Crew 1st Culture Podcast

I’m so happy to have with me today one of my good friends and brothers Nathan Gardner. Known by most as Tuna, he’s a big man with an even bigger heart and one of the most entertaining guys I know.

Listen in to this 3 part series as we find out a little more about Tuna and learn some great things about some topics that he’s passionate about. These topics include - morale injury, repeat exposure trauma, leadership, and caring for each other. Of course there are going to be funny stories sprinkled in throughout as well.

I’m so happy to have with me today one of my good friends and brothers Nathan Gardner. Known by most as Tuna, he’s a big man with an even bigger heart and one of the most entertaining guys I know.

Listen in to this 3 part series as we find out a little more about Tuna and learn some great things about some topics that he’s passionate about. These topics include - morale injury, repeat exposure trauma, leadership, and caring for each other. Of course there are going to be funny stories sprinkled in throughout as well.

I’m so happy to have with me today one of my good friends and brothers Nathan Gardner. Known by most as Tuna, he’s a big man with an even bigger heart and one of the most entertaining guys I know.

Listen in to this 3 part series as we find out a little more about Tuna and learn some great things about some topics that he’s passionate about. These topics include - morale injury, repeat exposure trauma, leadership, and caring for each other. Of course there are going to be funny stories sprinkled in throughout as well.

Today I just share my thoughts on the true cost of the “rise and grind” lifestyle that you hear so much about from countless influencers and motivational speakers.

It’s great to be back on again. Today I want to share some honest struggles that I’ve been facing and the positivity that is getting me over come them.

Who are those people that have helped you become the person that you are today? Those are the people that have greatly impacted our lives and we owe them a tremendous debt. This is a debt however, that we can never hope to pay back, it can only be paid forward.

Sharing with you some thoughts I’ve had after spending the day with a couple of our kids on a field trip through the places of my early years.

True champions don’t just raise trophies, true champions raise future champions!

This episode we are going to look at the reason that I wrote the article “Wait… Are We the Problem?, which Fire Engineering recently published as an online feature. We have to do better, we have to keep learning and growing. Then we have to share everything we can with those around us. Adding value to others needs to be a priority bit before you can do that you have to add value to yourself.

Read the article at:
https://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/waitare-we-the-problem-fire-dept-culture/

Or on our website at:
https://www.crew1stculture.com/articles-1

Today I wanted to share my thoughts on discipline. I’m not like the YouTube celebrity’s that do a great job of making discipline seem like something that comes really easy. Discipline is hard and it sucks but it’s so important. What kind of character are our choices and actions revealing that we have?