Episode 171: Daniel Fielding, Green Beret and Author of “The Asset Mindset”

On this episode of Security Halt! Podcast Green Beret and author  Daniel Fielding joins us to share his spellbinding journey, demonstrating that the leap back to civilian life can be as disciplined and rewarding as the most strenuous military operations. Transitioning isn't just about swapping a uniform for business casual; it's a strategic mission where veterans like Daniel apply the precision of their training to navigate the complexities of everyday life. Our conversation isn't just about change; it's a roadmap for anyone standing at the crossroads of their career, ready to embrace the fear and excitement of what lies ahead.
 
 As we unfold Daniel's narrative, you'll be transported from tales of camaraderie and courage to his twist of fate—a chance encounter with Kid Rock that lead him into the world of celebrity security. We spotlight the adaptability of military skills in civilian roles, illustrating how the 'asset mindset' can transform happenstance into opportunity. This episode is a testament to the serendipity that life throws our way and the readiness we must foster to catch those chances and climb new ladders of success.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

security hot podcast let's go you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best with guns, with knives, with his bare hands, a man who's been trained to ignore, ignore weather to live off the job with disposed of enemy personnel to kill period with my attrition yeah, this is after doing enough coaching and sitting down, and you know not to take away the reality of the fear. Fear is something we're all going to go into in this new transition, going into a new life, becoming a civilian again. You can't go into it without fear and understanding that fear is a great friend. It's been there for you, it's kept you safe. A life without fear is not reality. But you have to be willing to kill the myth and you have to be willing to go out there and ask professionals and ask your soft brothers how they transition. So today, daniel Fielding, this is your episode. Brother, I'm going to pick your brain so that our brothers and sisters can benefit from your transition journey. So thank you for being here today, man. Hey, it's wonderful to be here.

Speaker 2: 1:10

Thank you, denny. I love your topic. Excuse me, I love what you got going on. I love what we're focusing on today on this podcast. I'm already excited about it, just in the pre-talking that we did, you know, I think this is going to be a very powerful thing and I think it's something that needs to be shared with every other brother, because transition and change in life is hard. Unknown facing things is hard, but you know what we're green berets, we're soft guys or operators, or just even for regular military vets. You know you've had the courage to face unknown before in life. You can do it again and it's just another chapter, so let's get to it.

Speaker 1: 1:48

Absolutely, man. So let's take it back, tell me about your story, tell me about your journey.

Speaker 2: 1:54

My journey. So I'll go in with the transition from civilian to special force. Yeah, yeah. So you know I'm a college graduate, I got my real estate license. My father is a, you know, unrestricted builder up in South Boston area, massachusetts. You know I'm like, hey, I'm going to check in the world, like what's important? And I was watching stuff on TV and just seeing guys deploy and leave their families and whatnot and I'm like man, I want to support the troops, but the best way to support the troops is to be there with them by their side. And at that point I wasn't married, you know, I didn't have any kids. So I was like I should be going before they should be going, yeah, and at that point I wasn't married, you know, I didn't have any kids. So I was like I should be going before they should be going, yeah. And so I walked in the recruiter's office after doing some research.

Speaker 2: 2:52

I spent about geez, I would say four to six months of doing research. Oh shit, reading books, like, yeah, where do I want to go? What branch do I want to? You know, serve in what? What would be the most effective way? Like anything, you should do your research. And I bought all kinds of books, was reading them and I was like you know what I want to be a Green Beret. Those guys do some really unconventional stuff. They work with the local populace or indigenous people and I'm like that's where I want to be and I don't want to be a seal stuck on a boat somewhere, you know, because I was always like, if shit hits the fan, I can live in the woods, I can hunt animals, I can find water. I was a boy scout, like at least I have a chance out in the middle of the ocean. I'm just food floating around. So that was part of my decision-making process as well.

Speaker 1: 3:42

But yeah, so uh.

Speaker 2: 3:43

I walked in and I was like, hey, I want to be an 18 Charlie which, for anyone in the audience that doesn't know what that is, that's a special forces engineer, my recruiter, who was from Ranger bat, which was a very good blessing, so he knew something about the sock and you know where I was trying to walk into. And at that point I'm 27 years old, you know, and he's like well, I don't know if you can just come off the street and do this, you know. And I'm like, well, this is what I want to do. You ever been arrested? You know, you got to take these tests and I'm like, yeah, I'll do this, I'll do that. And no, I've never been arrested.

Speaker 2: 4:20

I don't have a record doesn't mean I never did anything when I was younger, you know, but I was a good sf guy. I don't have a record doesn't mean I never did anything when I was younger, you know, but I was a good sf guy. I didn't get caught exactly, but, uh, so fast forward. You know I'm into maps. The guy at maps is like, oh, you're not going to make it through selection. Uh, you know, I didn't make it. It's way too hard and I trained for months and you know I was doing construction, I trained, I was running, you know, four or five miles with 30 to 45 pounds. I started off a little lighter, you know, prepping myself before going in because of Sergeant Ashley. The Ranger bat guy was like, listen, man, this is what you need to do. And I'm like, okay, roger, that I got it. So, um, yeah, I ended up making it through.

Speaker 2: 5:06

I was one of those x-ray guys that came in, turned 20 basic training, made it all the way through, ended up at seventh group and did some awesome work in OEF and met some of the most absolutely amazing people. That is I can't state that enough and I know, you know you get the same type of background like the guys we served with are just absolutely incredible. And I've occasionally, even to this day, look around and like how are these my brothers and peers? And like, how am I a part of this? You know it just just, it's fascinating because they're such honorable people and we are such amazing people.

Speaker 2: 5:47

And I think that's why, you know, we sometimes take things on ourselves and we don't realize when we are facing a change or a transition, like, hey, gather some intel, you know, talk to your brothers and like, hey, I'm getting ready to do this mission. You know, in life, what can I do or what do I need to avoid? Or you know, it's just things like that when you come into a transition, take advantage of your resources. You know there was a reason why we were on a team. You know a team is stronger. A bundle of sticks is harder to break than one stick. You know all these things that are out there yeah, a lot of them are cliche, but they're true people you know, like, step back, be humble and ask for help if you need it.

