Crew 1st Culture Podcast

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Finding Your Identity & Purpose - The Path to Significance May 13, 2023

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Are you willing to sacrifice who you want to be in order to become who you were meant to be? This is a pretty deep question but before you get to a place that you can answer it there are a couple of other questions that you must answer. What is your identity and what is your purpose? These questions will require some deep and honest reflection but once you have a picture of them that is clearer everything else will begin to fall into place. Excuses are exit ramps that will take us off of the path of our purpose, don't allow them to rob any more time from the significance and impact that we were made to have on others.

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Who's In Your Circle? May 06, 2023

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The fire service will beat you down in every way; add to that whatever challenges that you may be facing at home and it becomes critical to have a close support system to help you through the rough patches. Who are you surrounding yourself with. If it isn't people that truly care about you and are eager to help you improve and excel then it's time to reevaluate your circle. I discuss why it's so important to reach out and connect on deep levels with like minded people in order so that you can help each other along life's journey.

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Opportunities Arise Every Day - Do We See Them & Do We Take Advantage of Them? May 02, 2023

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One of the many take aways from my first trip to FDIC last week was one of opportunity. I am a firm believer that we are all given several opportunities each day to make a difference. Some of these may be big opportunities but most are probably something that may seem minor at the time. No matter how big or small they seem if we are given an opportunity to add value or make a difference in someone's life we have to take advantage of it. What are you doing with the opportunities that you are given?

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Storms of Life Are Better Weathered as a Team Apr 20, 2023

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I am sure everyone out there has weathered a few storms in their lifetime. The storms I am referring to are the storms that the circumstances of life seem to bring here and there. I have been through my share, and I think it is safe to say that my family is weathering one once again currently. The biggest difference from those storms in my past and this one is that I have a great teammate in my spouse this time. The trials of past years that I have faced without that close support left me feeling nothing short of dark and hopeless. This time has been just as exhausting, but that hopelessness has not even been a thought. Times will get hard and complicated but it's in these times that we need to reach out for help more than ever.

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Transforming Ourselves Through Valuing Others Apr 02, 2023

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Today I want to talk some about leveling up our leadership by going from being a good leader to becoming a transformational leader. That transformation has to start within us first, we can't add value to others if we don't have anything valuable to give. Once we have something valuable to share, we have to keep our eyes open for the opportunities to share it with others.
"Success comes when we add value to ourselves, significance comes when we add value to others." - John Maxwell

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The Power of Connection & Finding Your Community Part 3 with Ric Jorge Mar 24, 2023

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This episode is part 3 of a 3 part series with Ric Jorge. If you missed the last 2 episodes go listen to them so you’re caught up as this one picks up right where we left off at the end of part 2. Without a doubt, Ric is one of my favorite people in the world and I’m so excited to share that conversation with you all. After visiting Ric and his team (Tactical Resiliency Training-TRT) at NFFX during their “Developing High Performance” class I knew that I had to get him on the show again to talk about the importance of connection.
I was blown away by Ric and his team and how close they were, a true community. Please take the time to listen as Ric tells it like it is and i hope you enjoy the conversation.
Learn more about Ric and his great team at https://www.tactical-resiliency.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ffsitwpb?mibextid=LQQJ4d

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The Power of Connection & Finding Your Community Part 2 with Ric Jorge Mar 20, 2023

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This episode is part 2 of a 3 part series with Ric Jorge. If you missed the last episode go listen to it first as this one picks up right where we left off. Without a doubt, Ric is one of my favorite people in the world and I’m so excited to share that conversation with you all. After visiting Ric and his team (Tactical Resiliency Training-TRT) at NFFX during their “Developing High Performance” class I knew that I had to get him on the show again to talk about the importance of connection.
I was blown away by Ric and his team and how close they were, a true community. Please take the time to listen as Ric tells it like it is and look for part 3 coming out soon as well.
Learn more about Ric and his great team at https://www.tactical-resiliency.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ffsitwpb?mibextid=LQQJ4d

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The Power of Connection & Finding Your Community Part 1 with Ric Jorge Mar 17, 2023

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This episode is part 1 of a 3 part series with Ric Jorge. Without a doubt, Ric is one of my favorite people in the world and I’m so excited to share that conversation with you all. After visiting Ric and his team (Tactical Resiliency Training-TRT) at NFFX during their “Developing High Performance” class I knew that I had to get him on the show again to talk about the importance of connection.
I was blown away by Ric and his team and how close they were, a true community. Please take the time to listen as Ric tells it like it is and look for parts 2 & 3 coming out soon as well.
Learn more about Ric and his great team at https://www.tactical-resiliency.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ffsitwpb?mibextid=LQQJ4d

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Never Underestimate the Power of Planting a Seed Mar 11, 2023

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Today's thoughts come me from a quote by Jean-François Millet, “We cannot force someone to listen to a message they are not ready to receive. But we must never underestimate the power of planting a seed.” What quickly stood out to me when seeing this quote was how we always like to say "I wish so-and-so was here for this class, they really need it." I'm not judging, I've said it to but just because they’re there doesn’t guarantee anything anyway. If they aren’t ready to hear it, they won’t. Don’t waste your time on wishful thinking that others will grow and change, focus that time and energy into yourself.

Keep planting seeds! Planting seeds of positivity, seeds of inspiration, seeds of respect, seeds of confidence, and so on. We can’t force someone to change but we just never know when one of the seeds we’ve been planting may finally take hold and start to grow into positive change in someone’s life. It’s not our job to judge who deserves or respect, kindness, honesty, and so on; our job is to give it freely simply because it is the right thing to do.

Sometimes to do the right thing you have to do it alone and that’s ok. It’s also ok to slip and fall but try to learn something while you’re down there so when you get back up you’re that much better.

Do Good Today & Keep Planting!

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Exceptional Culture, Presilience & Sports Psychology with Kevin Housley Mar 02, 2023

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Kevin Housley joins me today for a conversation full of noteworthy thoughts and takeaways. Kevin is the creator of Firefighter Craftsmanship and is working on his Masters in Sports Psychology. I honestly took more notes during this conversation than I ever have while trying to host at the same time. Among other topics Kevin explains the Self Determination Theory (SDT) and gives insight on how fire service leaders can use it as a guide to keep their people motivated and engaged. Bring a pen and paper and after you finish the episode go the free resource Kevin created for the listeners to help you work through the SDT model with your crew members. Find that resource at https://firefightercraftsmanship.com/crew/
Kevin is also the creator of the Emergency Responder Academy website where you can go to get classes or if you're an instructor, you can share your classes there as well.
Go check it out at Homepage | Emergency Responder Academy
Website - Firefighter CraftsmanshipHome - Firefighter Craftsmanship
Facebook - (20+) Firefighter Craftsmanship | Facebook
Instagram - Firefighter Craftsmanship (@ffcraftsmanship) • Instagram photos and videos
YouTube - (109) Firefighter Craftsmanship - YouTube

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