EP 20: Jesse Sommer – Contracting Coronavirus in Afghanistan, Engaging with Fear, and A Different Approach to Personal Growth

Fear: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or
something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat.


 


Fear is a pretty common human experience. Yes, it keeps us safe
but it also keeps us from doing things that could have a positive
impact on our lives, too.


 


Think about, for example, taking bold steps towards a business
goal. Maybe you want to appear on 10 podcasts this quarter. But,
the first step is to actually put yourself out there and open
yourself up to rejection.


 


That’s where many people stop—they’re afraid that the no’s will
cause them pain and therefore they’d rather avoid it altogether.


 


But sometimes facing the fear, knowing that you can do hard
things, is the best way to grow into the person who might not
fear that thing again in the future.


 


Take it from my friend, Captain Jesse Sommer, who will share some
of the ways he’s overcome fear through his experience in the U.S.
Army. Jesse is a command judge advocate and Paratrooper who just
returned from another tour in Afghanistan where he contracted
COVID so we are happy to have him back state-side, safe and
sound.


 


Jesse’s also a JD/MBA and small business owner and, as you’ll
hear, a bit of an accolade whore with a 20-year life-plan unlike
anything I’ve seen anywhere else.


 


Tune into this episode to hear:


A different approach to personal growth than the one we
usually talk about here—hint: it involves jumping out of planes
in the dark with a parachute that may or may not open

How true leaders understand their responsibility for those
under their command

The benefits of having a crystal clear life goal

and how Jesse’s inspires him to jump out of bed each morning
even when he’s purposefully being starved and sleep-deprived
during various Army trainings



 


Learn more about Jesse Sommer:


We Don’t ‘Remember History’ By Erecting Monuments by Jesse
Sommer

All of Jesse’s columns on The Altamonte Enterprise



 


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