Speaker 1: 6:35

Yeah, the framework still works, the framework that we had to effectively execute a mission. I mean from planning to actually boots on the ground. There's a lot of frameworks and tools that still work, that are still relevant. Hey, chief captain, team sergeant, you're being tasked to go to country X. Cool, let's look at the calendar. All right, before we get to the country, we have to do X, y and Z, and then you do the training, you do the submittal for a budget, you do all that. The pre-deployment sites here, all that stuff is still relevant.

Speaker 1: 7:12

But we don't look at it that way. You have to take a step back and it's like I said when I started this project. I realized like, oh shit, it's a little scary, but that's good. Scary is good, being scared is good is good, fear is good. You don't want to be terrified, but you need some healthy fear. If you're getting into something that's just like I fucking love, there's no fear here. It's not suited for you. You and you're not pushing yourself enough. Yes, absolutely, man. It just takes that outside perspective of understanding, like, okay, I still have tools, like I still have things I can utilize for this planning, like when you went, you went through your career. What was that transition? Leaving the brotherhood how did that go down?

Speaker 2: 7:54

That was tough. I was blessed, and this is one of the things I like to share with people is you need to seize opportunities in life. Opportunities come and go, but they come and go for everyone. I don't care who you are. You're going to have opportunities show up on your doorstep or in front of you wherever you are out and about in life. I just happened to have an opportunity and God blessed me, but I also had to walk through the door. So I had just gotten off active duty the year before it was my birthday and we were Afghanistan. Literally, I was kicking doors in on my birthday. The guys were awesome.

Speaker 2: 8:34

We got back to the fire base. We had cigars and some stuff and it was awesome birthday. But I was on a mission kicking doors. So the following year, and I'm just getting off active duty, it's like, hey, let's go to the bahamas, let's go to paradise island, atlantis resort, and celebrate getting out, celebrate my birthday, all the different things. So I go down there and day one I show up, first thing you do you do an assessment, right? So I go down, I leave my wife on the beach you know she's doing the girl thing laying on the sand and enjoying herself, and I start walking around like, all right, where are we going to go? What am I going to do for my birthday?

Speaker 2: 9:15

You know what's going on down here and all of a sudden I hear this music playing really loud. I'm like, oh, is that a discotheque or is that you know whatever is going on or a club? Let me go check it out. Well, it's Kid Rock and his private cabana rocking out. So there I am, walking along the beach looking up at his private cabana, seeing him, you know, have music. And I'm like, now, this is that opportunity that I talk about, and I talk about it in my book too. You need to seize opportunities.

Speaker 2: 9:46

I didn't go there trying to get a job, but I had an opportunity to speak to him so I was like I'm going to do this, I'm going to take this opportunity, I'm going to be grateful and have gratitude and thank him for all he does to support the troops, the trips overseas that he's done, and just give thanks and appreciation. So I walk up, I introduce myself, I say thank you for all he does. He's like oh, are you in the military? I'm like, actually I just got off active duty. He's like you just got active duty and you're down in the Bahamas. What are you doing? I'm like well, actually it's my birthday today. He's like it's your birthday and you just got off active duty. Let me buy you a drink. And I'm like okay, so he's thanking me for my service, I'm thanking him for everything that he's done to support the military and being a patriot. And we're just going back and forth and it's.

Speaker 2: 10:36

It's very interesting when you give and you have gratitude, things kind of just happen and we end up going to dinner that night. He's like hey, you want to come with me for your birthday dinner? I'll take you out. I'm like okay, so I go to dinner, go to the casino, end up partying like a rock star and I talk about a little bit of my book, but at the end I'm thinking this is it. It's been fantastic.

Speaker 2: 10:59

I thank him. I actually got to live and party like a rock star. Everybody says it, but I got to do it. And he shook my hand, looked me dead in the eye and goes do it again tomorrow. And I'm like what do you mean, do it again tomorrow? He goes I got that same cabana I'm gonna be hanging out. Come on by, we'll do it again. No kid ends up being three days long. Um, the last day we were leaving the casino and some guy you know, drunk in a casino, being mouthy, talking some smack, and you know I'm not having that, you know he's treated me for the weekend and taking care of me, and I know it was just a potential.

Speaker 2: 11:38

You know this guy's trying to get in and get a lawsuit or something. Yeah, you know some fame. And I was like bob, I got this get in the limo and I grabbed the dude and I'm like, hey, you don't want to do this, it's going to be very bad. You know, I'm not the biggest dude, but I'm not small. At that point I think I was like 250, you know, and six four, because I was still fresh from a team.

Speaker 1: 11:59

Yeah, yeah, you're still.

Speaker 2: 12:06

You're still a great beret, you're still like so, and you know I was in the mood, I was feeling no pain at that point too, because you know I've been enjoying myself and having fun and you know I wasn't playing and he could tell by the look in my eyes, I guess he was like. He put his hands up and said, hey, all right, man, I'm good, I'm good. And so he leaves. I get in the limo and bob's like that's Kid Rock, by the way. Bob's like Dan, that was pretty good, you got a job. And I'm like what? He's like yeah, I got to go over to Europe for this VH1 thing and then I'm going to get back and I might have a job for you. I'm like, okay, yeah, sure. And I'm like, yeah, that's it. Never gonna hear from him again.

Speaker 2: 12:48

You know my birthday's in october, yeah, do vh1 thing. Well, december, I get a phone call and it's hey, you want to work? I got a show in borgata in january. You know you want to be there. And I'm like, okay, I, okay, I'll do it. So one thing led to another, and that was the transition for me to get into, uh, doing the security work and bodyguard stuff for celebrities and kid rock, and it was really interesting because I was blessed in the sense that kid rocks crew they call them the kid rock family. You know his band is really tight. They've been together for years and years and years tight circle and I went from the tight circle and community of special forces to a tight circle, you know, working with Kid Rock and his crew. So that that was a super blessing.

Speaker 1: 13:42

And I have to imagine like there's there's got to be some overlap of skills that you acquire from being a Green Beret Like everybody knows that there's I mean from doing level two stuff to being able to like look at and understand security, like how much of that skill set transferred over into your new profession and how much did you have to learn on the job.

