'No one is coming to save you.' It's not quite as dour as it sounds - to Greg Andseron, it's a phrase that he says all the time at his Electric North Jiu Jitsu Academy in Washington. It reminds him to chart his own course; that you yourself are truly the only person blazing the trail for your own life. And it's perfect for him too - not all that long ago Greg was an Army Ranger with 14 overseas deployments, with an added turn in private contracting and even a brief stint as a national U.S. Marshall. He also served as a Police Officer in Seattle, right up until the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic when he went viral with a video from inside his squad car where he explained that officers like himself have a civic duty to protect and serve the constitutional rights of the American people, consequences be damned.

Safe to say, Greg's got quite a story behind him - one that's still developing, as he continues to speak his mind from his gym, his instagram, and his podcast, Endless Endeavor with Greg Anderson. But it's not always about who you are. Sometimes it's about where you came from.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Actually, We HAVE Met Before
10:17 - A Most Humbling Jiu Jitsu Story
19:01 - Ten Pages A Day
34:02 - Morning Chaos
39:55 - Growing Up On the Water
50:38 - Getting Into Ranger Regiment
59:09 - Going to Afghanistan
01:08:34 - Joining Triple Canopy
01:20:09 - Friendly Fire
01:25:49 - The August 10th Ambush

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Support Greg Anderson:

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/Granderson33
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/granderson33
Podcast - Endless Endeavor with Greg Anderson - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endless-endeavor-with-greg-anderson/id1520461765

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