Nick Lavery

And of course, I didn't have a clue as to how I would go about doing that. But I felt in that moment, I was probably going to need some administrative love from probably a whole bunch of people. So maybe if I get the endorsement from the guy in the Oval Office, that may go a long way. So the decision was made right there and then. I saw things quite clearly.

I had two options on the table, roll over and die, as you just mentioned, or go back to doing what you were put on this planet to do. And this was almost, this was over 12 years ago now that this happened. And things for me have changed since then. Becoming a father, as you know, will change your perspective. You have kids, yeah? Yeah, two kids. Yeah, okay.

I had two options on the table, roll over and die, as you just mentioned, or go back to doing what you were put on this planet to do. And this was almost, this was over 12 years ago now that this happened. And things for me have changed since then. Becoming a father, as you know, will change your perspective. You have kids, yeah? Yeah, two kids. Yeah, okay.

I had two options on the table, roll over and die, as you just mentioned, or go back to doing what you were put on this planet to do. And this was almost, this was over 12 years ago now that this happened. And things for me have changed since then. Becoming a father, as you know, will change your perspective. You have kids, yeah? Yeah, two kids. Yeah, okay.

Will change your perspective on a lot of things in life. Everything. Right? Back then... Being a Green Beret, being a professional warfighter, it really wasn't what I did. It was who I was. My whole identity was wrapped up in this one function. This is the reason I was put on this planet. So I was able to see things just that simply. Die or go back to living your purpose.

Will change your perspective on a lot of things in life. Everything. Right? Back then... Being a Green Beret, being a professional warfighter, it really wasn't what I did. It was who I was. My whole identity was wrapped up in this one function. This is the reason I was put on this planet. So I was able to see things just that simply. Die or go back to living your purpose.

Will change your perspective on a lot of things in life. Everything. Right? Back then... Being a Green Beret, being a professional warfighter, it really wasn't what I did. It was who I was. My whole identity was wrapped up in this one function. This is the reason I was put on this planet. So I was able to see things just that simply. Die or go back to living your purpose.

And I don't do very well with the whole rolling over and dying thing. So that quickly was removed from the table. This is the only option that's left. Now you just got to figure out how to do it.

And I don't do very well with the whole rolling over and dying thing. So that quickly was removed from the table. This is the only option that's left. Now you just got to figure out how to do it.

And I don't do very well with the whole rolling over and dying thing. So that quickly was removed from the table. This is the only option that's left. Now you just got to figure out how to do it.

Yeah, it's a great question. I think in an ideal scenario, determining what the mission is, is essential. And some, maybe most, struggle to determine what that is. What do you want to do? Or maybe more importantly, is who do you want to be? And that's a very kind of almost easy philosophical question to ask and some really struggle in determining what that is.

Yeah, it's a great question. I think in an ideal scenario, determining what the mission is, is essential. And some, maybe most, struggle to determine what that is. What do you want to do? Or maybe more importantly, is who do you want to be? And that's a very kind of almost easy philosophical question to ask and some really struggle in determining what that is.

Yeah, it's a great question. I think in an ideal scenario, determining what the mission is, is essential. And some, maybe most, struggle to determine what that is. What do you want to do? Or maybe more importantly, is who do you want to be? And that's a very kind of almost easy philosophical question to ask and some really struggle in determining what that is.

But without that, to serve as a beacon or a guide to begin driving towards the cliche expression, if you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. You're just kind of like acting in life, digging holes, just that random thing. So I think determining what the mission is is essential. And people tend to overthink it, I think.

But without that, to serve as a beacon or a guide to begin driving towards the cliche expression, if you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. You're just kind of like acting in life, digging holes, just that random thing. So I think determining what the mission is is essential. And people tend to overthink it, I think.

But without that, to serve as a beacon or a guide to begin driving towards the cliche expression, if you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. You're just kind of like acting in life, digging holes, just that random thing. So I think determining what the mission is is essential. And people tend to overthink it, I think.

People tend to overthink this, I need this perfect vision, idea of who I want to be or what I want to do, which of course doesn't exist. There's no such thing as perfect. And it's going to change no matter what, no matter how close to perfect you were even to get, it's going to change. Because one of three things is going to happen.

People tend to overthink this, I need this perfect vision, idea of who I want to be or what I want to do, which of course doesn't exist. There's no such thing as perfect. And it's going to change no matter what, no matter how close to perfect you were even to get, it's going to change. Because one of three things is going to happen.

People tend to overthink this, I need this perfect vision, idea of who I want to be or what I want to do, which of course doesn't exist. There's no such thing as perfect. And it's going to change no matter what, no matter how close to perfect you were even to get, it's going to change. Because one of three things is going to happen.

You're going to accomplish it, and then you're going to be moving on to the next one, While in route to accomplishing that, you realize that you may want to pivot in another direction. And here's where people, that's where the paralysis by analysis comes in is, well, if that happens or when that happens, does that mean that everything that I did up to that point was all for nothing?