Today we discuss an re-crafting your identity and soul changing belief

Welcome back to the 74th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with Marine corp veteran, recovering addict, and keynote speaker Thomas Parker. Tommy is an amputee and he speaks about overcoming those obstacles over at Mission Six Zero. You can reach out to Tommy on Facebook, Instagram or Linkedin.

As always we start off talking about the hardest thing Tommys ever done.

He responded:

Graduating Boot camp as a Marine

Having his limbs blown off by an IED and reintegrating his life

His descent into drug abuse and subsequent ascent out of it.

One thing that struck me about the conversation with Tommy was his belief that he could. His mother helped instill this deep belief within himself and it allowed him to do many great things, including recover from the life-altering event of stepping on an IED. 

Tommy detailed what it was like learning how to live again after that event and what sort of mindset he needed to have in order to do the things he’s done. He also recounted how he became a drug addict and his story of overcoming that hurdle.

All in all, his story is one of identity and having people believe in you enough to instill a soul-changing belief in yourself.

It was a powerful conversation and one of my favorite on the podcast.

As always he left us some action items:

Set a destination

Find out and do the hardest things first

Build a team

I hope you’ll reach out to Tommy and let him know you liked his episode. He’s an awesome guy and he taught me many things.

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