Beyond the Uniform
Beyond the Uniform is a show to help military veterans navigate their civilian career. Each week, I meet with different veterans to learn more about their civilian career, how they got there, and what advice they'd give to other military personnel.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
BTU #429 - Atomic Habits (Book Review)
BTU #428 - Your Moments, Hand-Painted (Brendan Aronson @ Paintru)
Why Listen:
My guest today, Brendan, started a company called Paintru, which he co-founded with two other Naval Academy graduates. What I think is so fascinating about Brendan's story is that he is a…
BTU #427 - Mastering the Rockefeller Habits (Book Review)
In this episode I provide my top 17 takeaways from an incredible book about leadership and growing a company: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits.
BTU #426 - Building a Community on LinkedIn (Justin & Jennifer Welsh)
Why Listen:
Normally on the show, I interview military veterans about what they're doing post-service. My guests today are not military veterans, but I believe their message and perspective are a gre…
BTU#425 - WHO not HOW (Book Review)
In this episode, I provide my key takeaways from a book a recent guest recommended to me; WHO not HOW. It is a book all about the fact that, when presented with a problem, we often think: how can I s…
BTU #424 - Growing a Business through Acquisitions (Mike Maynard @ Napier)
Why Listen:
Normally on the show, I interview military veterans about what they're doing post-service. Today's guest, Mike, has a unique career transition story that I haven't heard before and though…
BTU #423 - You Are a Badass at Making Money (Book Review)
In this episode I give a quick recap of a book that helped me and I know will help many Veterans who may think there's not enough time or money to go around. You Are A Badass at Making Money is a fa…
BTU #422 - Creating a Culture (Barry Saltzman)
Normally on the show, I interview military veterans about what they're doing post-service. My guest today is not a military veteran, but I believe his message and perspective are a great contribution…
BTU #421 - The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership (Book Review)
In this episode I give a quick recap of one of my favorite books of 2021: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership. I plan to have every person I hire read this book. It is an exceptional framework…
BTU #420 - An Overview of the Space Ecosystem (Shelli Brunswick @ Space Foundation)
Why Listen:
Shelli is doing incredible work at Space Foundation, a nonprofit helping expand the space ecosystem and helping job seekers just like you find a job in the space industry. There are a lot…
BTU #419 - Mindset: Feelings
In this episode we talk about feelings at work, and how - if leveraged properly - they can provide enormous insight into a leader and team about where they need to focus their time and energy.
BTU #418 - Becoming a Bakery Director (Ranjeet Singh @ Aspire Bakeries)
Why Listen:
Today's story is so different. Ranjeet has an incredible background of going from the Marine Corps as an Avionics Division Non-Commissioned Officer and then choosing to go down a path cen…
BTU #417 - Mindset: Gratitude
This is a new episode format where I focus on a mindset that I'm working on and that I believe will help our BTU audience in their career and life. Today, I'm talking about gratitude and three "pro t…
BTU #416 - How to Sell Shovels in a Gold Rush (Trevor Shirk)
Why Listen:
One thing that will come through in this interview is how much Trevor is constantly learning from others and books as a professional and an entrepreneur. I am ordering three different boo…
BTU #415 - Athlete Foundary (KC Chhipwadia)
Why Listen:
KC overlapped his time in the military with his time at NASA having over 20 years at each of those organizations. Although his childhood aspiration was to become an astronaut, and he got …
Announcement: Live episode next Friday
Next Friday (December 17th, 2021) at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern, we'll be trying a live, interactive episode.
We'll be using an app called Wisdom to record the show. If you download the app and follo…
BTU #413 - 3x Growth in Two Years as CEO (Justin Wells)
Why Listen:
Today's interview is a different story than I've heard before. Because Justin didn't found a company, he was working at a company called Intuit, getting a lot of experience in product inn…
BTU #412 - Hemp & Psychedelics (Devin Alvarez @ StraightHemp)
Why Listen:
I had intended to spend the bulk of my conversation with Devin talking about growth and marketing because he has some great ideas. But we ended up going down a different path. Devin runs …
BTU #411 - Air Force to Health Tech Startup President (Kit Kieling @ Orderly Health)
Why Listen:
Today's conversation is dense in terms of the amount of wisdom per square second. I've known Ken for a while now, and it was great hearing more about his story. I respect his vulnerabilit…
BTU #410 - Army to CEO (Erik Malmstrom)
Why Listen:
Erik is a man I tremendously respect. His background is unbelievably impressive. A few things that we talked about that stood out to me is, first of all, where we started the conversation…