad teams, just bad leaders"
- "You have to allow the situation around you to develop before making a decision"
- How Ranger school helped him stop being selfish, humbled him.
- Forced to lead in adverse situations, and stop thinking about just himself
- Story: "I am bleeding out. I can feel my life ebbing away as blood seeps from my body into the Iraqi soil..."
- "I was hit in the face and my left arm..."
- How the preparation and training saved his life
- "If facing death, you won't be thinking about material things"
- The sign Jay hung up outside his hospital room
- The Key Tenants
- Lead Always
- Overcome All
- "That journey in the hospital taught me... If you are a leader, lead always"
- Building mental resiliency, must build an overcome mindset
- "The woman behind The Trident" -- How his wife Erica acted was heroic (and still is)
- "She never batted an eye"
- "When they sent me home, I was a mess, and Erica cared for me. She was never negative, never questioned me for going to war."
- The greatest natural leader Jay ever met -- Vince Peterson
- He always led by example, would never ask you to do something he wouldn't do
- He lost his leg below his knee
- "Selfless, servant leader, humble" -- Motivated and inspired you to be better
- Always remained calculated -- Had the ability to drive the team where it needed to go
- Took ideas from members of the team, dynamic leadership at it's best
- Listen as Jay describes how Dave Michaels was shot 27 times, fought back... And then said, "Come get me... They're all dead."
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- A way for us to give back to veterans
- www.OvercomeAcademy.org
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