Speaker 2: 14:05

Well, a lot, transition, a lot. And I will say just the actual day-to-day life of being, you know, an operator and living out of a rucksack or whatnot. You know that you do when you're deployed, or you know your Contico box yeah Well, that's what road life is. You know, I would be in a hotel room and I'd drop my bag off and I'd go do security. I wouldn't be back until I don't know four or five in the morning, sometimes maybe, shower, get to bed, wake up in four hours and pack my stuff and we'd be rolling out to the next city. Sometimes we didn't even stay in the city. We'd, you know, show it in, we'd walk, we'd get in the vehicle or get on a tour bus or get on a plane and we're gone. So it was that off tempo that was, you know, fantastic as far as being able to transition and I think that's why you know he liked me and had me on for so long and you know, altogether I worked about five years with him.

Speaker 2: 15:07

Recently I just stopped again to pursue and transition again in my life, doing more of the asset mindset, because that's changing people's lives. It's really helping them. A lot of feedback I've got, a lot of the talks I've done. Corporations are now hitting me up for, you know, speaking events, events and motivational stuff. So I see the influence for me and we spoke earlier about this passion.

Speaker 2: 15:31

I love Bob and Kid Rock crew. They're extended family, great people, great Americans. But I think I can affect more Americans and more people with the asset mindset than I can do in security for Kid people with the asset mindset than I can do in security for Kid Rock. He understands that too and he's like Dan do your thing, chase your passion, go after the goal. He goes. I hope you get rich doing this asset mindset stuff.

Speaker 2: 15:55

You know I hope the book takes off and is, you know, sells millions of copies. You know, a dollar a book, million copies, hey, you know. A dollar a book, a million copies, hey, you know. And then if I get super blessed and it's a few million, but yeah, anyway, the story is, transition is important but you've got to go after your passion and then surround yourself with good people. You know, if you're transitioning to a new job or new career, you know, find those good people or, like I call them, asset mindset teammates, people that will help you along the way. We already touched on this a little bit, but that's, that's what you do, and you know it's going to be scary, it is. But you know what? We've all jumped out of planes Well, not all of us, but most of us in our community have done that. And you know what? I don't care who you are the first time you do that that's scary.

Speaker 1: 16:50

Yeah, maybe even a few other times it might be scary too, because you have a collision or you know things happen. Yeah, so you're, you're working for kid rock. You're, you have your first successful transition period. What was the catalyst for the asset mindset and starting that? What was the first thing that like kind of like started scratching that itch, like like how did you start that process?

Speaker 2: 17:09

that's a great question and it kind of started I always gave people advice and shared stories and people like man, you, you could be like a counselor or you know a psychologist or, and I'm like, nah, that's not me, that's not me. And then they're like you've had some amazing life experiences, like you know being a green beret and special forces.

Speaker 2: 17:32

You know now celebrity bodyguard working with kid rock, like you must have some amazing stories, you know. And I'm like, yeah, I guess you know being humble. You know I'm the great man. You know I don't like to myself and I still struggle with that a little bit on social media. But I'm getting back to your question as far as how did it happen? Well, people just kind of planted seeds in my head a little bit and then they grew and I followed my gut. Like you should write a book, dan, with all the stories you have, you should write a book. Gut, like you should write a book, dan, with all the stories you have. You should write a book.

Speaker 2: 18:06

So in between, working for kid rock, I also did, uh, dod work. So I did, um, let's see how much can I talk about, I mean asot's out there. So, yeah, you know that's a course I worked with and did a lot of things level two, level three, nsw, special activities, stuff with marsauk and whatnot. So I was on the road a lot in between working with bob and I would be in my hotel room. So I started writing and killing time, like if I'm going to be here, I'm not just going to sit in my hotel room and watch movies. Yes, I'd be productive with my time. You know time management and I just started writing and then it ended up being like a personal development self-help book, like I use stories from myself, from family members, from guys that we served with. You know Ryan Hendrickson's. In my book I talk about him. He's a friend of mine, you know I got his permission. I got buddies of mine that jumped the fence. We're over in Delta force. I talk about them. So it's not all about me, it is about our community, the brotherhood, uh, how we accomplish things, how we focus on things, and I call it an elite level.

Speaker 2: 19:17

Mindset is the asset mindset, and it ended up being a philosophy that I'm trying to teach and share with other people. And one thing that I think you'll love is, you know, de oppressor liber, you know, to free the oppressed. Well, I think people oppress themselves in their own mind and their own way of thinking. So I took our motto and I've tried to transition it to the civilian world and helping people that oppress themselves, cause that's who holds ourselves back you know more than anyone else or that's who can help us the most.

Speaker 2: 19:50

You know and that's the other thing I try and share and tell people to take ownership Like nobody can help you more in life than yourself and nobody can hurt you more in life than yourself. So you need to own that and that's why I say own the power you know and even Tony Robbins talks about energy. You know, like you have to have energy and be at a vibration. Well, that's where I'm kind of talking about when I say power to understand the power and the gifts you've been given and the energy that's within you and God's blessed you in so many ways. Like you can do amazing things. And guys like us we know because we've been through a training pipeline that's pushed us and we're like, holy shit, I never thought I could stay up for this many days and walk this many miles and carry so much weight.

Speaker 2: 20:32

You know you wouldn't expect that, but you learn and I'm just trying to help other people learn and help them transition so that they can be the better you or the better selves they want to be in the future.

Speaker 1: 20:47

Yeah, no, absolutely. And I want to go back to that, that ownership. We at least I did, and I know a lot of people have the same mindset when we're faced with mental health struggles or even physical struggles. We want somebody else to fix it. Now granted, if it's now granted, if it's surgery, if it's something that you have to get treatment, absolutely like we can't. We can't do that sort of healing.

Speaker 1: 21:12

But when it comes to the mental space, when it comes to changing our mindset, when it comes to being more positive, that's all within you, that's all the internal work, that hard, difficult, self-reflection piece, and a lot of us really struggle with that because we want to put that ownership on somebody else and I deal with it a lot with guys. We want somebody else to fix it, we want a magic wand, and the reality is there's a lot of things that we are in control of, like life's not always going to be great, we're going to struggle, but you struggled, you were, you have a PhD in enduring, you literally have that. You've been through the worst. I like that. But when you get on the outside and things are bad and you're struggling, you want somebody else to light the way for you. You want somebody else to pave the way, but really you have everything within. You have everything within you. It just takes you to really see that, to stop, reflect and look inside and say you know what I'm not doing, the things I need to do, I'm not putting my best foot forward. I'm not doing that work that helped me achieve that awesome frigging beret and that long tap. I'm not that person Granted when we transition and we ETS and we get out or medically retire, and granted when we transition and we ETS and we get out or medically retire.

