The Junkyard Love Podcast - 0109 with retired Navy SEAL combat veteran, Author, CEO - Marty Strong - Adapt, Move, Be Different.

0109 with retired Navy SEAL combat veteran, Author, CEO - Marty Strong - Adapt, Move, Be Different.

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12/25/24 • 84 min

The Junkyard Love Podcast

I sit down with Marty Strong, former Navy SEAL, and we explore his unique approach to life and work, characterized by his openness to opportunity and his ability to adapt and thrive in unexpected situations. Marty shares lots of great stories, perspectives, and some key highlights from his latest book. We talked about embracing opportunities, cultivating an open mind, taking risks, adapting to change, practicing discipline, finding pull motivation, and a whole lot more. For more on Marty, head here - https://martystrongbenimble.com/

BIO:
"His passion is influencing change. Change in people, change in organizations. Most of his themes are based on the power of creative thinking and acknowledging the number one rule in the universe - everything is changing! Retired Navy SEAL officer, former UBS portfolio manager, and currently CEO of a middle market healthcare company. Currently serves on the board of BEST Robotics, Inc., Metal Raptor, LLC, and is the president of BEST MindLab. Marty has a BBA, an MBA, and is a certified Master Blackbelt in Lean Six Sigma. He is the author of nine published novels and three published business books. Marty's articles on leadership and creativity have been published on CNBC online, Fast Company, CEO World magazine, and Chief Executive Magazine."

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0108 with Author of 'The Human Idea' Anne Riley - Always Evolution Occurs

Anne Riley, armed with an MBA, scientific wit, experience in multiple industries, and the mind of a curious philosopher - has been on a lifelong quest to understand how humans logically fit into life's panorama. Spending much of her time studying the works of Charles Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould, and Michael Rothschild (among many others), and immersing herself in the basic knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, economics, and government - all gave her the foundation for a new way of thinking about humans - and has arrived with her new book to encapsulate these concepts - "The Human Idea - Earths Newest Ecosystem"
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The Ecosystem of Life: Insights into the vast web of life that connects us all, tracing our evolutionary path to understand our place within it.
The Power of Ideas: Exploring the uniquely human trait of ideation, fostering both our greatest triumphs and our most pressing dilemmas.
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The Junkyard Love Podcast - 0109 with retired Navy SEAL combat veteran, Author, CEO - Marty Strong - Adapt, Move, Be Different.

Transcript

Marty Strong00:00:09.439

It's kind of a dichotomy. I ended up in Nebraska. That's where I'm from. Trying to get out of Nebraska by joining the Navy. And I joined the Navy to be a radar air traffic control specialist. And through mistaken orders, I ended up at the, seal training center in Coronado after I completed air traffic control or radar school. And, when I got there, they talked me into volunteering for the seal program. So I that's pretty much my life in a nuts