Knucklehead Podcast

Separating from the military doesn't have to full of ambiguity, uncertainty, or trial by error. There's folks out there who've been able to navigate the waters successfully, Kyle Geitner is one of those. Former Active Duty Marine Engineer Kyle Geitner chose #dontbebeta as he leveraged the tools available to earn his way into one of the most difficult engineering schools in the country at UC-Berkel...

There's stats out there that are startling about how many service members, everyday folks, and people struggling with mental health that too often lead to suicide. Part of #dontbebeta means that we touch on controversial subjects and give people a platform to bring their perspective to the table. In this episode, Active Duty Marine @DroppedGunner (Instagram and Facebook) brings the story of how th...

Buckle up. This one gets intense. Have you ever had someone steal from you? Have you ever been punched in the mouth and you have to show your poker face? Ever been lied to? We'll as business owners, real estate investors, dad and provider and a human being, Prior Marine Derek Murrell jumps into this story of perseverance, grit and determination to muslce through an incredibly dark time. This is on...

You may know the safety rules for weapons. You may know some good principles to live your life by. You may even know what it's like to have someone break one of those rules, or maybe you've broken one yourself. But, applying the rules to your life and understanding the x4 basic rules to your business, your life, or your career hasn't been something you've considered before. Remember, plenty to com...

Chris Hoffman served his country loyally as a Marine and has since been able to leverage that training into a successful sales career as well as his career as a business owner. We chat with him about some "knucklehead moments", failing in x2 businesses, and x5 different jobs as he failed forward. Most of his expereinces were documented in his new book, available at www.ambitiousvet.com  and we had...

Personal finances continues to be a topic that many let trip them up. "Hard work" used to be something you could be proud of and with a determined, focused and gameplan to follow you can be rewarded for that work. Matt "Smart Money Guy" Sapaula ( http://www.moneysmartguy.com ) has never been short of the work, but for a period of time the success he expected was not there to show for. Recovering f...

Chris Hoffman of Facebook's Group Veterans Empowerment Transition has built an audience celebrating those veterans that are ambitious, focused, and determined to make a successful transition. We jump right into how you "Focus on what you can control" and leave what you can not control. Busy week, but fun getting with people and sharing how and why we work the way we do. #dontbebeta #getsomewins

Readers are leaders. But not all leaders are readers. Andrew continued to push outside of the comfort zone that the military provided and leveraged the skills he was taught to build some very compelling businesses and use cases with the books he'd been reading. After travleing throughout Asia, Europe and helping several well known entreprenuers with their digital marketing and publicity, he organi...

If you don't follow LFTVET on Instagram, you're wrong. A bunch of sweaty and chalk tattered vets wrapped in glorious Premium LFTVET apparel, snapping selfies in the gym. Most each pic became part of the movement as Dom Franco, CEO of LFTVET Premium Apparel, encourages the athletes and vets to support those that struggle with the transition. Dealing with the demons that haunt most of us can be over...

Tough. Grit. Steadiness in the face of fear. Guys like JP Dinnell make you thankful you're on the same team. Connecting with men of character, honor, and integrity you get a chance to listen to how and why they make decisions - understand why success follows closely behind at their footsteps. We dive into mistakes, leadership and principles that separate the men from the boys. Taking Ownership for...

Between filming shows for the Discovery Channel and Hunting Mr Adolf himself, Tim Kennedy takes some time from his schedule to clearly explain why so many men are fed up with men not being men. Too often we don't understand what the meaning of Alpha relates to. More often than not, we develop a resistance to the idea of a leader, wanting to provide or we see someone running roughshod over us. The...

 If you’ve ever heard that you can’t say the wrong thing to the right people, purge that from your memory.  You can definitely say the wrong thing to the right people and be held accountable for it for a long time coming. When you are communicating message to group of people, thinking that you are being clear, odds are the message that is being heard is not the one that you are communicating.  Lau...

Funny how when your message starts to connect with people and momentuem starts to build, you have those that complain, but don't take any action to make a postive change for their life. We call those folks, snowflakes - people that melt when there's too much tension or fold too easily when their pressure. We take some time to walk you through how focus can help you nail down what you're looking to...

Discipline is “Instant, willing, obedience to orders   Ability to do what needs to be done - for sake of improvement   Opposite of Self-Discipline:  gratification ,  indulgence ,  self-indulgence ;  excessiveness ,  immoderacy ,  intemperance ,  intemperateness ,  overindulgence ;  demerit ,  failing ,  fault ,  feebleness ,  foible ,  frailty   Connection to discipline and your ego Political slan...

Day to day, decisions are intregal to your sucesss, however, some people write a check up to the amount of their life but are unwilling to invest $500 into themselves. Learning from someone who can measure risk and the reward and make solid decisions is what you'll get from Dan Barnhart - we dive into Military stories, things you do to grow your network and how valuable it is to have a partial pla...

Countless numbers of you have held onto an experience from the past that prevented you from moving forward. Here we talk about my first experience with the "Greek College System" and how that tore apart a friendship that I'd worked on for years. That experience hampered growth and contributed to my immaturity in relationships for years - TAKE IT FROM ME, just let it go. Coming next week, @American...

Mistakes are one of the most difficult things that a person can experience or have happen to them. They can set you back, define your perspective on life and decision making. They can hold you back, they can even prevent you from becoming who you're supposed to be and what you can accomplish. We talk about mistakes that I made, being a knucklehead and trying to serve my own selfish desires without...

Choose to not participate in the world of filters. What happens when you don't set goals? What happens when your standard for excellence isn't much of a standard? Do you accept a mediocre performance as good enough? Stop kidding yourself about how much potential you have and trust yourself to take those first steps to action. There's plenty of successful people who've walked in those steps before,...

Ever met or worked with someone that had an ego? Have you ever wondered what it was or why it constantly got in the way? We dive into how an unhealthy ego can rob you of the accomplishments you need to experience in order to reach your greatest successes. We also dive into how if you have a healthy perspective, your ego can be the difference that allows you to win.

When you run back to what you know - why? fear? Resorting back to your previous mistakes and that sucks your confidence away. Transition versus being prepared. Feeling like a failure - but putting up, rather than shutting up. We sit down with a real deal business owner, fitness industry, prior Marine stud, Derrick White of Total Health Evolution going into the nitty gritty of being an entrepreneur...

Being thankful, even if you haven't had something that is obviously a win for some time, can help your perspective and cultivate an attitude that can lead to success. Your life and pursuits are full of choices that you make or you help to bring to the surface. Make this year the year that you admit the times you weren't thankful and have a good laugh! Or laugh at my expense here! If you can have a...

What is discipline to you? Do you work on it daily? This "Knucklehead" spent too many years trying to make it happen, versus submitting too the process and being disciplined

Too often, we're on the right track. Well on our way to a victory, but we get sidetracked by life and obstacles. This cannot continue to be the operational method we default to when things don't go our way. We uncover a scenario where an event could have shut down our company, almost even before we got things off the ground. Mistakes can lead to success, if you decide to learn.

Defensiveness and how short term circumstances can do long-term damage. We unpack again the reason for the podcast, the community that embraces failing, getting back up, and the effect that it has on those around you. Professionally, personally, and the collateral damage (or unintended consequences) -  #getreal

Quick intro into "the Knucklehead" and recap of several events setting some foundational perspectives consistent with most other knuckleheads that are out there. If you can have a good laugh at someone else's mistakes and have fun learning through a process of sharing experiences, falling flat on your face, but never not letting that failure in life stop you from taking your next step, subscribe t...