Crew 1st Culture Podcast

Mar 04 2025 210 ep. 43 mins 353

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Real conversations and topics that inspire the pursuit of daily growth through humility, connection, and hard work.

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L3 #3 - The Drawbacks of Expectations

Mar 04 2025 17 mins

Leadership Lesson Learned #3 may be a hard sell to some of you out there, but hear me out. I lay out the complexities of leadership expectations and how they can hinder team dynamics. My view of expectations changed forever after a pivotal conversation with Benjamin Martin in Episode 121. If I can't sway you to completely agree I think that you will at least see the importance of s

L3 #2 - You Can't Take Everyone With You

Feb 27 2025 20 mins

Leadership Lesson Learned #2 was an important one for me - sometimes you have taken someone as far as you can take them. This was a challenge for me as a leader because it came down to a moral issue for me that I discuss. I talk about what I learned as far as where we should be placing our time and energy and what happens if we misplace those priorities. I share the story of how th

#200 - A Dive into Authenticity, Vulnerability, & Moral Injury with the 3 Amigos

Feb 24 2025 93 mins

It is such an honor to not only be recording the 200th episode of the podcast but to share the experience with 2 of my closest brothers truly made it special. Please do not miss this conversation in which Marc Maikoski, Nate "Tuna" Gardner, and I dive into authenticity and vulnerability. This was such a great conversation and one that is sure to bring inspiration and hope to anyone

L3 #1 - You Aren't Going to be Prepared

Feb 21 2025 21 mins

In this episode I am starting a new series titled Leadership Lessons Learned (L3). The content of this series comes from a document that I made for the purposes of sharing some of the lessons that I learned the hard way with young officers. In lesson #1 I talk about the lessons that I learned due to my lack of preparedness to lead grown men and women. I hope you take the time to li

Burnout Happens When We Forget Our Why

Feb 12 2025 22 mins

I firmly believe that burnout doesn't come from what we do, it happens when we allow life to cause us to forget why we are doing it. This is something that I think is playing a huge roll in the fire service. We have to find our why and once we find it we can't let outside forces cause us to forget it. It has to be about something much larger than ourselves if we want to survive a p

What is Anger Accomplishing?

Feb 08 2025 31 mins

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up 60 seconds of peace.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I’m like so many of you out there, I’m angry! But anger and negativity are the last things that I want to be consumed with. So how do we fix it? How do we avoid the anger while knowing that we may not be able to remove ourselves from what the source of anger? Listen in as I try to solv

Keep Your Eyes and Your Mind Open

Feb 04 2025 15 mins

So many times we waste great opportunities or are simply just not happy with results because they don’t look like what we are expecting them to look like. We have exactly what we need at any given moment, but if we don’t keep our eyes and mind open we can miss it. Thank you for listening! Click here to leave a message to let me know what you think & how this episode impacte

We're All Seeds, See What Happens When You Try to Bury Us

Jan 30 2025 15 mins

"They tried to bury me but they didn't know that I was a seed." We will never achieve the growth that we were meant to achieve without being buried a few times. Whether those who stand against you like it or not, God is just using them to get us exactly where He knows that we need to be. Thank you for listening! Click here to leave a message to let me know what you think & how

Desire vs. Discipline

Jan 27 2025 22 mins

There is a big difference between having the desire to achieve something and having the discipline that is required to do what is necessary to achieve it. For the most part, we all know what we should be doing, what we should be eating, how we should be spending our time; but that's the easy part right? When it comes down to making choices and taking the actions that support what w

Bonus Episode 7 - The Relentless Rejects Podcast Episode 44

Jan 22 2025 100 mins

I am excited to share this bonus episode with you all because it was a conversation that I really enjoyed and I feel like there are a lot of people out there that need to hear it. I really appreciate my friend Preston Lyons having me on as a guest to the Relentless Rejects Podcast and giving me a chance to share my heart and my message. I hope you find some value in it. Show Notes: