Seth Gehle

Right before my daughter was born, that's when I started going through my healing process. So I was 24 and my daughter was about to be born and I was about to go to Afghanistan. And at my daughter's baby shower, oddly enough, Jacob was there and Jacob approached me and he kind of asked me, because me and him were like two peas in a pod at this point. We're like just fucking super connected.

And, um, uh, he asked me about my finances and just to make sure everything was okay. And I was like a typical young, stupid soldier with like $60,000 of debt, all that shit, you know, new wife, new house, fucking all the fucking things. Right. And, and due to the nature of my childhood, I had no financial literacy. I was just fucking just, you know, whatever, everything's $15 a month.

And, um, uh, he asked me about my finances and just to make sure everything was okay. And I was like a typical young, stupid soldier with like $60,000 of debt, all that shit, you know, new wife, new house, fucking all the fucking things. Right. And, and due to the nature of my childhood, I had no financial literacy. I was just fucking just, you know, whatever, everything's $15 a month.

And, um, uh, he asked me about my finances and just to make sure everything was okay. And I was like a typical young, stupid soldier with like $60,000 of debt, all that shit, you know, new wife, new house, fucking all the fucking things. Right. And, and due to the nature of my childhood, I had no financial literacy. I was just fucking just, you know, whatever, everything's $15 a month.

So you just finance everything. And so he asked me about that. So I kind of did all my healing backwards. I fixed my finances first, which is a big deal. It takes a lot of stress off of you. So I fixed that. We got out of debt. But then I went to Afghanistan and I went to Afghanistan with Fort Bragg deployed with 82nd and I was a team leader.

So you just finance everything. And so he asked me about that. So I kind of did all my healing backwards. I fixed my finances first, which is a big deal. It takes a lot of stress off of you. So I fixed that. We got out of debt. But then I went to Afghanistan and I went to Afghanistan with Fort Bragg deployed with 82nd and I was a team leader.

So you just finance everything. And so he asked me about that. So I kind of did all my healing backwards. I fixed my finances first, which is a big deal. It takes a lot of stress off of you. So I fixed that. We got out of debt. But then I went to Afghanistan and I went to Afghanistan with Fort Bragg deployed with 82nd and I was a team leader.

And so that was really hard because our deployment was very easy. Fortunately enough, had no direct action. We took some rockets here and there, but nothing crazy. With that being said, my deployment like fucked me up because, man, I. with a combination of like leaving my wife and daughter, my newly born daughter at home, being a team leader in the 82nd, which is a massive ego fucking place.

And so that was really hard because our deployment was very easy. Fortunately enough, had no direct action. We took some rockets here and there, but nothing crazy. With that being said, my deployment like fucked me up because, man, I. with a combination of like leaving my wife and daughter, my newly born daughter at home, being a team leader in the 82nd, which is a massive ego fucking place.

And so that was really hard because our deployment was very easy. Fortunately enough, had no direct action. We took some rockets here and there, but nothing crazy. With that being said, my deployment like fucked me up because, man, I. with a combination of like leaving my wife and daughter, my newly born daughter at home, being a team leader in the 82nd, which is a massive ego fucking place.

The, the Fort Bragg in general, just so clicky and ego driven. I was, or so it seemed, and that might've just been my own insecurities, but I was a man leading men, with all my shit, you know? And I just, I can't tell these guys this shit that I've been through. Like I'm their fucking team leader, you know? And they're gonna, these guys are gonna judge me.

The, the Fort Bragg in general, just so clicky and ego driven. I was, or so it seemed, and that might've just been my own insecurities, but I was a man leading men, with all my shit, you know? And I just, I can't tell these guys this shit that I've been through. Like I'm their fucking team leader, you know? And they're gonna, these guys are gonna judge me.

The, the Fort Bragg in general, just so clicky and ego driven. I was, or so it seemed, and that might've just been my own insecurities, but I was a man leading men, with all my shit, you know? And I just, I can't tell these guys this shit that I've been through. Like I'm their fucking team leader, you know? And they're gonna, these guys are gonna judge me.

They're gonna tell other people, they're gonna make fun of me. And so I was dealing with this like massive identity crisis. I was the Bulldog team leader. my, uh, my platoon sergeant was a former ranger guy for like 16 years. And so he told me fucking fuck these guys up and, and like, be that, be the bulldog and just, you know, do the right thing, but just be aggressive. And he loved me for it.

They're gonna tell other people, they're gonna make fun of me. And so I was dealing with this like massive identity crisis. I was the Bulldog team leader. my, uh, my platoon sergeant was a former ranger guy for like 16 years. And so he told me fucking fuck these guys up and, and like, be that, be the bulldog and just, you know, do the right thing, but just be aggressive. And he loved me for it.

They're gonna tell other people, they're gonna make fun of me. And so I was dealing with this like massive identity crisis. I was the Bulldog team leader. my, uh, my platoon sergeant was a former ranger guy for like 16 years. And so he told me fucking fuck these guys up and, and like, be that, be the bulldog and just, you know, do the right thing, but just be aggressive. And he loved me for it.

Um, you know, but that's who I was. And so, um, I was this guy, big dude, like strong fricking trying to be this man in the infantry and all the while I was dealing with this like massive insecurity and identity crisis, essentially.

Um, you know, but that's who I was. And so, um, I was this guy, big dude, like strong fricking trying to be this man in the infantry and all the while I was dealing with this like massive insecurity and identity crisis, essentially.

Um, you know, but that's who I was. And so, um, I was this guy, big dude, like strong fricking trying to be this man in the infantry and all the while I was dealing with this like massive insecurity and identity crisis, essentially.

Yeah. That's, that's the reason because of all of that. Right. Um, so we went to Afghanistan, um, man, I was struggling fucking bad. And, uh, um, right before we left, I read, uh, extreme ownership, which really helped me as a leader. Um, I read that and that's actually what kind of changed my mindset from being like, um,