Posts tagged Built Unstoppable
[Podcast] What You Learn About Trauma When You Die for 15 Minutes with Josh Mantz

In April of 2007, while being deployed to Sadr City during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Josh Mantz and another member of his team were critically wounded by an enemy sniper attack. The high-caliber bullet severed Staff Sergeant Marlon Harper’s aorta, killing him, and then ricocheted into Josh’s upper right thigh, severing his femoral artery. Josh went on to “flatline” for 15 minutes before being revived by an expert medical team. This episode takes you minute-by-minute through Josh's experience.

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[Podcast] Lessons About Being Unstoppable from a Former U.S. Navy SEAL

Alden is a former 3-time U.S. Navy SEAL Platoon Commander. After leaving the Navy, he became the co-founder and CEO of Perfect Fitness which he led to $90 million in sales in just three years, becoming ranked by INC Magazine in 2009 as being the fastest growing consumer products company with 12,000% growth over those 3 years.

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The Day That Changed Our Lives Forever

It was a cloudless day in the Bay Area but it would end with shattering both of my shoulders due to a violent tonic-clonic seizure. I felt as though I was drowning. Each next word I tried to say made it harder to breath. I was paralyzed but could see with my periphery vision and hear her as she dropped everything in came running to my side while screaming for help. It felt like minutes to me but I’m sure it was shorter than that.

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Why Documenting My Journey Became So Important to Me

Throughout the days and months of my journey this platform began to become something that people were telling me was an inspiration to them. It was helping to make a positive impact on their lives. I began having people reach out to me privately for advice, asking if I would talk with others going through tough times, and several others ways that I was being asked to make an impact on their lives.

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