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TODD DEGHETTO
Retired Navy Captain who spent 30 years in Naval Special Warfare (NSW) as a SEAL Officer
You get real good at completely cutting your head off from the rest of your body – No feelings, no emotion, and no pain. I truly didn’t start processing stuff until after I was done. • When things are going sideways is when people show their true colors. • When I returned, God put it on my heart to mentor the next generation. • I’m a leadership coach & mentor for the University of Tennessee’s MBA program. I may not have the business expertise, but I’ve got a lot of leadership experience. • The only way you’re gonna get better is to be able to say “this is mine.” This I made that decision, and this is why I made that decision. • We learn more from our mistakes than we ever do when things go right. • I took me several weeks after I returned – and all of a sudden I woke up one day feeling like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. • All the explosives, the blasts, the mortars, the rockets, the charges, the AC4’s – the damage done to the brain is devastating. • The healing journey has been the hardest thing for me. Part of that journey is not quitting om my family. • [In military leadership] We’re very good at controlling everything we can control. • There’s psychedelics treatment out there to really help us guys. My initial thought was “no way”, but it truly helped me.mp3″ ]
Need a clear decision-maker in high stress military operations critical to the defense of the United States? Then this week’s Team Never Quit guest, Todd Deghetto, is your man.
After 30 years as a Navy SEAL officer in Naval Special Warfare, Todd’s current mission is to develop future leaders in mental toughness, discipline, & building collaborative teams. Todd, Markus, and Morgan share an engaging conversation including actual mission details, it’s personal & mental ramifications, and the steps to recovery. Everyone on Todd’s team has a purpose.
In this episode you will hear:
• It doesn’t matter what people think about you. Do what’s right, regardless of the consequences. If you lose friends over it, they weren’t true friends.
• Having a dad as a New Jersey State Trooper, I learned about the evil in this world, and I learned about honor – doing what’s right.
• That’s the nice thing about diving without O2. If you gotta die, that’s the way to go, because you just fall asleep.
• [In combat] You get real good at completely cutting your head off from the rest of your body – No feelings, no emotion, and no pain. I truly didn’t start processing stuff until after I was done.
• When things are going sideways is when people show their true colors.
• When I returned, God put it on my heart to mentor the next generation.
• I’m a leadership coach & mentor for the University of Tennessee’s MBA program. I may not have the business expertise, but I’ve got a lot of leadership experience.
• The only way you’re gonna get better is to be able to say “this is mine.” This I made that decision, and this is why I made that decision.
• We learn more from our mistakes than we ever do when things go right.
• I took me several weeks after I returned – and all of a sudden I woke up one day feeling like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
• All the explosives, the blasts, the mortars, the rockets, the charges, the AC4’s – the damage done to the brain is devastating.
• The healing journey has been the hardest thing for me. Part of that journey is not quitting om my family.
• [In military leadership] We’re very good at controlling everything we can control.
• There’s psychedelics treatment out there to really help us guys. My initial thought was “no way”, but it truly helped me.
—
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Special Thanks / Credits
Executive Producer & Artwork - Andrew Brockenbush
Audio Engineer - Joey Garza
Video Editor - John Fritzsching
—
About TNQ Podcast:
Each week join Retired Navy SEAL and Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell, Morgan Luttrell, and Producer Andrew Brockenbush as they’ll take you into the “briefing room” to chat with incredible guests who share their greatest never quit stories. This humorous, heartfelt, and entertaining podcast is changing lives and has become a beacon of hope and resilience to those who are facing the impossible. One of the best ways we can support our community is to share their stories so that we might inspire others to Never Quit.
We’re bringing you real-life stories of men and women who took life’s toughest challenges and met them head-on, radically changing their own lives and inspiring others to do the same.