Speaker 1: 22:30

There's that identity that we have to divorce, but you're still always going to be a Green Beret. You're going to always be the high achieving individual. Hold yourself to that high standard. Be willing to say hey, you know what I'm going to get help for the things that I need help with but I'm going to take ownership for the problems and my mindset is something I can change and that's something that our civilian brothers and sisters are also dealing with. I've seen the same issue. It's like, oh wait, no, we don't have to give up that power. We can take ownership again. We can start working to heal and take care of ourselves. So you're definitely on something that is needed right now in both camps, both the military and civilian side.

Speaker 2: 23:10

While we're on this ownership, I want to drive this home a little more. Yeah, because I agree with you wholeheartedly. This is so important. Now I want to redefine ownership in a sense, because a lot of people are like, yeah, I get it, I own it, it's my life, yeah, and it's kind of just in one ear out the other, yeah, but I want people to really start looking at themselves with their own ownership, like having a pet.

Speaker 2: 23:35

When you have a pet, what do you need to do every day? You need to feed it. You need to water it. It's a dog, you got to let it outside, go to the bathroom. If it's a cat, you know you got to change the cat litter. You know you got to change the cat litter. If it's, I don't care if it's fish in a fish tank, you got to feed them. You know, put some fish flakes up in there every day. You need to take care of that pet. That's what do they call it Pet ownership.

Speaker 2: 23:58

You need to take care of your life Like you would take care of a pet. You need to take care of your dreams or your goals, like you would take care of a pet. That, like you would take care of a pet. That's ownership, not just saying it or oh, I get it. Like that is real ownership is every day you show up and you do something about it. You don't have to bust your butt for you know six, eight, 10 hours every day, but at least put an hour into. I'm going to research this or I'm going to do something. Every day. You do the work and you and I know when you do something every day, you know that inch becomes a few feet. Those few feet turn into a few miles and those miles will add up and next thing you know you're on the other side of the country or somewhere different. You know, like that's what you need to do, and I think purpose is one of the things that you need to take ownership of, because when we get out and we're transitioning, it's like what do I do? You know commanders tell me hey, this is where you need to go. I got it, roger that you know. I got my mission, I can do the work, I can figure things out. Well, guess what? You're your own commander.

Speaker 2: 25:04

Now, like, you need to give yourself purpose. You need to be like what mission do I want to do in life? You know, you now have this podcast and reaching out and helping people and making change in the world. I'm doing that with the asset mindset that became my purpose, you know, and it's changed me, it's changed people. Like you can do it, figure out what it is.

Speaker 2: 25:24

Look at Travis Wilson is another awesome example. This guy's incredible. He's got alpha elite performance nutrition. He does alpha elite outdoors, which is a nonprofit helping veterans. He's now working with the Green Beret Foundation. He's given himself a mission. You need to have that mission. You need to have that purpose, that purpose. If you don't have one right now and you're transitioning, you need to take some time to yourself, pray about it, go for a walk in the woods, think about it, talk to some close family members. But you need to get your mission and your purpose outlined and then do the what we do backwards plan. Figure out how do you get to where that mission or that goal is. And we can backwards plan, we can pace plan. We'll figure it out. We're green berets. We'll embrace the suck. Things are going to go wrong, but we'll keep pushing forward. If you have that end state and that purpose and goal, you can do it and that's what it's all about.

Speaker 1: 26:21

Yeah, no, I cannot emphasize how important your mission and the clarity that you get when you write it out. A lot of time, people think that, hey, I'm just going to go off and I'm going to do this. I'm going to be the next great Twitch gamer, I'm going to be the next great YouTube creator, I'm going to be the next great author. Whatever it is that you're doing, what is your mission? What is the purpose? What is the end state? You have to put these things down and you have to write them and you write them and you live it and you put it in front of you and you look at it every single day. If you don't, who are you working for? You're doing something for somebody else. You're accomplishing somebody else's mission statement, somebody else's purpose, somebody else's passion.

Speaker 1: 27:33

No-transcript, which is something that I've seen that affects veterans and civilians alike. Don't just like, don't let life happen to you as a bystander. You're a person of purpose and drive. Be aggressive, go into that endeavor, go into that next phase of your life charged and empowered. And if you're not right now, if you're listening to this and whether you're starting the journey or identifying that like, hey, maybe I got too comfortable, maybe I just took the easy job. It's not too late. It's never too late. You're still breathing, you're still walking, you're still in the fight. Be energized, be excited. Like you know, I'll ask you how excited are you to wake up every single day?

Speaker 2: 28:22

Like, oh it's, yeah it's, it's a. I'm super blessed, like I have kids. You know I'm older now I'm 48, but I still have a five-year-old. You know I restarted at 43, you know, so my oldest is going to be 17 and to a five-year-old, so it's a 12-year span with my three kids.

Speaker 2: 28:40

But, man, I tell you what, going out in this entrepreneur stuff and giving myself my own mission with the asset mindsets, giving me more time with my family, given myself my own mission with the asset mindsets, giving me more time with my family yeah, I can now plan and schedule things on my schedule and my terms. Now, it is absolutely scary when you don't know when the next paycheck's coming in. When you've got a plan, you've got a budget, you've got to have a reserve. Maybe your side hustle or your mission is a side hustle for a little bit, yes, and you start with that until that side hustle starts. Your mission is a side hustle for a little bit, and you start with that until that side hustle starts making some money or gains traction, and then, all right, I'm going into this full time.

Speaker 2: 29:17

And that's exactly what I did. I was still doing security work up until last month and now I'm like, okay, I've been successful enough that I have some reserves, I can ride this out and I'm taking the leap and I'm going full-time entrepreneur. The asset mindset, I'm going to speak, I'm going to write another book, I'm going to do a course. I have all these things I'm going to do and you know I'm putting it out here now and the more you speak about it, the more you put it out there, the more it's going to happen. You know, the more it's going to happen.

Speaker 2: 29:47

And those are the things you have to start living those goals, living those dreams. You can't sit on the couch and be like man. It would be nice, oh I wish. And that's a problem that we can all fall into. I mean, the struggle is real for everybody. So anybody listening I don't care who you are, how bad you were, what your career was, you know how amazing your past, whatever you did, was like you're a human being. You're going to struggle. It's okay. You know we all struggle, but figure it out and push and drive on. And if you're an operator, soft guy, team guy, like, embrace the suck you've done it before and move forward, drive on.

