Warrior Mindset

Joshua Morton is a veteran of United States Navy serving more than eight years as a Navy SEAL. Joshua became the first military working dog handler for SEAL Team Four. He served as a SEAL operator and canine handler during five deployments in Iraq and has extensive first-hand experience on numerous missions in the successful utilization of a canine in combat. While deployed in Iraq he served as the subject matter expert in Joint Task Force combat missions with several U.S. allies and host nation commands. Joshua has vast experience and expertise in: -Guiding and assisting new Combat Action Dog personnel in all aspects of canine tactics, techniques, and procedures -Planning and coordinating logistical support for the screening and development of new canines Achievements: -Instructed the first Naval Special Warfare Group Two Combat Action Dog course. -Demonstrated canine advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures to multiple Naval Special Warfare teams, resulting in highly trained and disciplined operators pu

Dr. Tom Hanson has delivered his expertise to overcome and conquer fear with some of the greatest athletes and organizations of all time. He's currently the CEO of Heads Up Performance with his wife Birgit Hanson. In their cornerstone approach, they explain, "We co-create a strategic leadership solution blending paradigm-shifting and skill-building workshops, coaching conversations to apply new skills to specific management and sales challenges, team meeting facilitation to reinforce the new way of operating, and senior executive strategic coaching to resolve higher level business issues." His performance coaching career in the MLB started in 1999 when he worked with the Texas Rangers until the year 2000.  In 2001 he was hired to work full time for the New York Yankees as the Performance Enhancement Director. While working with the Yankees he worked around some of the greatest baseball players of all time. Including Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera. His Performance Enhancement services in M

Business as usual for Warrior Mindset Podcast!  Yes, we interviewed another overachiever.  Mr. Kauffman, who was spawned in the Lone Star state, was savvy Navy SEAL commando, Sniper, Sniper Instructor, Business Leader, and one hell of a model American. Judson served in the U.S. Navy for eight years, first as a surface warfare-qualified intelligence analyst and later as a Navy SEAL, deploying multiple times throughout the Middle East on hundreds of combat missions in various roles, including sniper and assault team leader. Following active duty, he worked as the National Program Manager for the Naval Special Operations Mentor Program, selecting and mentoring potential SEAL candidates across the U.S.  He later became Vice President of Product Development at Nashville-based consumer products developer Lightbulb Innovation Group. With the belief that better principles of leadership and performance could dramatically increase both profit and morale, Judson co-founded Exbellum in January 2012. E

Jim Garret and Shamus Garrett were two souls that were bound to come together and Become a Super Duo that would spread a message of hope, enlightenment, and good will. Well since that didn't work we just decided to write about our everyday adventures to brighten peoples day. After growing up in a small town in northwest Iowa called Peterson. Jim left Iowa to work in many varied industries. Because of his hometown mentality, it opened a lot of doors from manufacturing portable livestock equipment to semi bumpers, working with horses, team roping, selling horse trailers to working with ag equipment dealers to finally settling down as a Locomotive engineer for a class one railroad- yes he does, in fact, drive the crazy train. And well there was a divorce. Seeing the stress and strain that it caused got Jim to thinking how could I help others. The idea was born A Cowboys Guide to Surviving Divorce! The Cowboys guide to Divorce project spawned another project out of the inab

This episode Brad, Dannie, and guest host neighbor Rob discuss the what political correctness REALLY is and how absurd it is. The banning of certain words. Mandatory gender pronouns, and some of the dangers that political correctness can bring to our country. This was a fun rant!  ------------------------- This episode is brought to you by StrikeForce Energy. An energy drink packet that goes with water or your favorite beverage. This was designed by Navy SEALs for their brothers on the battlefield so do we really need to say anything more? Go buy some. Put in the code "WARRIOR" and save 20% on your order. Warrior Mindset Podcast is also brought to you by Trutankless. Trutankless is a water heater for the modern world. Your 55-gallon tank water heater is old technology. It's time to get an update. This will save you ~25% on your water bill. I have one in my house, and we have saved around 35% on our total water bill. No kidding. This unit sits on the wall, and you can control the temperatur

This episode is not your ordinary conversation about war. In reality, there is a part of war some would say was the best time of their life. War isn't all about the killing and destruction. That already known. It's also about going out with the ones you love and getting a job done. To help understand war, and to understand the mindset of a warrior, this conversation has to happen. Hope you enjoy.  ------------------ This episode is brought to you by StrikeForce Energy. An energy drink packet that goes with water or your favorite beverage. This was designed by Navy SEALs for their brothers on the battlefield so do we really need to say anything more? Go buy some. Put in the code "WARRIOR" and save 20% on your order. Warrior Mindset Podcast is also brought to you by Trutankless. Trutankless is a water heater for the modern world. Your 55-gallon tank water heater is old technology. It's time to get an update. This will save you ~25% on your water bill. I have one in my house, and we have saved around 3

