240: Leadership Lessons From A Navy SEAL with Thom Shea

In this special episode, a highly decorated Navy SEAL shares stories of his years of combat experience in Afghanistan, providing leadership insights that will shift your view of yourself and provoke life-altering change. This episode has a powerful set of lessons for anyone striving to perform beyond what they believe possible. Listen Now!   Brief Bio: Thom Shea is the founder and CEO of Adamantine Alliance, a unique leadership and human performance coaching organization. He conducts training throughout the nation developing transformational performance results for various individuals, teams and organizations. Shea served 23 years with distinguished valor as a Navy SEAL. During his career he served in three wars, ultimately leading a Team of Navy SEALs into Afghanistan in 2009, where he earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Valor, Army Commendation with Valor and his second Combat Action medal. Shea was “hand selected” to serve as officer-in-charge of the famed SEAL sniper course from 2009-2011. Shea is the author of “Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL’s Way of Life” to be released summer of 2014. He currently serves as director of operations and sales with Barber Wind Turbines. Barber Wind Turbines represents an entirely new design for wind turbines that is efficient, economical and available to produce energy worldwide. In his down time, Shea has volunteered countless hours to charity, raising funds through his athletic events for Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Chris Kyle Memorial Trust. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University and a Master Training Specialist certification from Naval Special Warfare Center. He now resides in Greenville with his wife and their three children.   In this episode, you’ll learn: Thom’s rise from failure to becoming a Navy SEAL (03:41) Be resilient – 6 ways to bounce back from adversity (13:12) Life changing lessons from A Navy SEAL (14:58) The importance of keeping and honoring your word (18:45) 5 Tips to master your internal dialogue (20:37) How to cope with grief and loss (37:33) How to live a well-balanced life (53:43) How to thrive in chaos and uncertainty (29:31) The link between fitness & success (55:15)   Ted Takeaways 1. How well do you honor your word? How often do you honor your word? Ask yourself those question and be brutally honest with your answer. 2. We often quit when we know we shouldn’t. I don’t think all types of quitting are bad but the question is do you quit when it gets tough — even when you know it’s the right thing for you. I used to quit and whine a lot, but I’ve learned that to get things done you have to push through the difficult times. Remember, there is always a solution to your problem. 3. How well trained are you for the type of life that you want? This point stuck out to me. You heard how in the Navy SEALs they train through hellish circumstances. Although we will never see combat, we will face situations that will test us. And here’s the question, how well trained are you for that?   What an incredible story! After such a powerful interview I would love to know: What can you do to be better? Please, post you answer in the comment section or email me at  .  I’d love to hear from you!   Resources: Book:   Connect with Thom:   Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. If you have any questions (or would like answers to hear previously submitted voicemail questions!), head on over to . Are you tired of following a fitness routine, eating healthier foods, and not be seeing the weight come off the way you hope? Take my  now and find out how to fix that today. Until next time! Ted