Speaker 2: 30:27

And it's really hard, I think, for some guys to do it because they feel like they're alone now and they don't have the team support and they feel like their purpose, especially if you're someone who retired. I mean, I've had a few buddies of mine that were mentors and you know we all, when you're in a brotherhood, as you know, you stay in touch. So I have guys that have done, you know, 27 years and retired. Oh, what am I going to do now?

Speaker 2: 30:50

You know my meaning in life is, like was always to be a soft guy and be a green beret, Like that was my whole purpose. And so they feel like lost, like everything I was in, my identity is now gone. Well, guess what? We need to figure out a new identity. No-transcript the three there I served with I was blessed to be, you know, at b27 with them. But anyway, like you can do it, get off the pity party, get off the couch or whatever it is, and get your mission statement, Get your purpose and go after it and take ownership. Like we keep saying, you need to own it and own your power, Own your strength.

Speaker 1: 31:58

Yeah, we have a rich brotherhood and lineage of success within Soft of guys that have gone out and started phenomenal companies from nothing more than a chance encounter, a sit down, a spark, an idea that just materialized from just speaking things into existence. Sit down and do a pre-deployment or pre-retirement assessment, meaning, what do I feel passionate about, what gets me curious, and start pulling that thread? For me it was the mental health stuff. I found incredible healing and a piece with pulling the string and finding mindfulness and meditation. I'm like, okay, cool, is there a certification I can do in this? Yeah, I can become a teacher in this. So while I'm still in, I'm practicing something that feeds back into me. It feeds back and nourishes and gives me answers to the things I'm struggling with. So I get those certifications, I get certified. Now I start teaching it.

Speaker 1: 33:05

You start doing the research before you get out and even if you waited too long, hey, that's where you're at in this deployment, that's where you're at in this mission set. Start asking the questions. You're going to find so much wonderful and just amazing stuff about yourself when you just start asking the questions. What do I really like? Who am I? That's something I didn't realize until I went through this whole journey and went through the worst of it, but the best part of it is when you start asking those questions about you. What makes me happy, what really gets me out of bed. If you're like me, advocating and helping others, being of service to people, that is a huge thing.

Speaker 1: 33:45

Start asking the hard questions and I would imagine that some of the same things that went into play when you started writing your book started pulling together your curriculum, putting together the asset mindset, like, okay, what do I really enjoy? What things do I like to share with people to make them better? Because, honestly, I believe that within every Green Beret there's a powerful healer, there's a person that wants to help others, there's a person that's of service, because we all wanted to be somebody that went after and helped those in need, so I'd be able to be able to lean into that at the very beginning. Maybe it changes, but lean into the known factors. We all went through the same assessment, guys. We all went through the same selection.

Speaker 2: 34:28

You have the qualities or you wouldn't have made it the went through the same assessment guys.

Speaker 1: 34:30

You know the same selection, the same psych evals like and I know we like to think like, oh, we're just crazy individuals and we are to a certain degree. But to know thyself, know who you are and within all of us is somebody that wants to be of service. So start there, start with that journey and pull the threat. Like I can't stress that enough. Guys are are so focused on losing the green beret and losing that operator and then they're not realizing what they're gaining. There's a new person. When you were finally in that space of like, okay, I can now walk away from being a bodyguard, I can start leaning into this. How did you stay grounded? How did you navigate that fear a little easier?

Speaker 2: 35:16

Just suck it up, Honestly that one.

Speaker 2: 35:20

And we talked about earlier. Like your dreams should scare you a little bit, yeah, or you're not dreaming big enough. Your dream is just like, oh, I'm just going to pay the bills and like, have a cookout and grill on the weekend, not to knock any of that stuff, but wouldn't you want a little more out of life? I mean, if you were a green beret like hello, you went to an elite level like you did things most people will never, ever do, never seen, can't comprehend like you're now just gonna. I'm gonna work monday through friday and then grill hey, that's your dream.

Speaker 2: 35:52

That's your dream. But, like for me, I still want to experience. I want to do things that aren't normal. I don't want to be normal, you know. I don't want to be average. None of us wanted to be average or we wouldn't have gone sf, you know. And I just think you have no excuse. Nowadays, especially with the support network and the brotherhood we have and hello, everybody's got a cell phone. You need to know something. There's YouTube, look it up. You have no excuse. Oh, you talked about yourself. Hmm, I want to help people, I want to learn about psychology. Well, you can take classes, get certifications, get out there and do the research. You have no excuse.

Speaker 2: 36:31

And I'm gonna share some of my own humbling but also embarrassing but proud moments. So I was a level three and I can't type. And for anybody that knows in our community, like you got a lot of report right, so we'd be down range, and like there'd be guys coming into the op center or whatever and it would be 2, 33 in the morning and here's dan, type it away. I'd always get the report done, you know, and make it happen. I did quality reports. I was just slow, you know, yeah, and they'd make fun of me. I can't type. And now here I am. I wrote a book I can't type, still can't type. I use two fingers on each side. I mean I'm faster now because I've had a lot of practice not knowing how to type. But you know and guess what? This book is signed with Simon Schuster. You know this is Stephen King's published. I never imagined that. I've never written a book before. But put yourself out there and be genuine. And if you do something that's real and genuine and the truth you know Kid Rock and I talk all the time about music and then, like even my book, where the truth will resonate with people, if you are not fake and you are real, whatever you're doing that's true to you is going to be true to others and that will resonate. That's the butterfly effect ripples in a pond when you throw a rock like just start doing it, be true to yourself and put it out there. And yeah, you may get some haters. That's life and people always hate on someone else. That's doing something that they're afraid to do because they want to pull them down, and I talk about that in my book too.

Speaker 2: 38:13

Crab mentality you're in psychology. Yes, yeah, the crab heads and crab mentality. You have one crab in a bucket, it's going to crawl its way out. You put two in there, the other ones. Every time one gets ahead, they pull each other down and, yeah, we're people and crabs, but a lot of people have crabhead mentality. Don't let them pull you back. You do you and keep focused on that goal and take ownership, like we've been talking about. But yeah, you can do it.

