Today Michael Trott joins me and shares his 30 plus years of service protecting individuals around the globe. Mike shares his experience from his career with the CIA and what it's been like in the corporate world all while examining the crucial skill of mastering the 4 points of awareness.

Today we look at the 4 Points of Awareness and how they all converge to a new level of consciousness that improves decision making and the results you will produce

Joining me today is Michael "Root" Burrier from the Northern VA/PG County Maryland area with now 30 years in the fire service and Robert Reid from Roanoke, VA and 555 Fitness. We go a bit deeper into the 6 Operational Pillars and have some fun exploring our operational lives.

Today I am joined by Mark Briggs, Army Veteran and retired Police/SWAT Officer who shares his thoughts on how to become and stay operational. Mark gets real and shares the no-shit consequences of not operating at the top of your game, making assumptions about your abilities and well, getting the crap kicked out of you.

Today we look at what it means to become AND stay OPERATIONAL. On this teach time episode I walk you through the six operational pillars that provide us the mental, physical and emotional strength to navigate anything life throws at us.

Today US Army Command Sergeant Major Christopher Greca (RET) shares his reflections on his 31 year career, leadership wins and losses, success and failures. Chris doesn't hold back and shares his own history of regrets and what he's done to learn from them.

Today it's just you and I as we look at where we've been and where we are going. Wednesday's episode with CSM Christopher Greca caused me to reflect on my own history and see what I've learned as well as look to see what regrets I allowed to turn into roadblocks.

We get into some serious stuff with Matt Larsen as we talk combatives, combat and decisions in moments. We then go deeper into a conversation about combat psychology and moral injury. Matt shares more depth on why and how we experience combat as individuals and as a society.

There is so much more to combatives than just fighting. Matt and I explore the neurobiological learning that occurs through training combative and the mindset it builds so you can handle anything that comes your way.

Today we go further into the crucial skill of influence. Monday we focused on Sharí's three step process of Observe, Connect, Influence and today we explore what it looks like to observe at a deeper level by unpacking someone's V.I.B.E.S.