Josh couldn't get enough of hangin' with the cool kids on Warrior Mindset podcast, so we had to fire up round two. Josh Jespersen holds the world record for climbing AND snowboarding down all of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains. It was the culmination of a 138-day effort to skin up and snowboard down all 54 in the state. And to do it faster than anyone in history. In doing so, the unimposing 30-year-old contract security worker snagged the fastest known time record from big-mountain skier Chris Davenport. When Davenport completed the same journey in 2007, in 362 days.  Jespersen's mission is not breaking world records. It's continuing to make a difference in the world. Jespersen is the founder of Mission Memorial Day. In their continuing mission to return Memorial Day to its original meaning, they have carried the names of the fallen on the flags to the top of Denali, the tallest peak in North America, and five other peaks.  Hope you enjoy!! _____________________ This episode is brought to you

For the University of Iowa, Sammy was a two-time Big Ten Champion at 184 lbs and a two-time NCAA Division 1 wrestling All-American.  His overall career record at Iowa was 102-24, all of which was done while sporting a well groomed and feathered mullet.  However, after finding it difficult to manage a magnificent mullet and wanting a new beginning, the mullet went bye-bye after his last collegiate wrestling match. Currently, Sammy is a member of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club www.hawkeyewrestlingclub.com and on his way to Poland with Team USA to compete in the first ever U23 World Championships.  The event is scheduled to take place November 21-26 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ------------------ This episode is brought to you by StrikeForce Energy. An energy drink packet that goes with water or your favorite beverage. This was designed by Navy SEALs for their brothers on the battlefield so do we really need to say anything more? Go buy some. Put in the code "WARRIOR" and save 20% on your order. Warrior Mind

Former United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician and Combat Veteran has come along ways from singing karaoke in Fort Smith, Arkansas to becoming a country music singer and songwriter. Brian has written songs for "Sons of Anarchy" and the Award Winning Independent Documentary "Until it Hurts".  He appeared in September 2014 issue of Guitar Player Magazine.  Brian Grilli has shared stages with other country stars Thomas Rhett, Blackberry Smoke, Brantley Gilbert, Florida Georgia Line, Eli Young Band, Tyler Farr and Stoney LaRue as well as rockers 38 Special, Cheap Trick, Styx and Lucero.  And just recently sang the National Anthem at the 75th Annual Sturgis Rally for the Buffalo Chip's Freedom Day. Brian Grilli is an ambassador for the Boot Campaign and an avid supporter of Wounded EOD Warrior, Navy SEAL Foundation, and Combat Wounded Coalition. Check out Brian and his show schedule at www.briangrilli.com ------------------- This episode is brought to you by StrikeForce Energy. An

Former Navy SEAL, Medical Doctor, Sleep Specialist, and the inventor of "The Sleep Remedy." Kirk Parsley served as an Undersea Medical Officer at Naval Special Warfare Group One. While there, he led the development and supervised the group's first Sports Medicine Rehabilitation center. He received his Medical Degree from Bethesda, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) in 2004. Doc Parsley has been featured on TedTx, Dr. Oz and many more. Enjoy! ---------------- This episode is brought to you by StrikeForce Energy. We use this every day. Designed by Navy SEALs for the battlefield so you know it's the best. Use code "WARRIOR" for 20% off!  Trutankless is a water heater that we use and it looks like it came from the international space station. It sits on your wall and connects to your phone through the app. You can control everything from the Trutankless app. Click on the link for a FREE quote in your area. 

Sometimes you just have to ride a big wheel in a combat operation. That's exactly what Josh Jespersen did one late evening in Baghdad, Iraq as a Navy SEAL. His former and currently retired platoon chief just learned of this speed racing adventure a couple of weeks ago, so Warrior Mindset podcast needed to get the full story.  Josh Jespersen holds the world record for climbing AND snowboarding down all 54 of Colorado's 14 thousand foot mountains in only 138 days! Jespersen is the founder of Mission Memorial Day. In their continuing mission to return Memorial Day to its original meaning, they have carried the names of the fallen on the flags to the top of Denali, the tallest peak in North America, and five other peaks. This year the team proudly marched the flags along the original Bataan Death March route in the Philippines to pay tribute to the WWII veterans who gave their lives for our freedom on Memorial Day. They recreated the Bataan Death March by marching the 66 miles that the 76,000 prisoners

This 125-pound warrior is a BEAST on the wrestling mat and trains every day for life.  Thomas Gilman was a 2017 World Silver medalist at 57kg. He is an avid reader and hates social media (you will find out why.) He was taught from a young age that nothing everything in life is earned, and nothing will be given to you.    This is what a mindset of a warrior will achieve- In High school, Gilman was a four-time Nebraska state champion... won the 103 pound title as a freshman, the 112 pound title as a sophomore, the 119 pound title as a junior, and the 132 pound title as a senior... led Omaha Skutt to the team championship three times (2009-10, 2012) and a runner-up finish in 2011... four-time River City all-conference honoree... 2009 NHSCA national champion and Cadet Freestyle All-American (103)... 2010 Cadet Freestyle national champion (119)... 2011 Junior Freestyle national champion... 2011 FILA Cadet national champion and FILA Cadet World Team member.   While in college wrestling for the I