Speaker 2: 38:39

I mean, I'm a knucklehead, you know, I bang nails. You know, yeah, I went to college for a while, but I was no PhD or whatnot. And you know, then I went infantry and the Green Beret and now I'm a published author. Never would have imagined it, never would have guessed it. But you know what? I listened to my gut, I saw what was being put in front of me and I just was like, okay, this is my mission, god, and this is what is passionate within me. This is what's coming out. This is my mission, god, and this is what is passionate within me. This is what's coming out. I'm doing it. And here I am now doing podcasts with amazing Americans and people like you.

Speaker 2: 39:15

It's incredible, and life will do that. If you're being true to yourself, things will open up that you never thought were possible. I mean, we can look at so many things out there. There's evidence all over the place. I mean, who thought black rifle coffee company would be what it is now and traded on the new york stock exchange? You know what I mean? Like those guys are amazing and awesome and they were just being themselves. You know, and they. It's so amazing when you just do the work, be real, take, take ownership and show up. Every day it adds up. You can do it. We know that. We're Green Berets, that's what we've done. That's how we were successful so many different times on so many missions, because we just kept pushing forward. If you do that, you can transition to anything and be anything you want.

Speaker 1: 40:06

The tough part is figuring out what you want to be next when you do transition and understand that success doesn't happen overnight for everybody. There's very few industries where you have that one spark and then it's just like catches fire OnlyFans, I mean. If that's what you want to do, maybe that's the thing, maybe that's the way you can do it. But understand that you've got to take that same mentality that made you successful Green Beret, ranger, seal 95, yankee, whatever it was in the military that you did that made you successful. And you know, surprise, surprise, it was work, ethic, hard work, dedication, coming in before everybody else, sitting down and getting to work. Look, that's the reality of it. Black Raffle Coffee, evan Hafer and his crew those guys, they didn't make it overnight. It started with funny videos, it started with small batch coffees. It started with doing the work and fucking grinding day in, day out. And you have to understand that. Be committed to the excellence you achieve every single day. Don't look at the long term. The long term is beautiful. The end goal is beautiful. Man, we all went through selection and we were just waiting for that moment. But the key to success in selection was saying, hey, five more minutes, five more minutes and it's a switch out. Five more minutes and we switch out. All right, is your turn to carry? All right, Awesome, 10 more minutes. I got five more minutes in me. Reset the clock Every single fucking day.

Speaker 1: 41:42

When you're doing that thing that you're passionate about, excited about, and you're getting one more page done oh, this book's going to be amazing about, excited about and you're getting one more page done oh, this book's going to be amazing, I get it. You want to look at the best-selling publishers. You want to look at that best-selling list and see yourself on there and you'll get there. You'll fucking get there if you're committed to the work that it takes every single fucking day. And that's the proof of it. Look at everybody that's done it.

Speaker 1: 42:04

You can malign and be angry and be upset that you're not fucking there. Can malign and be angry and be upset that you're not fucking there. And then what happens? You'll quit. But look at all the people that didn't quit and made it after working for years and years in their craft and honing their skills. You want to be with that group. You want to be at the end goal with those people. Don't get upset because you didn't make it within a week of trying to do something new. It's like anything else, man, it's just like put yourself back in selection. It's just another rock. It's another fucking long range movement.

Speaker 2: 42:37

No, absolutely, and it's just. It's one of those things like the battle is never won just on the battlefield. What'd you do in training before you know? What'd you do at PMT? What'd you do? You know how many times did you kick a door in and do CQB? You know you don't just one day do it, or we can even go to sports analogies. You know you don't win the Superbowl just on the day of the Superbowl. How many hours of practice did those guys put in? How many games did they play prior to getting to the Super Bowl?

Speaker 2: 43:08

Like you don't just win the Super Bowl and have success. You know in one day it is work, it is showing up, it is time and let time do the heavy lifting. You know that will add up and it will build that load of success for you so that you can achieve what you want. It's incredible and one of the things too, we're talking about some of the stuff as far as selection and going through you have just a little extra that you need to do. Just do a little extra. Well, the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just a little extra. In the word I love using that because it is so true I mean people that just work nine to five. Come home, they're done. They sit in the couch watch TV. You know what? They're going to stay ordinary If you do a little extra, if you get up an hour early or heck, even when you get home, give yourself an hour of working towards your goal and dream.

Speaker 2: 44:02

Well, guess what? That's seven hours that week that you move towards accomplishing something. Seven hours that week that you would move towards accomplishing something. You know if you did that every day, and that's just a little extra, just an extra hour a day in effort, and that's going to add up over a month and then add up and add up and you know what you start building momentum. You're enjoying what you're doing. You're going to do more than an hour. You know you're going to do three, four hours in a day and it's going to add up and you're going to build momentum and it's going to keep getting better. So just show up One of my buddies, brian, that was on my team. Ironic story we were in what was it? 30th AG in processing together as civilians, we ended up being on the same damn team.

Speaker 2: 44:42

No shit, I was in seventh room we walked through the team room door I'm like, are you freaking, kidding me? Like what are you doing here? But he always said that like you got to show up Because he was one of those guys just gym stud, pt animal. He just retired too. Great, great American, great man, great teammate, great friend, and he shows up and that was his simple thing that he loved to share with everybody.

Speaker 2: 45:07

And it's so true Show up every day, take ownership, do the work, have a plan and if you don't have one, work on getting one. Take that time to yourself, meditate, pray, go out in nature. Just give yourself some time and see when did I wake up and was actually excited to get out of bed. Was I gonna go fishing? Was I gonna go, you know, on a trip? Or I was doing this with my family, or whatever it is. Find that excitement.

Speaker 2: 45:36

You know, we all had a trip, or heck, when we were a kid and it was christmas morning and you woke up, did you have a hard time getting out of bed? No, you were like, yeah, or it's your birthday when you're a little. Yeah, find that passion, you're still a you know. Find that passion, you're still a person. Yeah, you know, I mean I'm not going to say I wake up every day going yay, I mean I'm grateful I'm alive, but you know you got to do that.

Speaker 2: 46:01

Find the passion, show up and great things will happen. It's just, it's a formula. Yeah, and it just it's a formula, and we all know it works, because that's how we got through selection, that's how we became Green Berets and got on a team. Why were we successful with the teams that we were with? Because what did guys do? We did the work and we played on each other's strengths and weaknesses and we knew what to do. You know you work on the weaknesses, you lean on the strengths and you do that now, whatever it is you're transitioning to, you'll make it happen.

