Got Your Six with Tony Nash

6ers, we all know that we only got one shot opportunity in this life but that doesn’t mean we can only live it one way. For transitioning veterans, being out of service and enrolling yourself in higher education can offer a unique opportunity to reinvent yourself. If you’re serious about it, it is an experience that can transform you to realize your full potential.

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Christine Schwartz, a military veteran and CEO at Service to School, a non-profit organization that helps service members and military veterans to gain admission to the best education possible after their service is complete. She is passionate about supporting and enabling veterans as they enter a new phase of their life.

You'll discover that as you transition there will be a lot of skills transfer that you need to align with the civilian workforce. Getting a higher education not only offers the opportunity to evolve academically but can also help you take the steps that will lead to your personal growth.

As a result, you’ll understand that navigating the tropes of a new career trajectory takes a lot of courage, time, and effort and sometimes you just have to muster up the courage to ask for help. Reinventing yourself happens with the inner self before it is reflected on the outside. It is a journey that will not only make you truly empowered but can also unlock your highest potential.

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6ers, if you or your organization wants to excel, you need to now and then deviate from accepted ways of thinking in order to refresh your creative reserves and encourage more original approaches. Focusing too much on your past achievements can cause you to miss out on new opportunities.

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Luke Shabro, a US Navy veteran and Deputy Director for Mad Scientist, a US Army initiative that seeks to shape future operations and warfare. He is passionate about innovation, technology, and helping future-proof the Army. With a mission to help secure the safety, security, and prosperity of the country, he helps people place themselves in a new world with different technologies, including artificial intelligence, forcing paradigm shifts away from current and conventional thinking.

You'll discover that by encouraging new ideas, you’re placing yourself in a position of constant improvement and preventing the stifling of creativity among your team. You're encouraging people to think in terms of first principles and to think more deeply about their ideas so that they can generate good unconventional ideas that have an impact and make a difference.

As a result, you build the mindset for innovation, and you will be more willing to look at all possibilities from a new perspective. You avoid falling into the trap of tunnel vision, doing only what is expected of you and not expressing yourself enough.

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Resources Mentioned:

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

The Gift of Crows

Think Like A Rocket Scientist

How To Keep Your House While Drowning

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6ers, you’re here in this community because you have goals and I’m here to tell you that life will offer your plenty of opportunities to boldly take action on your dreams. Accepting the familiar and safe path is the alternative. The reality is there no easy path to the top, and success in any endeavor requires hard work and sacrifices on your part to get there.

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Josh Bridges, former U.S. Navy SEAL, professional CrossFit athlete, and founder of Good Dudes Coffee. He is a former collegiate wrestler who also competed and won regional CrossFit competitions. In 2016, after retiring from the Navy, he was 33 and took a 13th-place finish as the oldest individual male at the Reebok CrossFit Games that year.

You'll discover how limited our days and time are. Athletes have a shelf life, as any professional athlete will tell you if you ask them. However, they realized that everyone has a maximum of 24 hours per day, and since even lesser individuals were able to do so, why can't you? You'll understand that your key decisions during those valuable hours have the most influence.

As a result, you develop greater awareness of and openness to how your daily activities may actually affect your capacity to enjoy life in its most fundamental forms. The value of your time increases, and you make every effort to match your commitment level with your goals.

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6ers, while the gaming community suffers from a bad rep of gamers predisposition towards social isolation and boredom, we have fellow military members and veterans that are doing a great effort to turn this around and make this shared interest in video games as a basis for building camaraderie and community.

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Oliver Parsons, US Air Force Airmen, founder of Air Force Gaming,  Chief Esports & Sports of USAF Services, and co-founder of Space Force Gaming. He is passionate about building high-performance teams to achieve breakout success and believes in gaming can be a tool to improve mental health within the USAF rank and file.

You will learn that as soldiers are often far away from home and their social network, they need something to turn to and video gaming is far from the worst things they can do. While excess gaming and isolation is also a problem, this shared interest can also be a powerful tool for them to be vulnerable. 

As a result, you’ll understand that acknowledging the power of shared interest can be a great opportunity to check up on your battle buddies. Let’s be clear that there is no substitute for professional therapy and assistance for those suffering mental health issues but sometimes it takes a little nudge from people you have formed camaraderie with to seek the help you actually need. 

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6ers, in whatever career paths you have chosen to take, you must think of the value you intend to provide. This value should not be confused with money, rather is the net positive benefit of engagement. Without a meaningful value proposition at the core, any endeavor is not going to be sustainable. 

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Alain Monroy, a US Army veteran and the director of global partnership at the Vegas Golden Knights (NHL team). He is passionate about community development, baseball, being a soldier and leadership. Alain believes listening is the biggest part of leadership. 

You will learn about the importance of matching your qualifications with your passion so you can create value. Value creation is also about having the ability to listen intently to the needs of your stakeholders so you can foster collaborations and meet their own specific needs.

As a result, you’ll understand that as military members, we are actually trained to be able to learn on the fly and this is something we can leverage during our transition to a civilian career path. It is understanding that sustainable success is built around a great product or service that caters to a solution and not about getting quick money. 

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6ers, in business and in the military, vulnerability is often seen as a weakness. For leaders, it is seen as a liability because they are expected to be quick to act and perform at a higher level than others leaving time for emotions in the dust. But to be an effective leader, you need to be authentic which means you need to access your vulnerable, inner world. 

