Fight Story (Ep 21) Eddie Penney – Navy SEAL | DEVGRU | Marine | Entrepreneur



In the present day, we hear the unimaginable fight story of elite Tier 1 operator Eddie Penney. Eddie was a Marine and Navy SEAL and a part of Naval Particular Warfare Improvement Group (DEVGRU) often known as SEAL Staff Six.

That is an unimaginable inside have a look at the thoughts, perseverance, expertise, and journey of those that serve on the very tip of the spear, together with the moments that seemingly broke Eddie and made him who’s at this time. Eddie shares insights that many wouldn’t, together with the loss and braveness that these of us who have been by no means a part of the Tier 1 neighborhood can solely think about.

Since retiring from the army, Eddie based and runs The Contingent Group, which offers danger mitigation providers and govt safety to shoppers. He additionally created the UNAFRAID mindset and has an app known as The Den the place individuals can collect to share inspirational tales and search motivation from others. You’ll be excited to be taught that Eddie is releasing a ebook with Keith Wooden about Eddie’s experiences that’s certain to be an unimaginable learn.

Eddie is an inspiration in the best way he approaches his life, the best way he recovered from a number of the darkish locations many people can relate to, and the best way he varieties significant connections with others.
That is one among my favourite interviews and I hope you take pleasure in his tales as a lot as I did.

Discover Eddie on-line:

Instagram – @eddie.penney
Unafraid and The Den – www.eddiepenney.com
The Contingent Group – www.contingentgroup.com

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Present Notes

0:00 – Intro
0:43 – Eddie Bio and Introduction
1:55 – Interview begins
2:17 – The place did Eddie’s ambition come from?
5:02 – Laborious to imagine that Eddie ever give up something. It’s an excellent lesson although.
16:52 – A key loss in Eddie’s life: his swimming coach Larry Lyons (who nonetheless has an award given out every year to the perfect coaches in Ohio).
19:25 – Marine Corps “boot camp was superior.”
21:28 – A life altering occasion (“a change” from boy to man) at boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina.
30:18 – Resolution to maneuver from the Marines to the SEAL groups.
31:03 – TOMS illness (afraid of lacking stuff) aka FOMO (concern of lacking out).
31:57 – An expertise that just about pushed Eddie out of the army attempting to get to Marine Sniper college.
36:34 – One other nice story of how one man can depart a long-lasting influence on you by simply believing in you.
44:18 – A scary gang assault in Chicago that might have been a lot worse.
52:40 – Fight Story #1 with SEAL Staff 2 going right into a home on an operation.
56:03 – How do you discover your method to Naval Particular Warfare Improvement Group (DEVGRU)? An outline of assessing into the Tier 1 world.
59:58 – Intangible high quality distinctive to DEVGRU that operators from different SEAL groups won’t have.
1:01:23 – Fight Story #2 and the way fight turned like “crack.”
1:06:20 – Fight Story #3 when shifting to assault a constructing.
1:08:06 – Fight Story #4 when a mortar landed close by in Mosul, Iraq.
1:10:33 – Fight Story #5 the place Eddie is within the stack and he felt a necessity to maneuver whereas on an operation in Iraq. This can be a large story for many who additionally battle with “survivor’s guilt.”
1:20:19 – Eddie describes “darkish seasons” when he handled the emotional and psychological challenges that come from the Tier 1 neighborhood and the way he realized to take care of it.
1:25:18 – “Unafraid” motivational mindset with a reference to the Skillet track “Lions,” the concept behind it and the right way to tackle large plans starting with Step One. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzjfNI2XEBs)
1:30:52 – Contingent Group’s origins and focus now (spoiler…it sounds superior).
1:35:32 – What Eddie carried on missions that had important which means to him.
1:37:11 – Would you do it once more?

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