The Full Monty: Dad-Life as an Ex-Navy SEAL with Monty Heath
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Becoming our best selves is a choice. We can choose to watch life pass us by, sleepwalking to our deathbeds full of regret. Or we can make the decision to take destiny into our own hands, leaving a distinct mark on the world.
Today we have former Navy SEAL Monty Heath on The Dad Edge Podcast. Monty made the choice to leave the Navy SEALs before getting married and starting his family. He talks about how keeping calm is the most effective and important way to operate in life. He reveals how closely he came to divorce and the choice he made to never quit on his marriage. He also discusses his approach to dad life and teaches us how we can keep cool and rational through the inevitable chaos of fatherhood.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.0 | Gentlemen, what's going on? Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show, and today I am having a conversation with former Navy SEAL Monte Heath. |
| 0:40.0 | Man, we have been blessed on this show over the years with so many elite operators such as |
| 0:46.2 | Jocka Willink, Lafe Babbin, Chris Sajun, John Tigan, as well as Chris Tanto, |
| 0:51.6 | Peranto, and Mark Devine and many, many others just to mention a few. |
| 0:56.5 | And I gotta tell you, I thoroughly enjoy talking to these elite operators. |
| 1:01.2 | These guys, they operate on a different level than anybody else in the world |
| 1:06.8 | and just gaining access to some of their knowledge, some of the things that they've learned and how |
| 1:10.8 | they go about life is literally second to none. |
| 1:14.9 | So I'm excited to bring you guys today's show with Monte Heath. |
| 1:18.8 | In 1993, Monte became a US Navy SEAL. |
| 1:22.3 | This was one of his lifelong goals, even from a kid. |
| 1:26.8 | He was fortunate enough to actually serve alongside America's finest in Operation Enduring Freedom and Joint Forge. |
| 1:35.0 | During his service, Monti was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat Valor designation. |
| 1:41.0 | And after 11 years of faithful service he left the seals |
| 1:45.1 | admittedly one of the most difficult decisions he has ever had to make but he did it |
| 1:51.8 | for the right reasons to start a family and change his focus to the civilian sector. |
| 1:58.0 | And through the years he has led a variety of successful military and civilian endeavors, |
| 2:02.9 | including supervising the US Navy SEAL Mentorship Program |
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