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Lisa Jaster, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, a public speaker, an engineer, and an athlete. As the  first female reserve officer to become a Ranger she is now a sought-after leadership speaker, owing to her incredible story of success after two attempts at finishing Ranger School. Lisa is a contributor and speaker at Talent War Group, a veteran-owned executive search, and talent consulting firm. She is passionate about fitness and sports, including CrossFit and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

You will learn that when you’re a naturally pragmatic person, a trait that got you at the top of your game, sometimes you need to reach out and remind yourself that not everyone is like you. As a leader, you need that tactical pause to use the powerful tool of vulnerability to empower you and your team. 

As a result, you’ll understand that any organization under empathetic leadership has team members that feel more connected to their work and to each other which creates an overall positive experience. The power of empathy not only builds meaningful connections it also motivates the team to come up with unique ideas thus becoming an asset. 

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Resources mentioned: 

Killer Salt by Marietta Whittlesey 

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6ers, accountability is something we’re very big on here at Got Your Six community. We believe it is essential to define the structure of accountability and make it clear among team members otherwise it will undermine any efforts toward progress and productivity. In contrast with shaming the other which results in disconnection among team members, accountability is about communication and negotiation of needs so you learn to trust each other. 

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Taylor Justice, the president and co-founder of Unite Us, a tech company that facilitates coordination and networks among health and social service providers to improve the patient experience. Unite Us ranked third out of 500 companies in the list of best startup employers in 2021, according to Forbes and market research company Statista.

You will learn about the challenges faced by being the last mile provider, and how to be level-headed in the face of dirty tactics by competitors, politics, and bureaucracy. You will learn how to give your team members a safe space to execute their job and how to pull back as a leader as you scale your company and train your people. 

As a result, you’ll understand how essential it is to take the long-term approach to reap the benefits of a culture of accountability. With people having more skin in the game, they become more invested in the results which means they also improve their performance. Indeed, the strongest organizations run on promises made and kept by individuals who take accountability to a tee. 

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6ers, do you believe in the concept of overnight success? Or do you think overnight success is actually a product of talent, years of hard work, and luck colliding at the perfect opportunity? The reality is, there are factors that are simply out of your control that can impact how successful you are but by taking small actions and accumulating small wins, you increase the odds of your success. 

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Cooper Lycan, a US Army Special Operations veteran and the founder/CEO of SoBet. Cooper is passionate about competition and believes he’d be a sports coach if he were not into betting in an alternate world. He earned a Systems Design and Management degree from West Point in 2017 and played sprint football at West Point. He served in the 75th Rangers Regiment until his discharge in 2021.

You will learn about how there are still things that you can take control of to help you create your own luck. Essentially, it is a process of taking action like getting yourself armed and ready to go as soon as opportunity knocks on your door. It is a strategic approach against uncertainty. 

As a result, you’ll understand that the power of small bets, aside from giving you an opportunity to win big can provide you with critical information if you manage to learn from the tiny failures. Taking away the bad connotations of betting and understanding that it is a practice of actively selecting the best odds to maximize your opportunities may in fact be a great strategy. 

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6ers, do you catch yourself operating on auto-pilot most of the time? Some of us, because of failure to deal with our own emotions and internal conflict, move through life this way which is why we never truly understood the reasons behind the decisions we make. It is understandable, however, because living with intention is scary.

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Zachary Bell, a US Marine Corps veteran, writer, and entrepreneur. Zach is the co-founder of Veteran With A Sign, an Instagram page that went viral in 2020 following their photos of placards with humorous messages using military terms and experiences. He is passionate about suicide prevention and connecting service members, veterans, first responders, and their families to create a community where they can lift each other up.

You will learn why after living a life full of disappointments and trauma, the idea of moving through life with deliberate intention can be terrifying. This is because at the heart of it, it means you are finally taking responsibility for yourself, your actions, and your life. You’re letting go of a rulebook and charting your own course. 

As a result, you’ll come to a point where you suddenly have a lot of decisions to make. You’ll stop numbing the pain out and learn to live with it. You will be on a journey of finding your purpose and you must plan and follow through because you now have a vision for your life. 

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6ers, we all want to success in our throughout life which is why it’s imperative that you foster a curious mind and be a lifelong learner. But more than that, it is about how you absorb knowledge, pivot if you must, and turn your knowledge into a strategic action. 

This week, Tony Nash is joined by Sam Meek, a USMC veteran, founder/CEO of Sandboxx (building content and technology to simplify the military journey), and founder of Flywyld (an aviation club for entrepreneurs, engineers, commercial pilots, and other aviation enthusiasts). He believes in his mentor’s words “a legend is a lie that has a kernel of truth in it.”

You will learn about how you can begin your success strategy as lifelong learner and entrepreneur by understanding the friction points and developing your capabilities to overcome them. From creating an organic network of people that gives you unbiased thoughts to implementing time to value concepts, lifelong learning must be deliberate. 

As a result, you’ll gain an understanding told from an experience how lifelong learning is fundamental to long-term success. It is a foundational skill. It is about tying up your new experiences, the skills and ideas you gather from the people you surround yourself with and applying it on the daily. 

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