I’m 67 and I’ve made many mistakes in my life. Looking back, God got me through it. I’m a professional dummy but I’m smarter now than I was at discharge. I answer to God and He knows me better than I know myself. Excuses are lies we tell ourselves to avoid responsibility.
Finding the Lord cured a lot of my excuses for the things I did wrong. Man, on that day, I had to own up to a lot. It was painful. I had to ask for a lot of forgiveness. But all of that is off my shoulders and my conscience now. That makes it all worth it.
They are fostering us to fear accepting responsibility. That fear is what they use to subjugate us. We all make mistakes! Accept them, learn from them and move on.
There are some things I do right no matter what but there’s a list of crap I keep doing to myself and others every day. It’s like I wake up and put on the blinders myself. Thanks for this reminder.
The only way to improve yourself and your life is to focus on YOUR part of the problem - on what you did . No matter how much of a victim you are in real life this will take you out of victimhood.
Thanks for all your work , service and videos Chad. I'm 52 been through a lot n am really happy I found you on here. You've lifted me back up brother n I'm thankful. I left comments in several videos for you to see. Hope you find em
There's too many dishonorable people for integrity to really matter. Most people in leadership positions got there through a combination of nepotism and other weasel tactics for the most part. Honest leaders are a minority, but they do exist.
I agree with you brother everything you said you make a mistake you own it never make the same mistake twice I'm a 20-year veteran of the Marines I seen a lot of boys come in to the Marines and if you made it through boot camp you become a man lot of them didn't make it but I told them do not quit come back and try again
My Navy brother, I served on the USS Enterprise V1 Division. I was a blue shirt. Its almost like you are telling my story. I was in operation earnest will and operation praying mantis. When I look back on that time in my life I realize that you are 100% correct when you said we were boys trying to do a man's job. As of today, I am living the dream in SW Florida. But now is the time in my own personal growth to begin to give back and pay it forward to bring the cycle of healing and personal growth to other struggling veterans. Because of your influence which has given me a much-needed kick in the ass, I am finally getting myself squared away and my family and I are starting a non-profit group to support our veterans, and to catch newly separated vets before they begin to have struggles so that we might spare them the suffering that "Light Affliction" that we all know so well. Thank you so very much bro.
Taking accountability is becoming more and more rare nowadays. Thanks for bringing this up Chadd. Love your truck talks. Dont agree every time on everything, but 90% I do and that's more than enough to keep me coming back. I'm 46 and kinda old school. It's ok to occasionally agree to disagree. Younger generation doesn't seem to understand that as much. They either want to cancel you or fight ya. Also, love it when Chad refers to people as fat turds 😂..
My father, who served in the Navy as well, taught me all of that by example. He never told me to do any of those things, but i watched him, and learned. I owe everything i have today to owning up to my mistakes. Its allowed me to do better next time. You cant correct your mistakes if you cant admit you made them in the first place.
Alot of good content here. I'm 1.5 yrs clean from 30 yrs of heroin addiction man. Everything is going so good,I'm blessed. I need to get myself back on track physically, I've got a dad bod, and I've never had that before. It's my next commitment to myself. Thanks for your service to this here U S of A.
I am admitting right here that I do not do what I need to in order to take care of myself and I make excuses for why I don’t. I am the heaviest I’ve ever been. A year ago, I fell and broke my wrist AND my ankle. I broke my ankle on the same leg that I shattered in a fall 24 years ago and I have 18 screws and 2 plates holding it together from right above my knee to halfway down my calf. So now I also have screws in that ankle. I know it would be easier to get around if I lost weight but I don’t stick to a diet. I don’t know what I need to do other than stop eating and quit being a slug! I’ve gotta get my mind right - I know I can do it and I would feel much better. Thank you Chadd for all you do to motivate people - I am so glad I found your channel - it was meant to be. ♥️🙏🏻
OWN IT. Yes sir. Absolutely. Thanks for the reminder Chadd. I've done this for a long time BUT let it SLIP on one occasion where I allowed my emotions to feed into me playing the 'blame game', wallowing in 'victimhood'. And I can see how that's been absolutely detrimental to my ability to move forward it this specific arena of my life. Time to grow up, own it, forgive myself and all involved, and move FORWARD.