Speaker 1: 46:30

Yeah, absolutely. And it's understanding too that you know you're going to have bad days. You're going to have days that suck, and that's normal. It's okay to have that. But just understand that you don't have to sit there and wallow in it. Get up, dust yourself off and get back at it Like that's the reality of it, Like you can't just quit when things suck, like think of the best teammates you ever had on a team or in a platoon or in your company Always the ones that were able to crack a joke and get you back in the game, get you right back in.

Speaker 1: 47:07

That there's nothing different when you're on your own. Find that team on the outside, find that individual that when you don't have it in you, they can bring it out. They can bring that ability to say, okay, reset, let's get back in it. And on that note, nowadays, who's your team? Do you rely on your wife a lot more? Do you still have that core group of individuals that you reflect back on and reach out to? And it's always been able of take a knee with somebody and be like, hey, I need an asthma check, like who shows up in your life in that way.

Speaker 2: 47:42

Well, for me I mean, my wife definitely does. I get some good friends that do the same thing. I keep it real. I also try and do an aar mentally. You know every mentally. You know every day yeah, you know one of the things every night before I go to bed I try and do that, do an AAR, like all right, what did I accomplish today? You know what moved me and my goal. What do I need to improve on? What do I need to work on? My son makes fun of me all the time because I'm like, oh, I didn't do enough. And this is yesterday and he's like didn't do enough, you did this, this and this. You were prepping for a speaking gig, for this corporate event. And I'm like, yeah, but I only did a 45-minute workout. And he's like dad, stop, but you need to do that yourself. And if you can't do it yourself, find the people around you and I talk about that build your teammates and your tribe.

Speaker 1: 48:38

Yes.

Speaker 2: 48:39

And then everything that makes the magic happen. You've done and you've learned and almost everybody's learned it, especially team guys, you know. That's why I also talk about the asset mindset, like every special forces team. Talk about the asset mindset. Every special forces team guy has the asset mindset, but you do not have to be special forces to have the asset mindset. You can be somebody else and apply that, and that's what I was trying to teach in my book.

Speaker 2: 49:06

But there's been guys like one guy, I mean Kevin. He's an awesome, awesome guy. We still maintain communication, you know, through social media or whatnot, but he lost 40 pounds and started, you know, doing some stuff. It's veterans trash talk. I don't know if you're aware who they are or whatnot. But yeah, kevin's like your book changed my life Cause he was like, oh, I'm older now and you know a vet, um, you know, I'm like he's like I read your book and I was like I'm the youngest, I'm gonna be for the rest of my life, holy crap, and I can still accomplish and do. And he turned it around and you know, he's like I never imagined I'd be doing. You know, youtube stuff and podcasts or talking or doing, you know, and getting back to the gym and I mean there's pictures of him he's flexing, he's like it's fantastic and you can do it.

Speaker 2: 50:01

And the formula is there, you know, and if you forgot about it, please pick up my book and it'll help you, I promise. I mean you apply these things. That's why I say it's a special forces perspective for achieving success. Like you will do it if you take these perspectives and we know it as team guys. Like you know what works quit being, you know, I don't know, sad or pity party or whatever you got going on. If you need help, get help. Talk to people like then he's saying you know, you know, talk to someone else, lean on a brother, lean on your wife, lean on whoever, but get that little bit of help. And then you know, lace up your boots and get to work, show up. You know you can transition into anything you really can. That's what green berets do Adapt, improvise and overcome. Take that, apply it to your next chapter of your life.

Speaker 1: 50:52

That's so true. Absolutely the thing that the asset mindset to me, the great thing about it, is what you just shared. It's mentorship in a medium where you traditionally don't think like, okay, this isn't possible through a book, but really and truly it is. You're putting something positive out there that's not tearing somebody down and trying to build them back up in the image of something else. And mentorship to us is something that's deeply connected to being a Green Beret. You're constantly mentoring your junior, you're constantly mentoring the new guy on the team.

Speaker 1: 51:29

Once we get on the outside, we realize how much that's needed in the civilian world and there are grifters and people taking advantage of that. But with the asset mindset it allows somebody to read something and connect with you. Even if they never meet you, they connect with that green beret that's desperately trying to help a larger, broader community, and it's needed. And people can pick it up and read it and actually make positive changes in their lives without having to pay for 20,000 exclusive, soft membership clubs that are just out there taking advantage of people, and that's something that we really need. I think that your book fills a gap that's not being filled by anything else right now. It's giving those beautiful insights to how we can just become better by applying some of the things that made us who we are on the outside now.

Speaker 1: 52:26

And it helps Green Berets too, once they transition, because we forget, we tend to forget how great we were on a team, and it's like we forget. We tend to forget how great we were on a team and it's like, oh, woe is me Now I'm on the outside. Pick up the asset mindset. Understand that you're still great. The greatness is still there. You just have to look inward. You have to reflect and be willing to look and say, oh shit, I still got it. I still have all these resources.

Speaker 2: 52:47

Yeah, and the great thing about that, I think my book is totally different from most you know sf guys or operators. Yes, like I had um dr alice atalanta. She, um was, she's a freelance editor, whatnot. She works for the green brave foundation. She does a lot of different things. I hit her up on link and I'm like, hey, this is who I am, what I'm doing. Can I send you my manuscript? Because before I try and publish it, I want to. You know, yeah, want to have a tight shot group and I'm not a writer, so I need someone with real professional eyes to go through this. And she got my manuscript and then, like a day later, she goes. This is nothing like I expected. I thought it was going to be like everybody else's you know story down range. This is what I did. She, she goes. This is different. This is something special and I think that's why I ended up getting picked up, because I was originally self-published. Simon and schuster sought me out. I didn't pitch myself to them. They saw what was going on and they were like, hey, let's contact this daniel fielding and's see, because it is, it's magical.

Speaker 2: 53:53

I did another podcast and this guy this is, I Dare you podcast Darren Johnson. He's like you know, I always do my research before someone comes on and when I have an author on, I read their reviews, your reviews. People are saying they're going to read your book again. He goes. A lot of people buy a book, read it and throw it on the shelf Like you got something here, like this is a tool for people to use throughout their life, and I'm finding that's a lot of the messages I'm getting from people is like hey, when I had this problem or you know, my grandmother died. And then I read the chapter again where you lost your dad and got the phone call and that really helped me through it. You know, I had someone else.

