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The Jason Wright Show Jordan Selleck is a friend, fellow entrepreneur, Dad, husband and self improvement obsessed dude. I love my conversations with Jordan, and I was thrilled when he wanted to do one of our check-ins this morning. Last Saturday I attended one of the most moving funeral services of my life. Chris Pate was a local business owner, friend, husband, father and most likely angel walking among us. To know Chris was to love him. He was one of those rare people you NEVER heard a bad word spoken about. He was the guy you called when you were stuck in a ditch, wanted to go fishing or just needed someone to hang out with. I did not do this nearly enough, and I regret it. I wish I had spent more time with this man. During the service a song by J.B. Patterson of J.B. and the Moonshine Band (one of Chris’ close friends) was debuted. J.B. wrote and produced this song in less than 24 hours. It so perfectly captures the type of man Chris was and all of us should aspire to be. I really hope you will take the time to listen to it and share it far and wide. Here is a link to it on YouTube. Thanks for listening. I hope you indeed have the best Friday EVER! JW

You read the title right. Lindsey Lakhraj lost 150 pounds. In the process she learned practices and habits she now uses to help others empower themselves to better health and longevity. In this interview Lindsey and I discuss epigenetics (something I’m very new to), longevity, our parents, bio-hacking and much more. Lindsey is a rockstar, and I’m so happy to have been able to sit down and talk shop with her. Learn more about Lindsey here https://www.thedesignergenes.co/epigenetics #epigenetics #healthandwellness #biohacks

I’m about to type something I haven’t typed, said or thought in a long long time. I can’t wait to go to the movies. I want to see ‘Maverick.’ I think Tom Cruise may have single handedly saved Hollywood with this film by making a movie Americans have been longing for. Retirement is something we all aspire to. However, the stats show most people die pretty soon after. A loss of purpose and productivity can be detrimental to our lives so why do we stop ‘working?’ Mr. Money Mustache has a great take on ‘retirement.’ A lost city of gold has been discovered in South America. Weird stats. Quick-how much saliva does the average person create in just a month? It’s pretty crazy. I hope you have the best Friday ever, and this helps. Until we meet again always endeavor to ‘Improve always in ALL ways!’ https://www.jasonwrightnow.com/

