Welcome back to the 17th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast! This week I show you my conversation with Naval Officer Neil Rasband. First we talk about this week’s Instrument of Change: *** INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE This week’s instrument of change comes from our guest. Use checklists. It’s a simple way to ensure you maintain productivity. Go use checklists to ensure you get everything done you need to. *** In today’s episode, knowing that there is no other way, preparing far ahead of time and avoiding being the weakest one in a training group. Before we get into that here’s a quick disclaimer: THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS EPISODE ARE THE OPINION OF THE GUEST AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE POLICIES OR OPINIONS OF THE NAVY OR THE MILITARY IN GENERAL. With that done, Neil and I talk about his experience enlisting and going to Boot Camp and then being selected for OCS (Officer Candidate School). We talk about his personal training habits and how to deal with intense family separation. **** GET IN TOUCH WITH Neil If you want to get in touch with Neil Rasband you can reach out to him at neil.rasband@gmail.com. *** In the show we also talk about our new show sponsor, Audible. They are a premiere audiobook platform that offers over 180,000 different titles you can listen to from your Iphone, Android or any other device. Audible is offering listeners of the The Hard Thing Podcast a free Audiobook and a free 30 day trial. To take advantage of this, go to audibletrial.com/thehardthingpodcast to get signed up today . *** ACTION ITEMS: 1.Assess your choices and how they brought you to your current situation. 2. Find your way to workout and push yourself *** Thank you so much for listening to the podcast. I really appreciate it because I couldn’t keep this going without you. Let’s go back to the deal I made you earlier. Did you find value from listening to this episode? If yes then: 1. Share the podcast with one person who could really use it. 2. Reach out to me on Facebook and Instagram. Let me know how the podcast is going. 3. Leave a rating and a review. 4. Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss any episode. We are on Google Play, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 5.Check out the blog. 6. Support the Podcast. Go to anchor.fm/thehardthing/support and donate to help us make better content. Again thanks so much for listening, and stay tuned to next week. Keep doing Hard Things, and Keep Overcoming Average. — Support this podcast: thehardthingpodcast.com