Speaker 2: 54:37

This was probably the most powerful story that I shared with my wife. She's like oh my God, I can't believe that's true. And that's so amazing because we have a teenager. So there was this teenage girl who's 18 years old plus or minus. Her dad bought my book, was curious, was reading it. His daughter dealt with anxiety and depression for years, going to therapy, doing things as much as they could to help her. Nothing was really working. She got ahold of my book, he said, in one week, one week, my book did more for her than all the therapy sessions that they paid for for the last few years he goes. I bought that book for everybody and gave it out this past christmas. He gave like I don't know, like 20 copies away to like his nieces and nephews and everybody thought that could use some mental just direction and whatnot. And that was to me so powerful that this girl that was dealing with so much struggle and strife in her own head, in her own mind, was able to rewire herself because of my book, embrace the suck and realize how powerful she is and that she can overcome obstacles and I guess she's.

Speaker 2: 55:50

Last time I talked to this gentleman it's been a while now because we don't talk regularly. It's not like a super good friend of mine. He was like my daughter is now in college and going to be a registered nurse. She's like one year away from completing and he goes. We were always worried Like what is she going to be able to do with her life? Because the way she was and those are the type of things that the passion and make, like you know, we're guys in service. That's why we joined the military. That's why I joined, you know, after 9-11, I wanted to serve, make the world a better place, protect people. And now I'm able to do that again through my book and this philosophy and speaking to people. It's incredibly powerful and you know, if you're out there and you're trying to figure out what it is you need to do, you know, take some of your passion and how you want it to be serving to other people. I don't care what it is, I don't care if you want to.

Speaker 2: 56:43

You know my buddy, andy Lang from fifth group. He's got Leatherwood distillery. You know he likes people to have a good time and relax and have some. You know good cocktails. You know that whiskey and bourbon that he has is fantastic and that's what he likes. Brewing it. He did it down range. Now he's doing it. You know, like Allegedly, allegedly.

Speaker 1: 57:02

Yeah, sorry, sorry, sorry.

Speaker 2: 57:03

He doesn't have the distill that he used on display anywhere. It's not real. Yeah, it was fake. It's like fake guns, you know. But I digress.

Speaker 2: 57:16

But the point is, you know you can change your life and if it's not the asset mindset, find another tool. You know, it's not all about me. I'm just trying to make the world a better place. I think this is a great tool for people in a book and motivational, I mean. It motivates me when I had to rewrite it for simon and schuster. Well, not rewrite, but go through what you wanted to do, because their editors wanted to. You know, look at it and make it theirs, because I still have the rights to that, but I had to approve everything. But yeah, it's, it's amazing and you can do it.

Speaker 2: 57:47

And it is scary. Don't worry about it, man. You've been scared before. What'd you do it? You know, and fear is an opportunity to display courage and bravery. And who doesn't want to be courageous in life? Who doesn't want to be looked at and be like, wow, that guy's brave. He took that obstacle head on, you know so, or woman, for that matter, if there's any females their spouses that are, you know, listening to this like you can do it be brave, face those fears. I know it's cliche, but that's you know, that's how you get ahead in life. You do that little extra and you become extraordinary.

Speaker 1: 58:22

Absolutely We've. We have been trained and we have constantly gone into the unknown. Every single one of us at some point found themselves, whether it was training or in combat, in that number one man position. And what do you have to do? Every single one of us at some point found themselves, whether it was training or in combat, in that number one man position. And what do you have to do? You have to go into the fucking unknown, lean into that, lean into your training, lean into all the experiences you had and be courageous and bold enough to look inward, find what you're really passionate about and fucking chase it down.

Speaker 1: 58:53

And if you need any other reminder that you're not like everybody else, just look at that frigging wall with all your accolades. Or look at your I love me book with all the things you've earned in your career. Look at your plaques. Look at that photo of you and your team downrange and look at all those faces and how wonderful it was being on those missions and reflect back and know that, just like they had your back downrange. And look at all those faces and how wonderful it was being on those missions and reflect back and know that, just like they had your back downrange. They have your back going forward.

Speaker 1: 59:19

Reach out to the communities and, if you need anything, reach out on LinkedIn. Who would have thought that you could go on that platform and just reach out to people and say, hey, I'm a human being and I would like to talk to you about human being things and how you achieve success. 99.9 of the times, I'll reach back out and say, yeah, no problem, and you'll be able to sit down with somebody and glean from their experiences how to be successful too. So just be willing to be scared, but take that chance, daniel. Thank you for being here, man. Thank you for being a great representative of what it means to be able to live and succeed again. After being a Green Beret, it is amazing to be able to see our brotherhood continue to grow, with amazing individuals that aren't scared to achieve more in life, and that's what we need to be able to lean on guys like yourself and be able to have you come on shows and talk about what worked and what didn't. So thank you, man, thank you, danny.

Speaker 2: 1:00:18

It's great to be here. I love what you're doing and, just for everybody out there, we don't know each other. I mean, we both served in the same regiment, we're both Green Berets but he did exactly what he said Reach out on LinkedIn. He reached out and was like, hey, daniel, I'd like to. And I'm like, hey, yeah, sure, let's make it happen, let's figure it out. You know, and that's that's what you do, and other people that are out there making things happen in life. They love to work with other people. Think about when you were mentoring your junior did you like teaching them? Did you like seeing him be successful and do whatever? It is the task that you trained them in? You know, it's totally possible. And, denny, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the work you're doing, thank you for helping get the asset mindset out there. If there's anything I can do to be an asset mindset teammate for you in the future, reach out again. Keep it up, brother, and God bless.

Speaker 1: 1:01:09

Absolutely, man. And one more thing let's plug the book. It's available on Amazon. What's your website? Where can people go to get the book Daniel Fielding? It'll come up If you type the asset mindset it'll come up.

Speaker 2: 1:01:35

If you're a Barnes Noble person, get in Barnes Noble. You get a book's a million. It's out there everywhere around the world. It's being sold in the UK, australia. I've sold copies even in Japan. It's crazy Nice.

Speaker 2: 1:01:47

It's out there people and please, if you do read it, reviews are super helpful for algorithms. I was doing well on reviews as far as numbers, but then I sold and re-released it this past September, so my reviews went down, so now I'm back under 100. So please, if you like it, give me a review. I would greatly appreciate that. That would be very helpful and if you need anything from me, reach out assetmindsetcom or find me on.

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