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Alrighty folks, welcome back to Season 1, Episode 8 on Transacting Value Podcast!

Porter catches up with his Marine buddy Robert Lee from Palm Desert, California. The two can connect even when they haven’t seen or spoken in a while. 

Lee’s past jobs include lifeguard, police officer, and Marine – all jobs that, he felt, gave him a sense of identity, structure, and camaraderie. And he lost all of those things when he became a stay-at-home dad, the hardest job he’s ever had. 

Without much structure and camaraderie in his life, Lee fell into a depression, fell out of shape, got ill physically and mentally. His marriage began to fall apart. It was a dark time that culminated in a hospital with a broken back waiting for surgery and feeling alone. That’s when he hit rock bottom.

But that’s not where he stayed. 

He woke up in the hospital after he had been “fixed” by the surgery, but he still felt fundamentally broken – physically, mentally, and emotionally.

He looked in the mirror and told himself, “You’re broken. You’re emotionally dead. You’re mentally exhausted, and you don’t see a way out. How are you going to fix it?” 

One tool that helped Lee focus on living his values was the 6-6-6 Rule:

• What am I doing for the next six seconds, the next six minutes, and the next six hours?

As he got healthier, happier, and stronger, he could being to ask:

• What am I doing for the next six days, six weeks, six months, six years?

Porter and Lee also touch on the following:

• The value of being constructive, critical, and honest with yourself
• The value of therapy
• The downside of “body positivity” culture
• Recognize your ignorance and limitations

Quotes from today’s episode:

“Whenever my children need me, I’m going to be there.” 

“Everything that I was experiencing was me.” 

“No superhero wins a fight without being punched once or twice.” 

On therapy, “I’ve found the true value of having an impartial third party.”

“If you don’t love yourself and you’re not living your own hype, you’re going to break. And you’re going to break catastrophically.” 

“You should always be your biggest hype man. You should always be your biggest supporter. You should always be your strongest advocate.” 

“Always have a plan. They’re good to deviate from and recover to.” 

“I ask myself, ‘Where were you? And where are you going?’ because it’s really easy to lose ourselves in the patterns of the day, and that hurts your general resiliency.” 

Sponsors and Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

[0:27:26] The Bee and the Bear Creations

[1:01:24] The Patriot Empowerment Institute

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