Risk taking is an absolute necessity in our world today. For the risk adverse, it’s a necessary evil; while others welcome and embrace the process. As a United States Navy SEAL taking calculated risks was an essential part of our job. We are not thrill-seekers, throwing ourselves haphazardly in the line of fire for the sheer sake of taking risks,…
I was diagnosed with Operator Syndrome about 9 months ago. Apparently, Navy SEALs and other Operators start to experience several unique qualifying symptoms years after they leave the military. I need my close community of family and friends to help support me during my bad days. It is vital that we surround ourselves with people we can lean on and…
Some call it your max capacity, but however you term it, I can ensure peak performance without burnout once you find your ideal operating threshold. This is how Navy SEALs can operate at such a high capacity. A car engine is the perfect example: if a person only keeps their engine running between 0-3K RPMs the speed and performance of…
This time of the year always chokes me up. I write this with tears in my eyes because I am so grateful to have been born in this country. Did you know that you had a 4.7% chance of being born in the United States? That statistic is staggering for me. And yet here I am walking throughout my day…
As a former Navy SEAL I understand the necessity of working hard and pushing yourself to the limits so that you can professionally be the best. We put in countless training hours and perform hundreds of live fire evolutions in order to prepare us for ”real world” situations. But what about the battle of life that we face in our…
Now that the pandemic is in the rearview mirror, people are starting to get out and resume their public lives. I don’t know about you but the pandemic was especially hard for me because it limited my in-person interactions with my friends and family. As humans, we are social creatures made to exist in community. I have heard countless stories…
When financial executive, John Goldman, had the opportunity to attend Financial Partners of Upstate NY’s annual kickoff meeting, he jumped at the opportunity to draw new inspiration and learn from the event’s speakers. He was particularly interested in hearing the stories of former Navy SEAL Phillip Koontz and how he uses his military experience to overcome adversity. “I have a…
Regardless of the outcome of the election (and 2020 as a whole), we will get through this. But we need to find a way to keep a level head as individuals and support one another as a community.
When we put a positive spin on the honest reality of what we are feeling in the now, it helps us to redesign our minds and our futures. Find 30 minutes today for Thinking Time.
Your mindset and beliefs influence the neurons in your brain, thus influencing your words and actions. In turn, these words and actions influence your brain creating a feedback loop based on this mindset.
