Ep 824: Leadership & Authenticity in the Line of Fire Part 1

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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What makes a great leader, and what makes a terrible one? Former Navy SEAL, Mike Sarraille, joins John to share lessons from the battlefield on leadership and trust. If you’ve ever asked yourself what it really takes to lead in today’s world, this episode is for you. Shownotes: https://bit.ly/PAREp824 Are you a war fighter or door kicker looking to increase your resilience and lethality? HAMR was created after working with Naval Special Warfare, the US Army, Marines and First Responders. START TODAY - https://powerathletehq.com/hamr/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Mike on Insta https://www.instagram.com/mr.sarraille/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:35.2	your performance every damn day.
0:38.1	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn
0:41.6	as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:46.7	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity,
0:50.4	or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place.
0:56.2	Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin. Hey, welcome to another episode of Power Athlete Radio. I'm John Wellborn, and I'm joined by my good
1:00.9	friend Mike Sorrelli, former Navy SEAL. I can probably say that. I know we're big into the
1:06.3	quiet professionals these days, but we can actually attach a Navy SEAL to your name because you went
1:11.2	through selection and actually wear a seal.
1:13.3	And then what's the first adjective people always attach? Like, oh, he was the Navy SEAL. I'm like, oh, okay. Well, I mean, so it was the perfect pushup. The perfect pushup was invented by the Navy SEAL. And that's the reason it sold fucking half a trillion of those things. That guy crushed it. Yeah. And you know the whole reason?
1:08.1	Because it was invented by a Navy SEAL.
1:09.6	So I think you got to add that on to everything.
1:11.7	Like this article, invented by a Navy SEAL.
1:45.7	So I think you got to add that on to everything. Like this article, invented by a Navy SEAL. This book, invented by a Navy SEAL. This methodology, invented by a Navy SEAL. But is that disingenuous? Is that treading on the good name of all the guys that came before you? There are different views on that. You know, somebody who served and earned that title,
1:50.2	earn that title.
1:51.3	So however they choose to use it when they get out is their prerogative.
1:56.3	I think can you take it too far to things to extremes?
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