Medal of Honor Recipient Mike Thornton This was such an honor. I got to sit down with a true hero. Mike Thornton is by all accounts a true American hero. In April of 1972, near the end of the Vietnam War, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris performed an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor. Just six months later, Norris was sent on a dangerous special reconnaissance mission that would take his team deep into enemy territory. In the running gun battle that ensued, Lieutenant Norris was severely wounded; a bullet entered his left eye and exited the left side of his head. SEAL Petty Officer Mike Thornton, under heavy fire, fought his way back onto a North Vietnamese beach to rescue his officer―an act of heroism that earned him the Medal of Honor as well. This is the true story of two living American legends who entered military service and the Navy SEAL teams for vastly different reasons―and were thrown together for a single combat mission that would define their lives. Thornton served aboard destroyers as a gunner’s mate apprentice until November 1968, when he attended United States Navy SEAL selection and training at Coronado, California. He was among only 18 students who graduated from BUD/S class 49 in March 1969, which started with 129 members. He received direct assignment to SEAL Team ONE, a separate organization from the Underwater Demolition Teams that new personnel were normally assigned. Following SEAL Basic Indoctrination (SBI) training and platoon training, Thornton deployed to South Vietnam with Charlie Platoon from December 1969 to June 1970. He served numerous combat tours in Southeast Asia which ran from 1969 to December 1972.[1][2] Thornton conducted intelligence gathering operations across Vietnam. By the last quarter of 1972, U.S. involvement in the region had waned and Thornton, by then a petty officer, was one of only a dozen SEALs remaining in Vietnam.[3] Medal of Honor action[edit] Thornton at the Army–Navy football game on December 2, 2006 On October 31 of that year, Thornton participated in a mission to capture prisoners and gather intelligence from the Cửa Việt Base near the coast of Quảng Trị Province, just south of the Demilitarized Zone. In addition to Thornton, the mission team consisted of SEAL Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, and three experienced Vietnamese men Thornton had worked with before, members of the LDNN, the South Vietnamese Special Forces. The group was transported by junk until sunset, then paddled a rubber boat to within a mile of shore and swam the remaining distance. Moving inland past numerous North Vietnamese encampments, the group reconnoitered through the night.[1][2] The team soon realized that they had landed too far north and were actually in North Vietnam. They found large numbers of bunker complexes and heavy concentrations of North Vietnamese troops. They patrolled slowly through the middle of the enemy troops, gathering intelligence as they went.[4] The group encountered a two-man North Vietnamese patrol on the beach, which the South Vietnamese attempted to capture. Thornton chased one of the enemy back towards the jungle to prevent him from alerting others. When Thornton shot him, about 50 North Vietnamese soldiers chased after him. Moving from one position to another, Thornton and the others kept the enemy confused about the number of troops they faced. Thornton was wounded in the back by a grenade. He contacted a destroyer and requested naval gunfire support, but unknown to Thornton it was struck by North Vietnamese shore batteries and unable to fire. A second destroyer was unable to maneuver into firing position for the same reason.[4] For the next four hours, the five men held off an enemy force estimated at 150 strong. Norris attempted to call in the Vietnamese junk boats, one of which had a mortar on board, but the destroyers forbid them from entering the line of fire. Thornton, Norris and the three Vietnamese were alone and nearly surrounded. Near dawn, Norris ordered the group to extract towards the beach, and they leap-frogged towards the surf. Norris was able to contact the cruiser USS Newport News and requested that they fire for effect to cover their withdrawal. Norris covered the group’s rearward movement. As he prepared to fire a LAW rocket at a group of 70 to 75 North Vietnamese troops attacking his position, he was severely wounded by a round through his head.[4] One of the South Vietnamese who saw Norris get shot assumed he was dead. Thornton, upon hearing the news, ran about 400 yards (370 m) to the last location he saw Norris to recover the body of his fallen comrade. When he found Norris, he saw that “the whole side of his head was completely gone.” As enemy troops overran his position, he stopped to shoot several. Thornton put Norris on his shoulders and ran back towards the beach when the first shell from the Newport News struck the beach. The concussion from the round blew Thornton and Norris 20 feet (6.1 m) into the air. It also slowed the advance of the enemy troops, and Thornton picked up Norris who he discovered was just barely alive.[2][4] Thornton visiting troops at Ramstein Air Base, 2008 Thornton carried Norris into the surf and began to swim with him. One of the Vietnamese was shot in the buttocks and couldn’t swim, so Thornton grabbed him as well and pushed both of them out to sea. Bullets landed in the sea all around them. The Newport News left, thinking that the Americans and South Vietnamese had been killed. Thornton bandaged Norris’ wound as well as he could and swam for about three hours. One of the South Vietnamese was finally picked up by the junk. He reported that the two Americans were dead, which was relayed to the Newport News. Thornton fired Norris’ AK-47 to draw the attention of the junk. They were picked up and then transported to the Newport News. Thornton carried Norris to the operating room, where the doctor told Thornton, “There’s no way he’s going to make it.”[4] For these actions, Thornton was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon during a ceremony at the White House on October 15, 1973. The man Thornton rescued, Thomas Norris, survived his wounds and was awarded the Medal of Honor from President Gerald R. Ford in a White House ceremony on March 6, 1976, for his April 1972 rescue of Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton and First Lieutenant Mark Clark in the rescue of Bat 21 Bravo.[2] Thornton received a commission in 1982 as a limited duty officer and retired from the navy as a lieutenant in 1992. Citation[edit] For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while participating in a daring operation against enemy forces. PO Thornton, as Assistant U.S. Navy Advisor, along with a U.S. Navy lieutenant serving as Senior Advisor, accompanied a 3-man Vietnamese Navy SEAL patrol on an intelligence gathering and prisoner capture operation against an enemy-occupied naval river base. Launched from a Vietnamese Navy junk in a rubber boat, the patrol reached land and was continuing on foot toward its objective when it suddenly came under heavy fire from a numerically superior force. The patrol called in naval gunfire support and then engaged the enemy in a fierce firefight, accounting for many enemy casualties before moving back to the waterline to prevent encirclement. Upon learning that the Senior Advisor had been hit by enemy fire and was believed to be dead, PO Thornton returned through a hail of fire to the lieutenant’s last position; quickly disposed of 2 enemy soldiers about to overrun the position, and succeeded in removing the seriously wounded and unconscious Senior Naval Advisor to the water’s edge. He then inflated the lieutenant’s lifejacket and towed him seaward for approximately 2 hours until picked up by support craft. By his extraordinary courage and perseverance, PO Thornton was directly responsible for saving the life of his superior officer and enabling the safe extraction of all patrol members, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.[5]

