The Ranger Way with Kris 'Tanto' Paronto
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Kris "Tanto" Paronto is a former U.S. Army Ranger and CIA security contractor who is known for his actions during the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and the CIA compound in Benghazi. He is now a speaker and the author of the self-improvement novel, The Ranger Way: Living the Code On and Off the Battlefield. Kris is also a father.
Today, Kris talks about discipline, failure, and leading by example. He also tells us why confident men don't take themselves too seriously and how goofing off and having fun keeps us young.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads 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? |
| 0:28.0 | Gentlemen, gentlemen, what is up? Gentlemen, gentlemen, what is up? |
| 0:31.0 | Happy April the 8th. |
| 0:34.0 | Hope you guys are having an awesome week. |
| 0:36.2 | Today's show, love it, another hero of mine. |
| 0:40.7 | I have been dying to get Chris Tanto |
| 0:44.5 | pyranto on this show ever since I read his book number one the |
| 0:48.1 | ranger way I not only read his book but I bought it on audio as well I just love it I highly recommend you |
| 0:55.0 | guys get a copy of this book it's fantastic not to mention the fact that he |
| 0:58.4 | reads his own book but if you don't know who Chris Tanto is if you're one of the five people in the world that don't know who he is. |
| 1:05.0 | If you guys remember back September 11th in 2012 in Benghazi, |
| 1:10.0 | we had six basically heroes that saved over 30 CIA agents in Benghazi. |
| 1:19.0 | Literally held off hundreds of Taliban for 13 straight hours with zero support from the US military. |
| 1:27.0 | If you haven't seen the movie 13 hours directed by Michael Bay, it's incredible. It's an incredible movie. Also the book 13 hours. |
| 1:35.6 | Highly recommend you guys check that out. But Chris has been on my radar for quite some time to come on the show and |
| 1:41.9 | luckily he agreed. |
| 1:44.0 | Fatherhood is a very passionate thing for him. |
| 1:46.0 | He really takes his fatherhood job seriously. |
| 1:50.0 | But today, what you're going to learn today is how Chris teaches his kids work ethic and how he has been able to |
| 1:58.2 | achieve so much work ethic in his life as far as his own motivation where that comes from. |
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