Back From The Dead with Jason Redman | Mike Drop: Episode 64

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Mike Ritland interviews Jason Redmond, a Navy SEAL veteran with 21 years of service who earned a Bronze Star with V, Purple Heart, and Ranger tab. Redmond recounts his combat wounding in Iraq, his unconventional path to becoming a SEAL (including early rejections and training injuries), and his current work as CEO of Softspoken and Eagle Rise Speakers Network. The conversation covers Redmond’s childhood, family influence on his military service, and lessons in resilience developed through wrestling, football, and repeated setbacks in BUDS training.

Key takeaways

• Redmond attributes his success to resilience rather than natural talent, describing himself as someone who had to learn lessons the hard way through repeated failure and grinding forward
• According to Redmond, he was initially rejected from Navy recruiting due to his small stature (5'1", 105 lbs at 16), switched to Army, failed the airborne physical due to a reconstructed eardrum, then returned to Navy with a medical waiver
• Redmond recounts being severely wounded in Iraq during a 40-minute gunfight where his team called in danger-close gunship support while bleeding out and running low on ammunition

Episode details: published November 24, 2020 · 142.2K views · 2:36:15 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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