That's fantastic advice and generally agree 110%, in a regular world . However, today's leadership isn't what it used to be and you could have a target on your back just because of a personality conflict and or they just don't like you so they whip something up. If there's a order from up the chain your immediate supervisor is just gonna follow orders if they agree with it or not. Love your message for sure but there are occasions ,in my opinion,when you do have to stand up for yourself or they will use your agreement for ammunition, yearly evaluations etc.They are not always right and ultimately it depends on if your on solid ground or not also.
Dude I needed this today. Took a different job hoping to learn something new but it was a total mistake & I am incompatible with the manager and team. Trying to go back to my old job where I was happier.
I made a big mistake in my military career in 1990. It cost me my dream of becoming a Green Beret. After being selected 1 of the 75 who made it through selection and going thru 18c training and getting ready to go thru Robin Sage , i allowed my emotions and my immaturity to be exposed and made a decision that got me taken out of training. I received orders to the 82nd while waiting for a decision to return to training. We were deployed to Desert Storm in August. I received orders to go back and finish phase 3. We were on the verge of going into Iraq and i turned those orders down to return back to the states. One of the things that hunts me was having to strip off the Special Forces tab from my uniform 2 weeks from Graduation. No ones fault but my own. I have to live with that.
There is no such thing as a ‘good excuse’, always take responsibility for your decisions and learn from your mistakes. We all make mistakes, learn from them and move on!
Advice every man needs to realize. Sounds like the words a wise father would instill in their sons. Look around, and anyone can plainly see society doesn't follow these principles. Well stated.
I wish I had joined the military… I’ve worked for Coca Cola in Chattanooga Tennessee for 30 years as a industrial maintenance mechanic… but it gets old… I wish I had done something different… thanks for your videos buddy…
While I agree 💯 no excuses! It wasn’t your doing that lead to you being able to go forward. Even if you didn’t make an excuse those mistakes still could have resulted in your demise, it was the person you answered to in these situations showed you Grace! Exactly like Jesus our Lord and Savior does for us on the daily! God bless keep it coming!
I made some damn big mistakes when I was younger. Almost cost me my career, but I learned from t hem and ended up retiring. The most important thing is learning from them and not to keep repeating them.
Chad your Gospel is golden and strengthening! Keep these videos coming, truly good for the soul. Hopefully the younger generation is watching you because they need a wakeup call. God bless frogman!
Hey, great talk Chad! I learned some of this being in recovery. I was told to always ask, 'what was my role', and this opened my eyes up tremendously. Keep it up my friend. Cheers!
I never lied at work because I know I would get caught lying and it is wrong to lie. I manned up. People respect you for it. People are not working if they don't make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes at work. Noone is immune.
You mentioned changing your ways and that needs to be really stressed. A lot of us are willing to say we made a mistake but if don't change, then it becomes a habit... Not a mistake.
I lived the life of making excuses for being a turd. I spent 27 years in the military...not all active. It took me a long time to grow up and get my mind right. I was lucky to have good people around me. One day I decided to get serious about being a man and a leader. Short story long...I started out as an E-1 and made it to O-4. That wouldn't have been possible making excuses.
turd ! I tell my 20 year old daughter "not to be a turd" she completely understands the concept and tells me that both of her older brothers 32 and 36 are "huge turds" off topic when she does a u-turn she says "I gotta flip a bitch" some children get it and well some don't ✌️
Wait till you hit 60, I still work out, take my medicine and do what God tells me to do. Don't give a s**t about anything now except my friends and family. Still work in progress coming from a disabled American Veteran. USN/USMC
good chat. I think you will look back and regret not having fingernails. as a plumber, we do not bite them....I do...since I stopped sewer work, but I leave enough to pick at stickers and boogers. so...there is a skill.
