Making Motivation Podcast mission: honor authentic people and tell their motivating stories. In the process, we aim to inspire and inform, put smiles on faces and a little fire under the asses of the masses.

Sunday, 10 March 2024 @ time 1000

Context: I grew up with Shawn, we met in the 6th grade and remain great friends to this day. For the majority of the tremendous and sometimes crazy memories from my youth, Shawn was on the scene. Upon high school graduation, Shawn would also join the USMC, where he served an enlistment with 2nd Marine Recon Battalion. While serving, Shawn went home on libbo with a Marine from Colorado, met a girl along the way and has lived out in Detroit ever since.

Musical intro: Ocean Size, Janes Addiction

Talking Points

Surf and Skate

How do you feel about our growing up in the Pine Barrens / Jersey Shore?
School and sports
Friendship and memories
Characters about town - Danny’s recycling, Moonhead, Karl Hedburg, Smellen Helen etc
The Lemmy story

Motivate

What motivated you to join the Corps and did it meet your expectations?

Service stories
What was 2nd Recon like?
Training - work-ups, deployments and life as a recon marine
Schooling: jump and scuba school, sear etc
Barracks life and tomfoolery
What does Semper Fidelis mean to you?
Cutting loose with the boys
Military vs civdiv, transitions and brotherhood.
What do you miss about it all?
Characters you remember
Leaders, good and bad
Hazing
Favorite leadership traits - jjdidtiebuckle
Favorite MRE
Memories, good and bad
Lessons learned and extrapolated to life?

Float, Oki, CAX, AP Hill
Libbo destinations

Michigan

Tell story about how you wound up there and why you remain
Michigan vs Jersey
The mitten and other Michigander isms
Music

Forgiveness, Kindness, Empathy, Humility and Problem Solving in a Complex World

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