Rick Lamb | Warrior / Husband / Father: Lessons Learned & Earned
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
With this episode, we honor all veterans, and at the same time share the incredible lessons, valuable in all walks of life, this one leader has distilled from a life of service. In honor of Veterans Day for this special episode Joe De Sena sat down with Retired Command Sergeant Major Rick Lamb - among his significant military background a Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Joint Commendation Medal with V Device for valor, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with three Bronze Campaign Stars and Invasion Arrowhead, Master Parachute Badge, Ranger and Special Forces Tabs, and two awards of the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
Lamb explains the clarity with which mission, purpose and leadership can be conveyed and bestowed and talks about the essentials of a solid team. In the end it is about being able to trust the person to your left and right and mastering your profession. First step? Looking the part and be the part.
As a father, Lamb tells Joe how he was able to get his teen son back on track with a simple process because in the end if your not raising good humans, your not doing your job.
To all veterans out there, thank you for your service.
LESSONS
LOOK the part BE the part
Be a master of your profession
Know what is expected of you
Lead from the front
Leaders eat last
Build a team - Trust the person to your left and right
The Oatmeal test - raise good humans
LINKS:
Joe’s Instagram for giveaway on Veterans Day
https://www.instagram.com/realjoedesena
TIME STAMPS
0:00 Starts with the oatmeal test
0:39 Intro to this episode with Sefra & Johnny
1:54 Interview begins with the art of storytelling
3:30 Joining the Rangers
4:20 Look the part- be the part
5:25 Being a master of your profession
6:15 The Ranger Creed
7:15 Knowing what’s expected of you
8:00 The orchestration of success
9:28 Reading it, studying it - knowing it
11:20 Lead from the front: follow me, do as I do
12:55 Getting after it
13:25 Building a high performing team
14:45 Styles of leadership
17:45 Tactics for landing
18:45 Jumping into Normandy
19:15 Special Veterans Day offer- ON VETERANS DAY @RealJoeDeSena on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/realjoedesena
19:30 Getting good sleep
20:15 Build camaraderie away from the bullets
21:45 Using succinct language
22:30 Dealing with your relationship when in special forces
24:45 Identifying your kids passions
26:15 Mapping your passions: Creating the “Man List”
28:30 Twelve years working towards goals
32:20 Join the conversation on Instagram
33:00 Johnny & Sefra discuss takeaways from this interview
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena, Dr. Johnny Waite & Sefra Alexandra
Col. Nye is off on a different expedition- thank you for your service sir !
Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
© 2019 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | You don't want to be that guy that's dying at the VA hospital with oatmeal |
| 0:06.1 | dripping off your chin because nobody's going to visit you. I like that. We're |
| 0:09.7 | gonna call that the oatmeal test. The oatmeal test exactly. You got it you got a test |
| 0:14.1 | yourself every you know do a head check every month every year whatever just do an |
| 0:18.0 | oatmeal test and say am I gonna be the guy in the hospital with oatmeal dripping |
| 0:22.4 | off his chin nobody visiting |
| 0:23.8 | you know that that and look around I mean the world is in trouble we were probably in more trouble than we've ever been |
| 0:28.9 | and and if you're not raising good humans to to be be able to adapt to that, then you're not doing your job. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome back to Spartan Up the Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | This week we have a special Veterans Day episode for you all with |
| 0:44.4 | retired command sergeant major Rick Lamb this gentleman is truly remarkable |
| 0:49.7 | human being he served in two ranger batt Italians for different special forces groups he's |
| 0:54.9 | really served this country yeah he has speaking of veterans day if you're |
| 0:58.2 | watching this on veterans day please go to at real Jodasena at. He has a special gift for all the veterans to |
| 1:04.7 | thank you for your service. |
| 1:06.4 | Speaking of service, 40 years, 37 countries, five continents. |
| 1:10.4 | Rick is an unbelievable human being. |
| 1:12.8 | But what I found most incredible about this interview |
| 1:14.9 | is that he really shows us how to take |
| 1:17.2 | all the leadership lessons and his experiences |
| 1:19.5 | that he gained serving |
| 1:22.3 | and how to bring it back to your civilian life and how he used the same lessons to make his family healthier stronger better |
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