It's much better if you dont have anyone to answer to. FYI, Nobody on this planet is obligated to answer to anyone EVER. Just live your own life and let everybody else live theirs. If somebody feels like you owe them an explaination and you've done nothing to them, give them the bird and move on.
Many, many years ago, 10th grade, I got pi$$ed and threw a punch to a classmate. I got suspended and sent home. I walked home, opened the door and mother was there FUMING with a stick in her hand. I said: "Mom, I know I screwed up bad. Sorry" Not only she didn't beat me, but she also fed me lunch. Lesson learned.🤣
I own up to every mistake I make. "I MAKE" being the operative words in this comment. Sometimes it's helped me, sometimes it hasn't. I'll gladly do it each and every time. But there's been many times I've got jumped for shit that was somebody else's fault and I'll be damned if I'm taking the fall for it because in my 57 years of living there hasn't been one time anyone's ate a shit sandwich on my behalf, ESPECIALLY in the military. Not once. There is a razor thin line between owning up to your mistakes and letting yourself be the company punching bag for all that goes wrong. There's two kinds of excuses. The first one is just that, an excuse. The second is a "case" or an "argument". If I have a case you can bet you will hear about it. Because in my life other than family I can count on half of one hand the amount of people I would be willing to fall on a grenade for.
Love the real truck talk. It needs to be said but I would love to see some scripture in there at the end. The world's problems have been circling us since the beginning and the only thing older then these problems is the WORD and more over the WRITER. Give some hope and promise to these people your talking at. Much love and keep um comin..
I’m 67 and I’ve made many mistakes in my life. Looking back, God got me through it. I’m a professional dummy but I’m smarter now than I was at discharge. I answer to God and He knows me better than I know myself. Excuses are lies we tell ourselves to avoid responsibility.
I had my good Buddy hold the spark plug wire on my Grandfather's lawnmower and I pulled that sucker and my good Buddy hit the ceiling! Yes I did it
Well said!
The bottom line is getting up and making it happen, accountability. We all fall but what makes the difference is if you get back up.
Finding the Lord cured a lot of my excuses for the things I did wrong. Man, on that day, I had to own up to a lot. It was painful. I had to ask for a lot of forgiveness. But all of that is off my shoulders and my conscience now. That makes it all worth it.
Always stand up and be accountable for your actions in life.
They are fostering us to fear accepting responsibility. That fear is what they use to subjugate us. We all make mistakes! Accept them, learn from them and move on.
I made through with Jesus Christ and His grace for me. I'm still making plenty of mistakes and I'm still leaning on Jesus.
There are some things I do right no matter what but there’s a list of crap I keep doing to myself and others every day. It’s like I wake up and put on the blinders myself. Thanks for this reminder.
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The only way to improve yourself and your life is to focus on YOUR part of the problem - on what you did . No matter how much of a victim you are in real life this will take you out of victimhood.
Amen, OWNERSHIP will set you free !! Not 'off the hook' ,but better route.for you and your soul too ! 🇺🇸
Thanks for all your work , service and videos Chad. I'm 52 been through a lot n am really happy I found you on here. You've lifted me back up brother n I'm thankful. I left comments in several videos for you to see. Hope you find em
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I can not change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know that’s me. 👍
There's too many dishonorable people for integrity to really matter.
Most people in leadership positions got there through a combination of nepotism and other weasel tactics for the most part.
Honest leaders are a minority, but they do exist.
Love you too, Chadd. God Bless.
I freakin love you man. You speak from the heart that’s hard to find today. I love my truck talk and don’t be a turd shirts.
Excuses are like assholes, everybody has one! Your right no matter what you did own it!!!
I agree with you brother everything you said you make a mistake you own it never make the same mistake twice I'm a 20-year veteran of the Marines I seen a lot of boys come in to the Marines and if you made it through boot camp you become a man lot of them didn't make it but I told them do not quit come back and try again
You do it... You own it. Stand up and learn from your mistakes!
Well said. Thank you for your service and truck talk Sir.
