The Knucklehead Podcast and MEDEVAC Podcast join forces in this episode to discuss the value of networks and communities. Our hosts, Stephen Colon, Christian Meyers, and David Reid, share their personal experiences in the military and the importance of valuing one's own story of struggle and recovery. They emphasize the power of resilience and the need to take risks and challenge oneself to grow and succeed. With a mission to share stories of service, injury, recovery, resiliency, failure, and success, David and Christian touch on the ...
The Knucklehead Podcast and MEDEVAC Podcast join forces in this episode to discuss the value of networks and communities. Our hosts, Stephen Colon, Christian Meyers, and David Reid, share their personal experiences in the military and the importance of valuing one's own story of struggle and recovery. They emphasize the power of resilience and the need to take risks and challenge oneself to grow and succeed.
With a mission to share stories of service, injury, recovery, resiliency, failure, and success, David and Christian touch on the connection between health struggles and the military and how war impacts medical advancements. In the final segment, they speak about the Texas Valor Project and how they fight traumatic brain injuries.
David served in the US Army, while Christian served in the Air Force. They both have firsthand experience with combat and the challenges that come with it. Through their podcast, they aim to share stories of resilience and recovery, focusing on the experiences of injured veterans and the medical personnel who rescue and care for them.
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In This Episode
03:18 - The value of networking and connecting with others.
05:58 - How podcasts relate to the Oregon Trail story.
07:51 - The unique aspects of the military.
08:59 - How Knucklehead Podcast was born.
15:19 - The connection between the military and medical fields.
17:12 - A commonality between military and civilian adversity.
19:31 - How David and Christian value one's own story.
24:38 - What the Texas Valor Project (TVP) is about.
27:38 - How the transcranial magnetic stimulation helps with major brain functions.
33:39 - How nonprofit organizations bridge the gap in healthcare.
36:32 - The importance of vetting business partners and being true to oneself.
40:52 - How Stephen's screw-ups and mistakes led to his present success.
42:49 - David's advice to people who have been injured.
Favorite Quotes
08:04 - "Being in the military exposes you to a multitude of different worlds. And it unplugs you from the system you're in. It helps cultivate this environment of thinking outside the box." - David Reid
14:10 - "The problem that a lot of people face is that they're just in this community of being and feeling safe, so they never push themselves or challenge themselves. And that's what the military drives to. The military instills that resilience in you and that ability to push forward." - David Reid
15:30 - "Every major medical advancement of the last hundred years has been explicitly due to war. So every medical advancement, with plastic surgery, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, and everything starting from World War I until the present day, was directly because of conflict." - Christian Meyers
16:27 - "Conflict creates the opportunity for breakthroughs." - Stephen Colon
17:40 - "Everybody faces their own battles. It doesn't matter if you're hit in war or you're crossing a street, and you see your best friend get hit. Post-traumatic stress is the same response physiologically across the board." - David Reid
43:27 - "If you're not getting failure, then you're not challenging yourself hard enough. You're not pushing yourself hard enough." - David Reid
43:35 - "Even the adversity that you're facing in this current moment is going to bring out the best version in yourself if you make the right choices along the way." - David Reid
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