The Collective

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined Tip and John. We discussed how much adaptation is needed in life and how to develop the skillset of being adaptable. Continual adaptation leads to evolution and evolution requires adaptation, so as Bruce Lee would say "Be Like Water" Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Tip - @tipcullen John - @neverpassingfa...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance started with a review of lessons learned from the movie "Heartbreak Ridge" but had to switch gears when a policy violation on YouTube cut off the stream for a number of minutes. Adapting to the issue, we began talking about managing the need for recognition within yourself and others from a leadership position. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shaunta...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Seb, Matt, and Sach. The group discussed vulnerability and being completely unguarded with yourself. We talked about the utility of being critical of your actions so long as you know how to do it. We are capable of many things but there are times we need to be shown how far our capabilities can take us by a good coach/mentor/leader. Find us on...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance discussed some of the challenges and benefits to showing love for others, especially other men. The conversation developed into a discussion on leadership, management, and how to develop good leadership from within. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvets #followthesapper #ubique #notweaktos...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Wade and Mark. The group got started with a question from the collective about heroes that aren't recognized as heroes and why we see them as such. We flowed from heroism into why we see some acts as heroic and other acts as not at times based on our own experiences. We can at time learn lessons vicariously through stories such as in books...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Randy and Urij. We discussed the evolution of combative, defensive tactics, and training. We talked about building confidence through realistic scenario based training, how violence requires certain answers at certain times, and how to train to com up with those answers at the right time. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @m...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Seb, Glen and Kate. The Collective discussed some questions from the audience and who we hear in our head when the tables turn on us and when everything is going right. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Seb - @slavccmdr kate - @shootlikeagirlpodcast Glen - @99glenkirkland #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvet...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance engaged in their second lightning round! We started the discussion with how normalization can creep into your life and how to manage what is normal for you and normal for the rest. We also dove into Service, to ourselves, to others, and to the nation we swore to defend. The boys talked about Lessons Learned, Power & Magic, as well as preparing for the fu...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Glenn once again. We got right into the discussion with pursuing excellence and defining the levels to the game. Glenn brought up the concept of "Fake it, until you make it" and how the nuance of "tag lines" like these become a copout and fall to the wayside unless your actively seeking the nuance. If you want something, EA...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Julie. We talked about the idea of Peaking in life vs living life everyday and how we would rather seek quality experiences in life rather than monotony disguised as longevity. In relationships, adventures, accomplishments, and everything else we should seek to do our best and enjoy the process. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chan...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined once again by Urij from Ukraine. We took a look at some of Urij's videos of martial arts training weapons, multiple weapons, and multiple attackers. We discussed the concepts around edged weapon fighting such as movement, angles, and attacking the weapon rather than the attacker. We state repeatedly that the most effective way to survive a kn...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance discussed Chance's performance at the Jujitsu tournament and more importantly what he learned from the experience. We also answered some questions from the collective and shared some humorous stories from our basic training courses. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvets #followthesappe...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Seb, Alan and Fran. The Panel discussed the importance of your Reputation and Leadership within a community. We developed the idea that your intention combined with your actions is the key to reputation and if you thoughts about your reputation drive your actions then your intent cant be pure. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined again by Sam, Travis and Matt. The panel dove into normalization of trauma, mental health, therapy and betterment. We discussed how to normalize the conversation, not the condition, and how our mindsets affect how we interact with that condition. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Travis - @bader.trav Sam - @lairdand...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined again by Zak from The Canadian Podcast. The conversation started and ended with the ideas of Stoicism and what that means to each of us. We discussed being All In, in whatever your doing, being 100% involved, otherwise your dabbling. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Zak - @canadianpodcast #veteran #veteranadvocate...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Jana, Tip, and Julia. The panel discussed what it meant to be the Elite version of themselves and dived into how/if their personal philosophies have shifted/evolved over time! Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Jana - @coach_jboxing Tip - @tipcullen Julia - @juliashelly #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvets #...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Nick. We had a couple great topics today! "Delegate and Disappear," How to do it right and how to do it wrong. We also got into the saying "Must be nice," how ineffectual that comment really is and that you'll never know how "nice" it is until you do the work yourself. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylor...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Corey and John. We discussed the importance of social interactions in life, not only as children, but also as adults. We discussed the concept of doubt, how to manage it, how to utilize it and how common the feelings of imposter syndrome really are. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Corey - @madhatterindustries J...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance discuss bring a Keener. We talk about why its used as a derogatory term and how to flip the switch on the naysayers. Shaun gave some pointers of Chance's dry fire technique and jiujitsu mindset which led into an in depth look at the idea of "flipping the switch" ie. going from normal to Game On! Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chanc...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance discuss how improving yourself will impact and improve those around you. We talked about how that applies to society, being a Canadian, and a good citizen. If we desire change than we must change ourselves. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvets #followthesapper #ubique #notweaktospeak #too...

On today's episode, Shaun and Chance take a look at some videos of Close Quarter Battle. Our goal is not to pick apart the shooters or team but to discuss how CQB applies to life and the lessons that can be learned from training. The videos we went over are for visual reference only. video 1 credit to @trcopenenrolment Video 2 credit to @TacticalHyve Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Urij from Ukraine. We took a look at some of Urij's videos of martial arts training weapons, grappling, and combinations of both. Our goal was not to comment on techniques directly but more to highlight the realities of fighting and discuss the concepts around hand to hand combat. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplb...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance were joined by Jason. We discussed pride, teamwork, and what a warrior is at their core. We also had some more great comments and questions from the collective to help develop the ideas we talked about! Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Jason - @blackbirdindustries #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvets #followthesapper #ub...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance engaged in a lightning round! They discussed a number of topics across the spectrum including, Public Speaking, Making Friends, and Sigma International! Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvets #followthesapper #ubique #notweaktospeak #tools #toolbox #podcast #infantry #airborne #pathfinder #...

On today's episode Shaun and Chance are joined Sachin and Glenn. We talked about each of our priorities at the moment and how we assign them. We moved on to how we execute on our priorities as they shift and adapt to our ever changing reality. Find us on Instagram Shaun - @shauntaylors1 Chance - @mcplburles Sachin - @sach.in.motion Glenn - @polyglennos #veteran #veteranadvocate #vetshelpingvet...