E173 - Embrace The Suck - Brent Gleeson

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today you’ll hear life and business lessons from a high performing entrepreneur and former Navy SEAL. From tough lessons learned on the battlefield to reinventing himself and building successful businesses, today’s episode is jammed packed with actionable knowledge.</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">0:20 - Meet Brent Gleason, a former Navy SEAL turned successful serial entrepreneur and bestselling author.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">03:40 - What embracing the suck means as an entrepreneur and business leader. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">4:50 - Discover the story behind how Brent was inspired to become a Navy SEAL. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">11:20 - Hear about Brent’s first combat mission as a SEAL and how a picture of Muhamid Ali showed up during the mission. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">24:28 - Next, Brent shares how he mentally prepared himself for a successful transition from the military to becoming a civilian entrepreneur. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">30:43 - Brent shares the mindset and strategies he used to grow and scale a digital media based company despite having zero technological background or experience.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">34:08 - Bedros asks Brent a tough question about why some people have a truly hard time understanding and accepting constructive feedback.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">34:30 - Brent shares why he created his best selling book “</span><a href="http://www.brentgleesonspeaker.com/#BestSellingBooks"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Embrace The Suck</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” and tells how it’s different than the majority of other self help books. </span></li> <li st