126: Perfect Your Craft, with former LEO (Chicago PD, CHP, FBI, DoD) Luke Kennedy!

If the title doesn't say enough about the intriguing nature of Luke, his career, and his mindset, consider that he also does CRAZY EPIC swims to bring awareness to amazing causes.  I'm talking swimming to Alcatraz, towing boats to train, and other crazy stuff. 

Luke talks about his entry into the Law Enforcement world starting at Chicago PD, moving to warmer CA Highway Patrol, then onto FBI where he could use his multilingual skills certified with the Department of Defense in 5 other languages (Greek, Turkish, Serbian, Arabic and Russian!)

Now he is a pilot and flight instructor, and our conversation reminds us to perfect our craft- diving into continually honing our skills and personal health one day at a time.
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If that wasn’t enough, our conversation barely scratches the other following elements of his diverse talents:

NYU - Applied Math BS
Northwestern - Applied Psychology MS
Georgetown - Political Science - Conflict Resolution MS
George Mason- Conflict Management Ph.D (candidate) 

2000 Sydney 1500m free - qualifier 
2004 Athens water polo - qualifier 
2020 Tokyo crew - single scull - qualifier 

Pilot - flight instructor (24 years) 
Watch-smith- certified 
Rescue-swimmer
Recovery diver 
Volunteer firefighter
EXTREMELY proud girl dad

You can follow Luke's adventures, challenges and get in contact at:

@amphibious.spartan on Instagram

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