So it’s the latest chapter in the slow burning apocalypse.  We have yet another virus to freak out over. Or should we? I wanted to give the Jason Wright Show audience a little insight into the virus known as Monkeypox. In this episode I share what it is, what are its origins and how do humans contract it. Monkeypox-Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research, hence the name ‘monkeypox.’ The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox. Since then monkeypox has been reported in humans in other central and western African countries. Transmission of monkeypox virus occurs when a person comes into contact with the virus from an animal, human, or materials contaminated with the virus. The virus enters the body through broken skin (even if not visible), respiratory tract, or the mucous membranes (eyes, nose, or mouth). Animal-to-human transmission may occur by bite or scratch, bush meat preparation, direct contact with body fluids or lesion material, or indirect contact with lesion material, such as through contaminated bedding. Human-to-human transmission is thought to occur primarily through large respiratory droplets. Respiratory droplets generally cannot travel more than a few feet, so prolonged face-to-face contact is required. Other human-to-human methods of transmission include direct contact with body fluids or lesion material, and indirect contact with lesion material, such as through contaminated clothing or linens. Layer Origin Nutrition-I take HMO powder every single day! This is human milk oligosaccharide and it is one of the key ingredients to a healthy gut lining. I order my HMO powder from LayerOrgin.com. If you decide to order please support The Jason Wright Show by using promo code “Improve869” The Mail Bag If you have a question you want answered on the show or in The Vitruvian Letter, please let me know in the comments. I’m really grateful for all who have been submitting questions lately. I answer every week in The Vitruvian Letter which you can subscribe to at jasonwrightnow.com. I’d like to start making this a feature on The Best Friday Ever so shoot me some questions. Thanks for listening and please give me a follow on Insta @jasonwrightnow and let me hear from you!

Jason Wright and Stephen Hussey on The Jason Wright Show I’ve become very fond of my friend Stephen Hussey. He’s a kind soul with a big brain and a shared love of books. I the novice trying to figure out what’s what in good literature, he an Oxford scholar. He’s kind enough to have conversations with this bumpkin from East Texas and what tends to ensue is a wide ranging conversation that left to my own devices would go on for hours. You can catch more from Stephen Hussey HERE on his YouTube channel. He also hosts a very successful show with his brother Matthew Hussey dealing with relationship issues called “Get The Guy” which bosts over 2MM subscribers. Not bad. You can follow Stephen on Insta @stephenhhussey. Tell him Jason sent you. I hope you’ll checkout more at jasonwrightnow.com Please follow me on Insta @jasonwrightnow.com Also read my weekly articles HERE where I document ways I’m trying to improve always in ALL ways. Thanks for listening to The Jason Wright Showo!

The Jason Wright Show I hope you have had an amazing week. In this week’s episode of the BFE we go through what Navy SEAL Founder of SEAL FIT Mark Divine calls 3P’s and One Thing. If you can get these figured out you will move exponentially toward achieving your goals and finding your life’s purpose. Mark Divine

Brian Thompson on The Jason Wright Show Brian Thompson was first one of the most celebrated high school football players in the state of Texas and nation. He was faster than everyone else. He was stronger than everyone else. He would do whatever it took to earn a Division I football scholarship. He did. He signed with Texas A&M. However, due to a career ending injury Brian was sidelined. He then devoted his life to the business of health and wellness. First becoming a hospital administrator and then using his vast knowledge of sports science having studied under the likes of legendary trainer Charles Poliquin to create healthier, faster, stronger athletes. He now is the Administrative Director for Sports Medicine Human Performance and Sleep at the Christus Human Performance Center. Basically, Brian gets paid to lead in all the areas I totally geek out on. This conversation was wide ranging full of tips, sound advice and expertise from a true industry leader. We also discuss the Christus Speed Clinic Coming up. If you want to register, just click the link below. The clinic will be led by legendary speed coach Tom Shaw. Speed Clinic

Jason and Giovanni on The Jason Wright Show “Iron Sharpens Iron” I was in Houston on business. On one morning of the trip I was visiting with my buddy Giovanni Catanzaro. The conversation veered into self improvement, relationships and always getting better. Giovanni is young enough to be my son. Given his wisdom at such a young age I’d be proud. Sidebar, his Dad is a bit of a badass himself. Giovanni’s father’s business slid during the financial crisis of 2008. At 40 years old Giovanni’s Dad had a big decision to make. How would this middle aged father and husband living in Long Island New York feed his family with his business falling to the wayside? He decided to join the Army. That’s right. At 40 years old Giovanni’s Dad went off to basic training. Fast forward 5 years. It was time for another move. What did he do? He became a Cop at 45. With a role model like that who lives by the credo “You do what you gotta do,” it’s no wonder Giovanni is as wise as he is. This was such a fun conversation. For those of us who often use the millennials as a punching bag, here’s a conversation to give you hope. Giovanni is a full blown millennial, but he is proof they aren’t all bad. Enjoy!

Goal setting is one thing. Setting the right goals and achieving them is another. In this episode I discuss how to set goals that will stick and keep you motivated during those times you want to give up on them.