Nobody’s coming to save you. It’s a simple phrase, but one that can mean the difference between success and failure. Elite performers know that when it’s time to take action, they need to be ready to execute with precision and without excuse. 

Scott Mann is a retired Special Forces Officer, the architect of Operation Pineapple Express, and a leader who knows how to get results against the odds. 

Scott first joined Fran Racioppi after the withdrawal from Afghanistan to share how he took a stand when few would. Now he’s showing us just how to apply an action first mindset to anything we set out to do. 

Our rainy Sunday morning conversation from the banks of New York City’s East River was the perfect backdrop to break down his new book; Nobody’s coming to save you: a Green Beret’s guide to getting big shit done. 

Scott defines the churn; the divisiveness, fear-laden complexity of the world that is in our face 24/7 across our devices. He shows us how that has put us all in a trance of distraction, disengagement, disconnection and distrust where transactional relationships focus on performing for each other instead of connecting. As a leader of action, Scott gives us the cure; which rightfully so will be MESSY. 

Jump In with Scott and Fran as they wake up New York City, then head over to our YouTube channel or your favorite podcast platform to catch all our coverage of the 2024 election cycle and our national security series with today’s most prominent Special Forces leaders. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• 0:00 Welcome to New York City
• 2:07 Why is Nobody Is Coming To Save You?
• 4:05 The Four D’s
• 6:40 The loss of social connection
• 17:20 Get MESSY to get s**t done
• 18:35 Storytelling matters

QUOTES

• “We are in our own form of that unprecedented churn.” 
• “The average attention span of a human in the west is eight seconds.” 
• “We’ve atrophied the ability to tap into what’s below the waterline of our human nature.” 
• “Now it’s a verb. ‘I’m going to unfriend you.’” 
• “We’ve lost the ability to make human connection in a meaningful way..” 
• “We ignore storytelling at our peril. Everything has become bullet points.” 
• “It wasn’t the stories they told; it was the stories they asked to hear.” 
• “All of us are capable of strategic outcomes if we set our mind to it.” 

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