Jason Hall is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winning film, American Sniper. Jason's film directing debut comes this week as the movie Thank You For Your Service hits the box office.  DreamWorks Pictures' Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggles to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Starring an ensemble cast led by Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, the drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel. Jason Hall, who wrote the screenplay of American Sniper, makes his directorial debut with Thank You for Your Service and also serves as its screenwriter. Jason Hall was also a champion wrestler in high school and college. He

Leon Stanford was drafted into United States Army during World War II when he was 18 years old.  Wanting to become an officer in the Army, the 120 pound Leon was denied that opportunity because they said he was too young and too small.  He eventually found his way to the 84th Infantry Division "The Railsplitters" on a small mortar team.     The 84th Infantry Division entered combat on November 18, 1944, with an attack on Geilenkirchen, Germany, (Operation Clipper) as part of the larger offensive in the Roer Valley, north of Aachen.  Operating under the command of Lt-Gen Brian Horrocks the division was supported by British tanks of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive by British XXX Corps and the United States 84th Infantry Division to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient.     Leon spent his first day in combat being pinned down in an apple orchard and fighting the Germans trying to take down the heavily fortified city of Ge

Dan Cooley is a bodybuilding champion and a scholar in the world of self-improvement. The road to success has been the furthest thing from easy. Hard work, humiliation, and God's grace have shown Daniel that anything is possible.  This show we discuss the stigma and science surrounding steroid use. We talk about Daniels favorite tools he uses in bodybuilding and health. There are many ways to get on top, but concentrating on the small details is the number one piece of advice on self-improvement no matter what drives us.  You can follow Daniel's journey, diet routines, and workout plans on Facebook and Instagram  

Michael is the VP of Engineering for VSCO, the community for expression.  He is responsible for the engineering and development of the mobile and web services used by the VSCO community.   Prior to VSCO Michael was the CTO of Photobucket.com. He was responsible for all aspects of technical operations and software development for Photobucket and all of its web and mobile services.  He had returned to Photobucket after having built the startup SafetyWeb.com which was a cloud based security product to help families learn what their children were doing on social media and mobile devices and provide alerts.  SafetyWeb was acquired by Experian in 2011.  Prior to SafetyWeb, Michael was the first executive hire and architect as Photobucket and scaled their infrastructure to accommodate more than 150 million registered users with over 15 billion images.   Michael has also held positions at NetApp, led development for solid state storage at TiGi Corp., built a telecom engi

On March 28, 1945, just days ahead of the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, a young sailor from Larrabee, Iowa was onboard the USS Skylark.  At nineteen years old, Lorne Alexander was at the helm of his ship in the East China Sea when it was hit by two mines.  The first mine exploded and sent fire through the ship at 10:55 am.  A second mine burst at 11:15 am, killing four men in the engine room.  The USS Skylark sank 15 minutes later.  Lorne remembers signaling for help from the bow of the ship when the second mine exploded.  The next thing he knew, he was in the water trying to swim away from his sinking ship.  Lorne was eventually picked up by the USS Tolman and taken to a hospital ship.  He received multiple broken ribs, a damaged left elbow, and knee.  Lorne is the recipient of the Purple Heart which was presented to him by Adm. Chester William Nimitz.   Lorne Alexander enlisted in the United States Navy when he was 17.  The 1943 Larrabee High Scho

Steve Cannon is an adventurer, author, speaker, and a believer in the infinite possibilities of YOU! In 2009, he ran across his home state of Iowa (292 miles) in 11 days. He was the first person to run around the great Lake Michigan (1,037 miles) in 40 days! Which averages a marathon a day for 40 straight days! Steve has run over 100 marathons, tamed 36-hour adventure races, failed and nearly died on the Yukon River Quest. Steve is a 2016 inductee into The Order of the Hrimthurs- an ultra-endurance winter triple crown. Steve Cannon is one of the most interesting and humble individuals that Warrior Mindset has ever interviewed. Steve lives life as if he is running out of time.  www.expandyourpossible.com

Paul Chesnut is a US Army Veteran who served in Vietnam as a medic supporting Special Forces Operations. Paul currently lives in Osceola, Iowa and was a school teacher for 28 years. He is a husband, father, grandfather, and a veteran of the greatest country in the world. What does MIFWIC mean? Listen to the show to find out. 

This is a story you do not want to miss! Drago's life story really is unlike anything you have ever heard. Thomas 'Drago' Dzieran is a retired Navy SEAL. But his life did not start out the way most SEAL's lives do. In his younger years, he spent 2 years in a Communist Prison (gulag) in his native home of Poland because of his activism against the Communist regime. From there, he traveled to the US, went on to become a janitor, Mercedes Benz mechanic, and eventually a US Navy SEAL. But there is A LOT of details in between those events you do not want to miss. He currently runs a website called Drago's List (see link below) that exposes fraudulent and fake military charities.   He currently hosts a website called Drago's List (see link below) that exposes fraudulent and fake military charities. As well as being very involved in various veteran organizations.   Drago's List www.dragoslist.org