Nick Lavery

But I do believe to your point, Nick, is that is empowered and enabled within a tribe because having others that will hold you accountable, support you, call you on your bullshit that are better than you, that you are pushing to keep up with in many ways, is I would argue an incredible component to how we get better as individuals. Who do we surround ourselves with?

But I do believe to your point, Nick, is that is empowered and enabled within a tribe because having others that will hold you accountable, support you, call you on your bullshit that are better than you, that you are pushing to keep up with in many ways, is I would argue an incredible component to how we get better as individuals. Who do we surround ourselves with?

They don't necessarily have to be pursuing the exact same desired end state, but they have ambition, they have drive, they have a sense of passion and purpose. They're like going after life. Those are the types I would argue you want to kind of surround yourself within that circle. The whole machine mentality thing, it's a real interesting story.

They don't necessarily have to be pursuing the exact same desired end state, but they have ambition, they have drive, they have a sense of passion and purpose. They're like going after life. Those are the types I would argue you want to kind of surround yourself within that circle. The whole machine mentality thing, it's a real interesting story.

They don't necessarily have to be pursuing the exact same desired end state, but they have ambition, they have drive, they have a sense of passion and purpose. They're like going after life. Those are the types I would argue you want to kind of surround yourself within that circle. The whole machine mentality thing, it's a real interesting story.

I'll tell it quickly is on my first deployment back over back in Afghanistan, after I was wounded and lost my leg within a couple of weeks, the locals, as we were going out and doing our thing, started referring to me as Palawanemoshina, which is Dari for the machine fighter. And that just became like this nickname. And they're trying to process like all of this walking into their village.

I'll tell it quickly is on my first deployment back over back in Afghanistan, after I was wounded and lost my leg within a couple of weeks, the locals, as we were going out and doing our thing, started referring to me as Palawanemoshina, which is Dari for the machine fighter. And that just became like this nickname. And they're trying to process like all of this walking into their village.

I'll tell it quickly is on my first deployment back over back in Afghanistan, after I was wounded and lost my leg within a couple of weeks, the locals, as we were going out and doing our thing, started referring to me as Palawanemoshina, which is Dari for the machine fighter. And that just became like this nickname. And they're trying to process like all of this walking into their village.

And this can be a difficult thing to process here in Texas. You go to a place like that, and I'm like a cyborg from another planet, like Terminator 2, like reincarnated. So that's what became what they referred to me as. And it was kind of like a running joke.

And this can be a difficult thing to process here in Texas. You go to a place like that, and I'm like a cyborg from another planet, like Terminator 2, like reincarnated. So that's what became what they referred to me as. And it was kind of like a running joke.

And this can be a difficult thing to process here in Texas. You go to a place like that, and I'm like a cyborg from another planet, like Terminator 2, like reincarnated. So that's what became what they referred to me as. And it was kind of like a running joke.

And we'd go to a new village or a new area and like the kids would come out and they'd immediately be saying, oh, Palawanamashina, Palawanamashina. Like it's the machine is here. None of my teammates called me that. It wasn't a nickname. It was just kind of a thing while we were there. Next year, next deployment, we're in Eastern Africa. Same thing happens. So whole different part of the world.

And we'd go to a new village or a new area and like the kids would come out and they'd immediately be saying, oh, Palawanamashina, Palawanamashina. Like it's the machine is here. None of my teammates called me that. It wasn't a nickname. It was just kind of a thing while we were there. Next year, next deployment, we're in Eastern Africa. Same thing happens. So whole different part of the world.

And we'd go to a new village or a new area and like the kids would come out and they'd immediately be saying, oh, Palawanamashina, Palawanamashina. Like it's the machine is here. None of my teammates called me that. It wasn't a nickname. It was just kind of a thing while we were there. Next year, next deployment, we're in Eastern Africa. Same thing happens. So whole different part of the world.

And now the locals there and some of our partner force there are referring to me as machine. So that's kind of the genesis of it. It became about me as an individual. I kind of ran with that concept a little bit. because it was just tied to me and some of the things that I was able to accomplish. But then as I reflected on it more,

And now the locals there and some of our partner force there are referring to me as machine. So that's kind of the genesis of it. It became about me as an individual. I kind of ran with that concept a little bit. because it was just tied to me and some of the things that I was able to accomplish. But then as I reflected on it more,

And now the locals there and some of our partner force there are referring to me as machine. So that's kind of the genesis of it. It became about me as an individual. I kind of ran with that concept a little bit. because it was just tied to me and some of the things that I was able to accomplish. But then as I reflected on it more,

I'm like, I'm not where I am literally right now had it not been for hundreds of other people that enabled me to do the things I needed to do to then accomplish the things I just decided I wanted to accomplish. I'm not who I am without them. So I just continued to analyze this one word that kept coming out in my mind because it was being thrown at me so regularly. It's like machine.

I'm like, I'm not where I am literally right now had it not been for hundreds of other people that enabled me to do the things I needed to do to then accomplish the things I just decided I wanted to accomplish. I'm not who I am without them. So I just continued to analyze this one word that kept coming out in my mind because it was being thrown at me so regularly. It's like machine.

I'm like, I'm not where I am literally right now had it not been for hundreds of other people that enabled me to do the things I needed to do to then accomplish the things I just decided I wanted to accomplish. I'm not who I am without them. So I just continued to analyze this one word that kept coming out in my mind because it was being thrown at me so regularly. It's like machine.