EP 105: Navy Seal Master Chief Jason Gardner - The Dichotomy Of A True Warrior

Navy Seal Command Master Chief Jason Gardner spent 30 years in Seal Teams 3, 5 & 7. With nine deployments to Somalia, The Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq he has received a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart and five Combat Action Ribbons. Jason Gardner has seen leadership in the most extreme of situations, when it is all on the line. After retirement Jason joined Echelon Front with Jocko Willink and Leif Babin as a leadership instructor and strategic advisor. Jason brings unmatched experience of combat leadership, building winning teams, and knows how to develop relationships across all levels of your company.

• What was the greatest dichotomy Jason felt as a leader?
• Jocko made the training in the teams brutally realistic and unpredictable. Does it help in the corporate world and how do we execute that?
• How do we audit our emotions in our own mind on a daily basis?
• Jason struggles to be in the moment today yet in a firefight he can. Why is that?
• What's the most profound learning Jason took from his psychologist about himself?
• What does own it mean to own it?
• How does Jason erase the visuals that must come back time and time again of Mosul?
• Letting our children take chances and seek adventure and keeping them safe from harm. How do we navigate the dichotomy?
• How has Jason shown up for his wife Iris who has gone through a dark past that left scars?
• What was a the most valuable thing Jason’s Dad, a former Marine, did or said that had the most positive impact on him as a man?
• What makes a great Commanding Officer?
• How do we debrief when things have gone really wrong?
• When a corporate company has a blue on blue, what’s Jason's advise to the leader to make effective change?
• What are some of the most important choice Jason made that has made him who he is today?
• Whats the greatest character trait Jason would like to see in his kids?

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