Yes Sir Chad! You’re right on the money 💰 as always.
My Navy brother, I served on the USS Enterprise V1 Division. I was a blue shirt. Its almost like you are telling my story. I was in operation earnest will and operation praying mantis. When I look back on that time in my life I realize that you are 100% correct when you said we were boys trying to do a man's job. As of today, I am living the dream in SW Florida. But now is the time in my own personal growth to begin to give back and pay it forward to bring the cycle of healing and personal growth to other struggling veterans.
Because of your influence which has given me a much-needed kick in the ass, I am finally getting myself squared away and my family and I are starting a non-profit group to support our veterans, and to catch newly separated vets before they begin to have struggles so that we might spare them the suffering that "Light Affliction" that we all know so well. Thank you so very much bro.
Taking accountability is becoming more and more rare nowadays. Thanks for bringing this up Chadd. Love your truck talks. Dont agree every time on everything, but 90% I do and that's more than enough to keep me coming back. I'm 46 and kinda old school. It's ok to occasionally agree to disagree. Younger generation doesn't seem to understand that as much. They either want to cancel you or fight ya. Also, love it when Chad refers to people as fat turds 😂..
I know I said it before but man I really love your truck talks
I am pretty damn close to perfect, and I can attest that this is good advice.
My father, who served in the Navy as well, taught me all of that by example. He never told me to do any of those things, but i watched him, and learned.
I owe everything i have today to owning up to my mistakes. Its allowed me to do better next time. You cant correct your mistakes if you cant admit you made them in the first place.
Hard lessons learned are certainly lessons not easily forgotten.
Honesty , and owning your shit makes life much better.
Great advice. I've been drilling this into my 13 year old son's head for many years. I made him sit and watch this with me.
Rock solid. Have a heart like David, be quick to repent of all our faults.
Alot of good content here.
I'm 1.5 yrs clean from 30 yrs of heroin addiction man. Everything is going so good,I'm blessed. I need to get myself back on track physically, I've got a dad bod, and I've never had that before. It's my next commitment to myself.
Thanks for your service to this here U S of A.
Best life advice ever. Thank you! Just got back from boxing gym wearing my truck talk tshirt
Timely video! I’m currently reading “Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win” by Jocko Wllink and Leif Babin
I am admitting right here that I do not do what I need to in order to take care of myself and I make excuses for why I don’t. I am the heaviest I’ve ever been. A year ago, I fell and broke my wrist AND my ankle. I broke my ankle on the same leg that I shattered in a fall 24 years ago and I have 18 screws and 2 plates holding it together from right above my knee to halfway down my calf. So now I also have screws in that ankle. I know it would be easier to get around if I lost weight but I don’t stick to a diet. I don’t know what I need to do other than stop eating and quit being a slug! I’ve gotta get my mind right - I know I can do it and I would feel much better. Thank you Chadd for all you do to motivate people - I am so glad I found your channel - it was meant to be. ♥️🙏🏻
Get up and get after it, bro! You CAN make it happen. Once you take that first step, you are on the way. 💪
Love truck talk Chadd,,we appreciate you too brother
The school of hard knocks is the best teacher. Own your problems and mistakes and you'll never repeat them; if you do, that's on you.
True talk! we need a truck talk on Israel conflict Chad
OWN IT. Yes sir. Absolutely.
Thanks for the reminder Chadd.
I've done this for a long time BUT let it SLIP on one occasion where I allowed my emotions to feed into me playing the 'blame game', wallowing in 'victimhood'. And I can see how that's been absolutely detrimental to my ability to move forward it this specific arena of my life. Time to grow up, own it, forgive myself and all involved, and move FORWARD.
Whenever you complain just remember half the people you tell don’t care and the other half think you deserve it.
That's fantastic advice and generally agree 110%, in a regular world . However, today's leadership isn't what it used to be and you could have a target on your back just because of a personality conflict and or they just don't like you so they whip something up. If there's a order from up the chain your immediate supervisor is just gonna follow orders if they agree with it or not. Love your message for sure but there are occasions ,in my opinion,when you do have to stand up for yourself or they will use your agreement for ammunition, yearly evaluations etc.They are not always right and ultimately it depends on if your on solid ground or not also.
