Episode 313: Unveiling the Truth: IDF Soldier Recounts Straightforward Events of October 7th

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Imagine going from the best day of your life…to the worst. In just a matter of hours. That’s the reality of this week’s Habits & Hustle guest, Yadin Gellman. Yadin is an actor who serves as a reservist in the Israeli military. He knows the painful reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict better than most, being on the front lines of October 7 and fighting for his life after being shot by Hamas fighters near the Gaza Strip. His is a tale of two starkly different worlds. From the deafening silence of the battlefield to the wild applause of an audience. Yadin shares the deep impact his experiences in the Israeli Defense Forces have on his approach to acting. How he balances the gruelling demands of special forces training with his life in the limelight. As well as the harsh truths of his encounters with radical ideologies and how he maintains his hope for peace. TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic detail of violence and injury. What we discuss: (00:01) - Military service and acting in Israel (19:44) - Going from soldier to actor (37:55) - Concerns of military negligence (43:33) - War and an analysis of the Israeli government (58:26) - Driving through an Israeli war zone (01:10:38) - Fighting and Clearing Houses (01:24:21) - A heroic rescue and survival story (01:32:59) - Surviving trauma and exposing lies (01:44:10) - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Media Bias (01:52:52) - The desensitisation to violence and radical Islam (02:05:04) - Hamas and the possibility of peace (02:10:25) - How the experience of war has impacted his acting plans Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Yadin: Instagram: @yadingellman

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0:00.0	Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:06.7	This always happens and I try so hard for this not to because I wanted to seem like, okay, so I have you.
0:12.9	You have a great conversation before the podcast. I don't want to have a conversation with you before because then I'm going to ask you the same questions.
0:19.2	It's like I have a podcast in Israel that hasn't come out yet because of the 7th of October.
0:23.7	Stop it.
0:24.3	Also a podcast with you? Okay, so I have. Like, it's my podcast. Yeah, I know. You're the host of the podcast. What kind of podcast is it? It's called, in Hebrew sounds so much better. It's called Lohamimidabrim, which means combat soldiers talking.
0:37.7	It doesn't sound good in English.
0:39.3	But it's basically...
0:40.0	It doesn't translate that well. Lohamim adabrim, which means combat soldiers talking.
0:38.4	Oh, okay. It doesn't sound good in English.
0:39.3	But it's basically... It doesn't translate that well. I mean, it sounds really good in Hebrew, like Lohami medabrim. It's like a slang. It's like friends talking, it feels like it sounds like. Yeah. So it's friends talking, but like combat soldiers talking. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I need to find a better name.
0:52.4	A better name in English.
0:54.4	So it's about just combat soldiers that are in the industry.
0:58.0	I have actors coming and that already came and singers and different performers, stand-up
1:04.0	comedians.
1:05.0	So you've everybody basically.
1:06.0	Everybody come that were combat soldiers and how they deal with what they went through in the army in their life after as a known person in the Israeli industry.
1:17.6	Oh, that's really interesting.
1:19.4	Well, it's interesting because maybe for those who don't know, number one, I want to just introduce who you are.
1:24.2	Yeah.
1:24.4	Okay.
1:25.1	I'm going to say the name wrong, I feel, but Yadine,
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