179: : Part 2 – Byron Rodgers – USMC combat veteran, IEDs, Call of Duty, entrepreneur

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Murph welcomes Byron Rogers, a former US Marine and combat veteran. They discuss Byron's military background, resilience, the challenges veterans face when transitioning to civilian life, and the alarming rate of veteran suicides. Byron recounts life-altering moments, including having been blown up five times by IEDs in Iraq, and a near-death experience during combat. He discusses the challenges of dealing with PTSD and how he overcame those demons to become a very successful entrepreneur. Byron emphasizes the importance of personal growth through pain, the distinction between strength and power, the necessity of self-belief, and the importance of humility in leadership and service. He also touches on his work with veterans and the significance of finding purpose and passion in life. And he's a character in Call of Duty Black Ops and War Zone!!

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0:00.0	I'm dead. I have to be dead. I must have got hit by an IED. And then the deepest sorrow I'd
0:06.3	ever experienced in my entire life exploded from the inside of me. And I started to just feel like,
0:14.1	oh my gosh, I can't believe this. I'm still just a kid and my life is over. I never lived
0:19.9	deliberately. I had no idea what that was.
0:22.5	And it was almost like a panic.
0:23.7	Like, it's over and I never really ever understood the miracle of 50, 60 trillion cells make
0:31.0	up a human body.
0:32.2	And so I'm like going through this honestly, almost like a spiritual death due to my lack of awareness and then I start
0:39.1	to see my family members and I start to see like my mom and I'm like mom I'm so sorry I'm so sorry
0:44.1	I failed and I'm like seeing my girlfriend I'm like I'm so sorry I failed you I'm a pile of guts on
0:48.9	the floor in Iraq I died I'm sorry I'm sorry.
1:05.1	Hey, everybody.
1:09.6	Welcome back to part two of this week's episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.
1:10.5	Got my guest back with me here, Mr. Byron Rogers, Sir Byron Rogers issue.
1:15.3	I don't know if you can see that at the bottom of your screen or not, but that's what I'm
1:17.7	seeing on mine.
1:18.9	And if you remember from yesterday's episode, we're talking about a man who went into the
1:23.4	Marine Corps right out of high school, did two deployments to Iraq, was involved in five IED
1:28.8	explosions, only by the grace of God is he here talking to us today. We talked about his Marine Corps
1:34.5	occupation and when he came out. Now, he's got a book out, and of course my iPad just went dead
1:41.9	on me here. Let me pull this up because the book, we're going to talk about this at the end.
1:48.0	But this is his book.
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