Comfort with Discomfort — Leading Deliberately with Jason Van Camp

The Jake Dunlap Show

This episode of The Jake Dunlap Show features Jason Van Camp, Founder of Warrior Rising and Mission 6 Zero. Jason grew up patriotic among a community of patriots. He grew up around sports and entered every sport he could, even the ones he wasn't particularly good at.

By the time Jason was at West Point, he realized his desire to go on a mission. As luck would have it, he was to be sent to Russia, of all places. It was a culture shock but what Jason learned there would change his life.

He became fluent in Russian and he learned to evangelize in an atheist, communist country. These life skills, which at the core was basically sales, would become formative in his later life when he would tread the path of an entrepreneur.

Jason recalls extraordinary experiences in Russia, such as a run in with a mafia. Handled incorrectly, it could have been a kidnapping, but Jason's cool and confidence turned it into an amazing relationship where he got protection and provided the organization gear in return.

For Jason, taking action is the most important. Motivation comes from the self and all he can do is inspire others to move, make something happen, and see results. Jason also believes that surrounding yourself with people that inspire you to do better is a key ingredient of success.

He would become a Ranger, being only one of three guys to finish out of a hundred. His successes were only beginning as Jason would become a Green Beret soon after that. In his Special Forces mission in Iraq, he led some of the fiercest fighters, the Kurds, and they took the fight to the enemy and won.

By the time he exited the military, Jason made it his personal mission to help veterans get back on their feet. Through his business and nonprofit, Jason helps his fellow patriots regain their purpose and find meaning in life outside the military.

QUOTES:

20:42 "Especially when you read something in a foreign language, you can see how there's different perspectives on life and how people see things differently than you do and just really opened my mind."

29:09 "They want to be thought leaders or they want to be a guru or a wellness coach. I'm like, don't be a thought leader, be an action leader. Don't be a guru, be a do-ru. Get up and do something. Take action. Move. I don't care what it is, just do something about it."

30:09 "I can inspire you to motivate yourself so that you can take action so that you can see results. And once you see results, you inspire yourself to get motivated, to take more action, to see more results. And so it's like this circle of inspiration, motivation, action, and results."

32:29 "If you want to be a millionaire, hang around millionaires. They'll all rub off on you. And you'll realize as you, as you hang out with these guys, that they're not that different from you. They're not that more special than you are. You can do the same thing."

50:42 "One thing that you think about is what are their motivations? When you really start working with the leadership, you've got to find out what their values are, what they believe in, what they're made of."

51:31 "What you learned about leadership, you have to trust other people to do their job. You can't micromanage. You can't be everywhere at once. You have to say, all right, this is what I need you to do. I trust you, go get it done."

More about Jason

Jason Van Camp graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2001. During his time here, he was a linebacker for the Army Black Knights Football Team and he went on a two-year LDS Church mission to Russia. He would become fluent in Russian during his time here.

Jason’s military successes were just about to begin. He entered Ranger School, an impressive feat in itself, but what is more amazing is that he is only one of three men who would finish the course.

He was part of the tip of the spear in the invasion of Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division and would later become a Green Beret. In his function in the Special Forces, he innovated the idea of training the Peshmerga, fierce Kurdish fighters of the Iraqi Military, to liberate cities from tyranny.

Jason is the recipient of multiple awards including the Bronze Star with V device for Valor as well as two additional Bronze Stars during numerous combat rotations as a Special Forces Detachment Commander in the Middle East and Africa.

In 2015, Jaosn founded Warrior Rising which empowers U.S. veterans and their immediate families by providing them opportunities to create sustainable businesses, perpetuate the hiring of fellow U.S. military veterans, and earn their future.

Last year, Jason published his book Deliberate Discomfort which can be purchased through his website below or through Amazon.com.

Find out more about Jason, get his book, and connect with him in the following links:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-van-camp/
• Website (Deliberate Discomfort) - https://deliberatediscomfort.com/
• Website (Mission 6 Zero): http://www.missionsixzero.com/
• Website (Warrior Rising): https://www.warriorrising.org/
• Email - [e-mail]

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• Website - https://skaled.com/
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