#75: The Warrior Path with Travis Mills
JAYSON WALLER UNLEASHED
Jayson Waller
4.4 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show Jayson is talking with Travis Mills is a retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne is a recalibrated warrior, motivational speaker, actor, author and an advocate for veterans and amputees. Travis, along with his wife Kelsey, founded the Travis Mills Foundation, a nonprofit organization, formed to benefit veterans who have been injured in the line of duty.
After losing portions of both his arms and legs from an IED in Afghanistan Travis has made the most of life, starting multiple businesses and a foundation to help people in a similar situation as his, he has thrived after most would give up, or back down.
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Timestamps:
1:40 - Travis’ Foundation
4:10 - Never Give Up, Never Quit
8:07 - The Day Travis Lost His Limbs
14:35 - Be Active in Your Community
18:45 - Wanting More For the People Around You
21:04 - Being a Lone Wolf
23:56 - Travis’ Businesses
28:26 - Growing a Business Over Time
32:29 - How to Find Travis Online
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| 0:00.0 | Jason Waller here, True Underdog podcast and YouTube channel. |
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| 0:15.1 | Damn, bam, damn, true underdog. |
| 0:18.3 | Damn, they unleash the power with him. Bam, damn. Build it to give you, baby. Damn. Unleash the power with him. |
| 0:21.4 | Hey,m. |
| 0:22.4 | Jason Waller here, true underdog podcast. |
| 0:29.9 | Underdogs out there. |
| 0:30.8 | I have got a fantastic story here to tell you about someone who really was a true underdog, |
| 0:36.0 | somebody who almost lost their life. |
| 0:38.2 | This gentleman here is one of five quadruple amputees that have survived. He was in the war in |
| 0:44.2 | Iraq. He was in Afghanistan and had an issue with an IED, an improvised explosive device, |
| 0:51.6 | and lost his legs and his arms. And since then, he has built a great life. He's married. He's got two kids. He's traveling the world. And he's giving back to everybody. He has a wonderful foundation. Let's give it up for Travis. Mills, how you doing, buddy? Hey, I'm doing great. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Living life to the fullest, every day that I can because I'm fortunate still be able to be home and make it through my injuries. |
| 1:13.3 | Well, listen, first I want to say thank you for protecting our country and out there |
| 1:17.8 | and risking your life and, you know, serving our military. |
| 1:21.6 | Not enough people understand that it's really hard for you to be away from your family |
| 1:26.6 | and go out there and serve something |
| 1:27.9 | you truly believe in. And you come back and your life is upside down and it changes. We're going |
| 1:33.4 | to get into that story. But what you're doing now, Travis, talk about the foundation now that you've built. |
| 1:39.2 | And then let's talk about the story. Yeah, I mean, so my wife and I wanted to give back. We were shown |
| 1:43.6 | so much love and support at the hospital that we thought we do care packages overseas. We started the Travis Mills Foundation. It went so well with the care packages. And then I learned how to go downhill mountain biking and snowboarding and all these cool activities. And I realized, like, I was only doing it because my daughter was six months old and I got injured. and I wanted to be able to do stuff with her, knowing that I'm not going to throw softball. |
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