Oct 3, 2021
Mike Hayes was Navy SEAL for 20 years, with tours in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
He then became a White House fellow in Bush and Obama
administrations as Director of Defense Policy and Strategies,
followed by a career in the private sector.
In his book "Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a
Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning"
he describes the lessons learned during his career about the
importance of meaning and impact.
Profits from the book go to a 501c3 charity that pays off the mortgages of Gold Star families.
Some takeaways from today's conversation:
Doing the hard thing in corporate America.
Owning our opinions and being honest with each other.
Dynamic subordination- maintaining the agility to be where we need to be under the circumstances.
Three phases of a career:
1-getting good at something.
2-having to show the world how good you are.
3-knowing you no longer need to show how good you are.
Leaders gain authority by giving it away.
Learning HOW to think, not WHAT to think. 1-Data, 2-logic, and then 3- forming an opinion.
Bill Hart is a coach in the mortgage industry, and the author of the book "White Collar Warrior: Lessons for Sales Professionals from America's Military Elite".
Podcast produced by Studio C Creative Sound in San Diego CA