TODD DEGHETTO
Retired Navy Captain who spent 30 years in Naval Special Warfare (NSW) as a SEAL Officer
You get real good at completely cutting your head off from the rest of your body – No feelings, no emotion, and no pain. I truly didn’t start processing stuff until after I was done. • When things are going sideways is when people show their true colors. • When I returned, God put it on my heart to mentor the next generation. • I’m a leadership coach & mentor for the University of Tennessee’s MBA program. I may not have the business expertise, but I’ve got a lot of leadership experience. • The only way you’re gonna get better is to be able to say “this is mine.” This I made that decision, and this is why I made that decision. • We learn more from our mistakes than we ever do when things go right. • I took me several weeks after I returned – and all of a sudden I woke up one day feeling like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. • All the explosives, the blasts, the mortars, the rockets, the charges, the AC4’s – the damage done to the brain is devastating. • The healing journey has been the hardest thing for me. Part of that journey is not quitting om my family. • [In military leadership] We’re very good at controlling everything we can control. • There’s psychedelics treatment out there to really help us guys. My initial thought was “no way”, but it truly helped me.mp3″ ]
Need a clear decision-maker in high stress military operations critical to the defense of the United States? Then this week’s Team Never Quit guest, Todd Deghetto, is your man.
After 30 years as a Navy SEAL officer in Naval Special Warfare, Todd’s current mission is to develop future leaders in mental toughness, discipline, & building collaborative teams. Todd, Markus, and Morgan share an engaging conversation including actual mission details, it’s personal & mental ramifications, and the steps to recovery. Everyone on Todd’s team has a purpose.
In this episode you will hear:
• It doesn’t matter what people think about you. Do what’s right, regardless of the consequences. If you lose friends over it, they weren’t true friends.
• Having a dad as a New Jersey State Trooper, I learned about the evil in this world, and I learned about honor – doing what’s right.
• That’s the nice thing about diving without O2. If you gotta die, that’s the way to go, because you just fall asleep.
• [In combat] You get real good at completely cutting your head off from the rest of your body – No feelings, no emotion, and no pain. I truly didn’t start processing stuff until after I was done.
• When things are going sideways is when people show their true colors.
• When I returned, God put it on my heart to mentor the next generation.
• I’m a leadership coach & mentor for the University of Tennessee’s MBA program. I may not have the business expertise, but I’ve got a lot of leadership experience.
• The only way you’re gonna get better is to be able to say “this is mine.” This I made that decision, and this is why I made that decision.
• We learn more from our mistakes than we ever do when things go right.
• I took me several weeks after I returned – and all of a sudden I woke up one day feeling like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
• All the explosives, the blasts, the mortars, the rockets, the charges, the AC4’s – the damage done to the brain is devastating.
• The healing journey has been the hardest thing for me. Part of that journey is not quitting om my family.
• [In military leadership] We’re very good at controlling everything we can control.
• There’s psychedelics treatment out there to really help us guys. My initial thought was “no way”, but it truly helped me.
—
For More Fun, Follow:
Team Never Quit
Instagram: instagram.com/team_neverquit
Marcus Luttrell
Instagram: instagram.com/marcusluttrell
Morgan Luttrell:
Instagram: instagram.com/mojoluttrell
Andrew Brockenbush:
instagram.com/andrewbrockenbush
—
Support the Show
patreon.com/teamneverquit
—
Special Thanks / Credits
Executive Producer & Artwork - Andrew Brockenbush
Audio Engineer - Joey Garza
Video Editor - John Fritzsching
—
About TNQ Podcast:
Each week join Retired Navy SEAL and Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell, Morgan Luttrell, and Producer Andrew Brockenbush as they’ll take you into the “briefing room” to chat with incredible guests who share their greatest never quit stories. This humorous, heartfelt, and entertaining podcast is changing lives and has become a beacon of hope and resilience to those who are facing the impossible. One of the best ways we can support our community is to share their stories so that we might inspire others to Never Quit.
We’re bringing you real-life stories of men and women who took life’s toughest challenges and met them head-on, radically changing their own lives and inspiring others to do the same.