Dude I needed this today. Took a different job hoping to learn something new but it was a total mistake & I am incompatible with the manager and team. Trying to go back to my old job where I was happier.
"Nobody believes your excuses except for you". Brother you're right and once you embrace that and change? True peace always follows
I made a big mistake in my military career in 1990. It cost me my dream of becoming a Green Beret. After being selected 1 of the 75 who made it through selection and going thru 18c training and getting ready to go thru Robin Sage , i allowed my emotions and my immaturity to be exposed and made a decision that got me taken out of training. I received orders to the 82nd while waiting for a decision to return to training. We were deployed to Desert Storm in August. I received orders to go back and finish phase 3. We were on the verge of going into Iraq and i turned those orders down to return back to the states. One of the things that hunts me was having to strip off the Special Forces tab from my uniform 2 weeks from Graduation.
No ones fault but my own. I have to live with that.
There is no such thing as a ‘good excuse’, always take responsibility for your decisions and learn from your mistakes. We all make mistakes, learn from them and move on!
HOOYA‼️ “Team Never Quit” ML&R to the Warriors who serve or served in the NavSpecWar community 🔱🇺🇸
Bought a hat and a t shirt. Thanks for the knowledge
Advice every man needs to realize. Sounds like the words a wise father would instill in their sons. Look around, and anyone can plainly see society doesn't follow these principles. Well stated.
I wish I had joined the military… I’ve worked for Coca Cola in Chattanooga Tennessee for 30 years as a industrial maintenance mechanic… but it gets old… I wish I had done something different… thanks for your videos buddy…
Thanks for the wake up call! You should take this show on the road!
Self accountability is even more important than family.
We love you kid.👍❤️☺️🌺🌟✨
I believe this is the best video of yours I’ve watched. Haven’t watched them all but this is a damn good one
I am sharing your message with my family and friends. You are a real blessing to me and all of us. Thank you for serving in our wonderful Navy.
100% correct, dead on the money, agreed!
Really like your messages, man. Great video.
Just found your Channel Recently through another Prepping channel.
Thank you for your Service Sir!
While I agree 💯 no excuses! It wasn’t your doing that lead to you being able to go forward. Even if you didn’t make an excuse those mistakes still could have resulted in your demise, it was the person you answered to in these situations showed you Grace! Exactly like Jesus our Lord and Savior does for us on the daily! God bless keep it coming!
My daddy used to say " Excuses are like A**holes everybody's got one and they all stink."
I washed mine today thank you it's smelling pretty good! 🤪
Radical self reliance and self ownership. I love it! Thanks Chadd.
I made some damn big mistakes when I was younger. Almost cost me my career, but I learned from t hem and ended up retiring. The most important thing is learning from them and not to keep repeating them.
Chad your Gospel is golden and strengthening! Keep these videos coming, truly good for the soul. Hopefully the younger generation is watching you because they need a wakeup call. God bless frogman!
An explanation… even a legitimate explanation… of why you failed at anything… is received as an excuse by the person receiving it. Always.
Yup the only thing we can change is ourselves…by taking responsibility for our part in it.
Hey, great talk Chad! I learned some of this being in recovery. I was told to always ask, 'what was my role', and this opened my eyes up tremendously. Keep it up my friend. Cheers!
I wanna buy a pair of those sunglasses. Thanks for your service and your speeches it makes my day. Enough said!
I never lied at work because I know I would get caught lying and it is wrong to lie.
I manned up.
People respect you for it.
People are not working if they don't make mistakes.
Everyone makes mistakes at work.
Noone is immune.
A complete list of things I haven't screwed up; #1- nothing!
I'm right there with you on that one bro because I agree, perfect is just another seven letter word!
Right on
1. Own your shit
2. Resolve your shit
3. Have a good day
You mentioned changing your ways and that needs to be really stressed. A lot of us are willing to say we made a mistake but if don't change, then it becomes a habit... Not a mistake.
