209: Jason Redman - The Power Of Humility: From A Wounded Navy SEAL

Jun 11, 2017

Jason Redman, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and author, shares profound insights on humility and leadership learned through battle and personal hardship. He emphasizes how arrogance can hinder leaders, recounting a pivotal moment where a mistake endangered lives. The power of training, mental resilience, and the unwavering support of his wife during recovery shaped his journey. Redman also highlights the significance of learning from failures and the importance of leading with example, inspired by the greatest leader he ever encountered.

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INSIGHT

Leadership Fails, Not Teams

Most failures trace back to leadership problems rather than inherently bad teams.
Extreme Ownership and humility fix leadership flaws that otherwise compound into career‑ending mistakes.

ANECDOTE

Ranger School As A Humbling Course

After his battlefield mistake, leadership reprimanded Jason and sent him to Ranger School as a humbling corrective.
Ranger School stripped rank, rotated leaders, and forced him to stop thinking selfishly and start listening to his team.

ANECDOTE

Pinned Under Fire In Iraq

Jay describes being pinned in an open field after an ambush, shot in the face and arm, and facing intense incoming fire.
He estimated the firefight lasted about 35 minutes and feared he might not make it out alive.

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Episode 209: Jason Redman - The Power Of Being Humble: From A Wounded Navy SEAL

Sustained Excellence = Humility... Re-learning how to humble yourself. Arrogance can ruin you
The story of Jay being "ripped in to" by a leader after he made a mistake that could have costs lives... And how that impacted him
"Great leaders take a step back... To analyze what happened"
"There are no bad teams, just bad leaders"
"You have to allow the situation around you to develop before making a decision"
How Ranger school helped him stop being selfish, humbled him.
- Forced to lead in adverse situations, and stop thinking about just himself
Story: "I am bleeding out. I can feel my life ebbing away as blood seeps from my body into the Iraqi soil..."
"I was hit in the face and my left arm..."
How the preparation and training saved his life
"If facing death, you won't be thinking about material things"
The sign Jay hung up outside his hospital room
The Key Tenants
- Lead Always
- Overcome All
"That journey in the hospital taught me... If you are a leader, lead always"
Building mental resiliency, must build an overcome mindset
"The woman behind The Trident" -- How his wife Erica acted was heroic (and still is)
- "She never batted an eye"
- "When they sent me home, I was a mess, and Erica cared for me. She was never negative, never questioned me for going to war."
The greatest natural leader Jay ever met -- Vince Peterson
- He always led by example, would never ask you to do something he wouldn't do
- He lost his leg below his knee
- "Selfless, servant leader, humble" -- Motivated and inspired you to be better
- Always remained calculated -- Had the ability to drive the team where it needed to go
- Took ideas from members of the team, dynamic leadership at it's best
Listen as Jay describes how Dave Michaels was shot 27 times, fought back... And then said, "Come get me... They're all dead."
The Overcome Academy
- A way for us to give back to veterans
www.OvercomeAcademy.org

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