Aaron Kendle: Retired Navy SEAL, Harvard Business School Graduate

<div>What do you do when you witness a Chinook helicopter with 31 guys you know get shot out of the sky by an RPG, enter into spiraling depression, fail your team, as well as yourself, and then experience a horrible accident that causes you to lose your hand and forearm?</div><div> </div><div>In Aaron Kendle's case, who refuses to be defined by failures, you pick yourself up, and lean on a never quit mindset to live life to its fullest, and achieve an incredible life.</div><div> </div><div>Mr. Kendle is a retired Navy SEAL where he served as a specialized medic, sniper, airborne leader, and jump school instructor. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, a father, a husband and a Scottsdale Charro. Mr. Kendle is a decorated member of the United States Navy, served as a member of SEAL Team 7, NSWG-1 Training Detachment, and Naval Special Warfare Development over a 15-year career and has dedicated his post-military professional career to helping his fellow brothers in arms transition back into civilian life.<br><br> </div><div>Aaron comments: “My resume may read great — but what they don’t see is all of those fails between the lines. For me, those failures stay between the lines.”<br> </div><div><strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong></div><div> </div><ul> <li>Obstacles and failures aren't your defining moments. It's everything that comes after that you grow from.</li> <li>A major physical injury doesn't define you.</li> <li>When major things change your life in the physical, figure out ways to do things the best you can.</li> <li>Make every day better than the day before.</li> <li>You can dwell on how great Plan A would've been. But when Plan A fails, you gotta come up with a plan B.</li> <li>Never leave a human hand in the freezer of your hotel room, where the cleaning staff can find it.</li> <li>After a devastating accident, the prevailing thought should be “I'm alive”.</li> <li>Terrible occurrences in your life can actually be used to give others, who are in despair, hope, and encouragement.</li