Amen. Have a great and blessed day.
I lived the life of making excuses for being a turd. I spent 27 years in the military...not all active. It took me a long time to grow up and get my mind right. I was lucky to have good people around me. One day I decided to get serious about being a man and a leader. Short story long...I started out as an E-1 and made it to O-4. That wouldn't have been possible making excuses.
turd ! I tell my 20 year old daughter "not to be a turd" she completely understands the concept and tells me that both of her older brothers 32 and 36 are "huge turds" off topic when she does a u-turn she says "I gotta flip a bitch" some children get it and well some don't ✌️
Wait till you hit 60, I still work out, take my medicine and do what God tells me to do. Don't give a s**t about anything now except my friends and family. Still work in progress coming from a disabled American Veteran. USN/USMC
good chat. I think you will look back and regret not having fingernails. as a plumber, we do not bite them....I do...since I stopped sewer work, but I leave enough to pick at stickers and boogers. so...there is a skill.
It's much better if you dont have anyone to answer to. FYI, Nobody on this planet is obligated to answer to anyone EVER. Just live your own life and let everybody else live theirs. If somebody feels like you owe them an explaination and you've done nothing to them, give them the bird and move on.
Many, many years ago, 10th grade, I got pi$$ed and threw a punch to a classmate. I got suspended and sent home. I walked home, opened the door and mother was there FUMING with a stick in her hand.
I said: "Mom, I know I screwed up bad. Sorry"
Not only she didn't beat me, but she also fed me lunch. Lesson learned.🤣
Once again, thank you Chad, your a blessing
I really needed this today Chadd. Thanks.
Stay Amazing Sir!!!
Great channel, glad I came across it, time permitting,I’ll be catching up by binge watching,
Truth right there. Real men own their shit, and square it away so it doesn't hinder his movement forward.
I own up to every mistake I make. "I MAKE" being the operative words in this comment. Sometimes it's helped me, sometimes it hasn't. I'll gladly do it each and every time. But there's been many times I've got jumped for shit that was somebody else's fault and I'll be damned if I'm taking the fall for it because in my 57 years of living there hasn't been one time anyone's ate a shit sandwich on my behalf, ESPECIALLY in the military. Not once. There is a razor thin line between owning up to your mistakes and letting yourself be the company punching bag for all that goes wrong. There's two kinds of excuses. The first one is just that, an excuse. The second is a "case" or an "argument". If I have a case you can bet you will hear about it. Because in my life other than family I can count on half of one hand the amount of people I would be willing to fall on a grenade for.
Ownership and the truth are #1 in life, excellent truck talk once again! 🤜🏼🤛🏼
The man has yet to be born who has never made a mistake.
Your awesome man God bless you
Even as a young tyrant I would take my swats. I've s screwed stuff up big time. Now I'm on a never-ending race to catch up. Thank you
Lol, “ typing on a computer is not a skill” love you, man. Love the talks. Shit happens.
Why did you separate from the Navy after 12 years? Been there many times on mistakes! Love the truck talks! 👍👊
Measure twice cut once 🍻..
Mistakes don't define us, owning that mistake and making corrections without emotions, thats whats up... 🍻🍻🍻
Good one today Sir 🕶
One of your best video..!!! True words..
Well said. If only more people would own up, would be amazing!
another great Truck Talk... OWN IT... 'nuff said.
Chadd! Good Truck Talk....
Being honest to yourself and others is the only way to live.
Keep ‘em coming. I get a lot from these
Thankyou for wise and good life advice Chad.
The ONLY people who never make a mistake are those who do absolutely nothing!!!
That was a great message brother. Lets get that video out of chili 🌶️ packin them orders
Love the real truck talk. It needs to be said but I would love to see some scripture in there at the end. The world's problems have been circling us since the beginning and the only thing older then these problems is the WORD and more over the WRITER. Give some hope and promise to these people your talking at. Much love and keep um comin..