168: Phil Randazzo | Helping Veterans Thrive - The Second Chapter
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Successful but searching, entrepreneur Phil Randazzo renewed his purpose by helping veterans transition into successful civilian careers through a foundation that eventually became American Dream U. It fulfills two sets of needs: veterans need assistance transitioning into civilian life and the work world needs the unique skill set and drive that these veterans possess. Randazzo and Joe discuss what in their upbringing instilled their drive, and how to pass it on to their kids. Find out how to follow a similar path of success in this episode. Successful but searching, entrepreneur Phil Randazzo renewed his purpose by helping veterans transition into successful civilian careers through a foundation that eventually became American Dream U. It fulfills two sets of needs: veterans need assistance transitioning into civilian life and the work world needs the unique skill set and drive that these veterans possess. Randazzo and Joe discuss what in their upbringing instilled their drive, and how to pass it on to their kids. Find out how to follow a similar path of success in this episode.
Lessons:
1. Don't coast through the second half of your life, but find a way to make a contribution.
2. Choose three things you can work on today and do them.
3. The most successful people are usually not the ones who talk about it.
Links: American Dream U - Helping You Transition out of the Military http://americandreamu.org/American Dream U on Facebook www.Facebook.com/AmericanDreamUAmerican Dream U on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/americandreamu/
SUBSCRIBE:iTunes: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShowYouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYTGoogle Play: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpPlay
CREDITSProducer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye, & Dr. DelleSynopsis – Matt Baatz© 2017 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everybody back to the Amy Barn for Spartan Up the podcast. On my right we've got Peter |
| 0:07.6 | Borden who is standing in for a couple of these taking Joe's place. We've got Dr. Johnny Waite, we've got |
| 0:13.7 | Sefra, the Seed Queen over there on the far run. |
| 0:16.5 | Seed Huntress actually. Seed Huntries. And Marion running the show behind |
| 0:20.5 | the camera. All right, we've got a great interview today. We've got a personal friend and a personal hero of mine. A young |
| 0:26.7 | man named Phil Rondazzo, who just out of his own heart, out of his own goodness, started an enterprise called American Dream You. |
| 0:36.2 | This guy, through just watching veterans come home and thinking they needed some help, decided to |
| 0:46.0 | just do it on his own and then realized he couldn't do it all on his own and asked others to help. |
| 0:48.2 | He's got some great lessons and he's a great American, a great patriot, and I think you're |
| 0:52.3 | going to learn a lot just from listening to |
| 0:53.8 | them. |
| 0:54.8 | Absolutely. |
| 0:55.8 | Nothing more to say. |
| 0:56.8 | Let's go to Phil. |
| 0:58.8 | We are here for Spartan Up Podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | I don't even know where we are because we've been on three airplanes |
| 1:03.0 | with Phil Randazzo who runs American Dream You who we met a couple of years ago |
| 1:09.1 | maybe two years ago in California we found out we are connected through an uncle, a cousin, somebody that's connected |
| 1:17.1 | to my family and his family in little Italy. |
| 1:21.0 | So anyway, we're cousins or something. I don't know what we are. little Italy so um... so anyway |
| 1:23.2 | we're cousins or something i don't know what we yeah yeah i think we connected |
| 1:26.3 | the dots and i think we're definitely related really there yeah so |
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