Leading Through Chaos — Lessons From an Elite Special Ops Commander | Phil Kornachuk
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 24 May 2023
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
This week’s conversation is with Phil Kornachuk, a highly-trained military expert with 22 years of service in the U.S. Army Special Ops Command. After serving with both the 2nd Battalion Rangers and the Green Berets, being deployed 12 times, and receiving a Silver Star – the 3rd highest award for valor in combat – Phil decided to leave his military career behind and channel his experience into a new kind of mission: helping people and businesses forge high performance leadership skills.
Indexing on self-mastery, mindset training and resilience, Phil’s passion for developing purpose-driven leaders and high performing teams has taken the form of executive coaching, 1-on-1 training, hands-on workshops and even back-country expeditions through his company StoneWater Training.
Phil and I share the belief that there are no shortcuts, and you’ll hear all about how this high school dropout who grew up on a dairy farm in Ontario, Canada cultivated a mental toughness and leadership acumen that’s even more impressive than his physical fortitude.
In this conversation, you’ll hear how Phil exemplifies true grit, a detailed story of how he earned his Silver Star, and how his philosophy came to be “know yourself, lead yourself, lead others.”
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to point positive. If something goes sideways, we're going to point where you need to go, |
| 0:04.0 | what you need to do. So focus on the actions you need to take. Don't focus on what could go wrong |
| 0:08.7 | if I do this or if I do that or that that don't screw up mentality. Like that will absolutely |
| 0:14.8 | you know be a cancer in your mind and inhibit your performance. Don't dwell on what could go wrong |
| 0:19.0 | and focus on what must happen to do this excellent. And if you can get into that condition, |
| 0:25.6 | you know, I think you'll excel under stress and pressure. |
| 0:37.9 | Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Michael Jerve, |
| 0:44.2 | by trade and training a high performance psychologist. And I am really excited to sit down with |
| 0:48.6 | Phil Kornichuk for this week's conversation. Phil has forged an incredible path. He's a |
| 0:54.5 | highly trained military expert with 22 years of service in the US Army Special Ops Command |
| 1:00.0 | during which he served with the second battalion rangers. The Green Berets was deployed 12 times |
| 1:06.4 | and received a silver star. It's the third highest award for valor in combat. We explore that |
| 1:13.9 | incredible story throughout this conversation. Now, after retiring from the army, he decided to |
| 1:18.9 | dedicate his expertise to a new mission, helping people and businesses forge high performance |
| 1:24.8 | leadership skills, indexing on self mastery, mindset training and discipline. Phil is |
| 1:32.3 | following his passion for developing purpose driven leaders and high performing teams. |
| 1:36.4 | There is company stone water training. Phil and I share the belief that there are no shortcuts. |
| 1:42.0 | And you'll hear all about how this high school dropout who grew up on a dairy farm in rural Ontario |
| 1:49.1 | cultivated mental toughness, leadership acumen and a life perspective that we can all benefit from. |
| 1:57.6 | With that, let's get right into this week's conversation with Phil Kornichuk. |
| 2:02.6 | Okay, Phil, you have had incredible life from high school dropout to Green Beret to only your own |
| 2:09.2 | company. Let's give a quick flyover of the, it's called the chapters of your life. For folks that, |
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