Five Marks Summer - Risking It All On A Minority Position with Otis Williams—Airborne Paratrooper, Champion Public Speaker

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Otis Williams looked to be on top of the world. He had a successful military career, beat out 10,000 other contestants to win the ToastMasters World Championship of Public Speaking, and had secured a successful teaching position at Cincinnati State University. But underneath, a debilitating gambling addiction was eroding it all away.

For the first time on such a wide-reaching platform, Otis takes us back to that dark place, and the bold minority positions he took to reclaim his life. He also shares stories from his time in the service, tips for engaging an audience, and why vulnerability is a super power.

This is the second episode in an 5-part series called Five Marks Summer, celebrating the repackaged publication of Brian’s best-selling book, The Five Marks of a Man. Pre-order the newest edition, or the companion Tactical Guide, at briantome.com/fivemarks and get a complimentary poster with each purchase.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, before we get started today, I've got to ask this question.
0:03.8	Have you signed up for man camp yet?
0:08.0	You haven't?
0:09.0	What is your problem?
0:10.5	Come on, man.
0:11.3	Get your rear and gear.
0:13.4	October 20th to 22nd, thousands of men are gathering in southeast Ohio for a two-day
0:18.6	off-the-grid camping experience.
0:20.5	It's not just a life-changing weekend.
0:23.0	It's a lot of freaking fun.
0:25.1	No experience is necessary.
0:27.4	This man camp is shaping up to be our biggest yet, and maybe our best yet.
0:31.3	And I really don't want you to miss out.
0:34.1	Many of us just wait to the last minute, and that's fine.
0:36.2	You've waited the last minute.
0:37.2	You're waiting at the last minute. That's fine. The time to move is now. Men are to be
0:43.9	aggressive. We're not to wait for things to happen to us. We are to push things forward. We're to
0:51.0	push our life forward. This is one of the ways I'm convinced you can
0:55.1	actually push your life forward. Don't wait for God to get a potential hold of your life. Don't
1:00.7	wait for things to make sense your life. Don't wait to just get over your bruises and pains.
1:06.0	Get someplace where those things are in high likelihood to be addressed and happened.
1:11.9	It happens for thousands of dudes, thousands and thousands and thousands of guys.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Crossroads, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Crossroads and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.