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🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Episode #154 – Nick is joined by Leif Babin, former Navy SEAL Platoon Commander and co-author of the NY Times Bestseller: Extreme Ownership.

They discuss the most prominent distinctions between military and civilian leaders, how powerful leadership is about considering other people’s perspectives, why simplicity in your communication makes you more impactful, and how ‘silent leaders’ can tend to be the best ones. Nick and Leif also recount gripping stories from their military experiences and how they shaped their future endeavors.

“If you interact with other humans in any capacity, you are a leader.”

Even without a ‘title,’ you are a leader. Leif passionately speaks to the need to own this responsibility and positively impact the lives of those around you. This episode jumps into practical, inspiring commentary on our lives from two tremendous leaders.

About Leif Babin:

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Leif served thirteen years in the Navy, including nine in the SEAL Teams. As a SEAL platoon commander in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, he planned and led major combat operations in the Battle of Ramadi that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s 1st Armored Division achieve victory. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War.

Leif returned from combat and became the primary leadership instructor for all officers graduating from the SEAL training pipeline. There, he reshaped SEAL leadership training to better prepare the next generation of SEAL officers for the immense challenges of combat. During his last tour, Leif served as Operations Officer and Executive Officer at a SEAL Team where he again deployed to Iraq with a Special Operations Task Force. He is the recipient of the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart.

Upon his departure from active duty, Leif co-founded Echelon Front, a premier leadership consulting company, where he serves as President, leadership instructor, speaker, and strategic advisor. Echelon Front helps others build their own high-performance winning teams.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another powerful episode of the podcast. I'm your host, Nick Bear,
0:05.2	founder and CEO of Bear Performance Contrition. Every week we bring you insightful stories,
0:10.9	knowledge and inspiration to help you reach your full potential in life, fitness and business.
0:18.1	If you enjoy the message we're promoting in this podcast, we would greatly appreciate it if
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0:27.9	you don't miss out on future episodes that embody the go one more mindset.
0:35.9	All right, welcome back to another episode of the Bear Performance podcast. Today we have
0:40.2	Lafe Babin, co-author of Extreme Ownership and co-founder of Eschlawn Front,
0:45.2	Leadership Instructor, Speaker and Strategic Advisor. Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy
0:50.6	served 13 years in the Navy, including nine of the SEAL teams as a SEAL platoon commander
0:56.2	and SEAL team threes task unit Bruiser. He planned and led major combat operations in the
1:01.4	battle of Ramadi. Task unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated special operations unit
1:07.3	of the Iraq War. Lafe, welcome. Thanks for having me. Glad to be on with you. Thanks for the drive.
1:14.3	Easy day, man. Right down the road. Just right down the road. No factor. So I want to dive right into
1:20.0	a question to kick things off and then kind of back up a little bit. And the topic of conversation
1:27.7	I really want to drive today is one, your experience in the military, own the SEAL teams,
1:34.6	being instructed at buds and then transitioning out and co-founding Eschlawn Front.
1:41.7	And kind of as I explained to you earlier, I'm scaling and growing this business and through
1:47.4	that process we're experiencing growing pains. A lot of those being leadership issues or
1:55.9	navigating the trajectory of the business. And then you being involved in now 1600
2:02.0	organizations through Eschlawn Front and experience a lot of different leaders,
2:06.5	strengths and weaknesses. I'm very interested in that as I can navigate my future with the business.
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