SSGT Nichols: How To Deal With Setbacks In Life And Health
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- #ssgtnichols #marinecorps #motivation
Watch this motivating video about how to deal with the inevitable setbacks you'll experience in life. How do you deal with health issues that derail your momentum?
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Financial responsibility
@@GeorgeJansen Thank you George. Great topic!
Weight loss/ diet/ faster run times.
@@thecookandthecookie3593 Thank you. Great suggestion!
Overcoming doubt
I was dropped from boot camp and sent home for medical issues and honestly, I was in the gutter when I came back 2 months later. Knowing my platoon was still training while I was home made me mad and wonder why did it happen to me but eventually I started seeing an allergist to get me right physically and get me back on the path to re-enlist.
So far I know which allergies I have and I’ve bought some programs to help me get into better shape than the last time I left in and I’m excited for next year. Thanks for the video sir
God has infinite ways to test his children. Never the less, it's only a test, hold on.
This is great advice George. Thank you!
Where were you when I made the biggest mistake at 19 years old. I quit something that I regret everyday. But because of that mistake I have been able to stay on track and never quit anything else.
OOH RAH Oscar! Sometimes life throws these obstacles as a learning experience. Push forward now and use the past as a motivation!
SSGT NICHOLS everyday that experience stays in my head. The word Quitter stays lingering in my subconscious and even times waking up in the middle of the night. I’m 52 and still can’t get it out. My life has been great. But I still keep this regret. Thank you for answering.
I'm glad you made these videos. I had to go on disability. I watch Marine boot camp videos to keep me going make the changes I need. These are a big help too. Thank you for these and thank you for your service.
You are an unbelievable motivation. Several years ago I had everything going for me. 23 years old, amazing job... I had a awful health issue pop up out of no where. I had to resign from my job due to it and my world was turned upside down. These 4 things, didn’t realize at the time, powered me through. I wish I had your videos then to give me that extra. You’re an inspiration. Keep it coming Staff Sergeant!!
Thank you and OOH RAH! I appreciate you sharing your story and I'm happy to read that you powered through the tough times. Keep pushing forward!
Between sdi Nichols n my drill instructor I'm alive old story I met sdi Nichols on Myspace but I was already doing boot camp at home with a real dii overseeing me making sure I did my dailys however sdi Nichols kept me going through it when I wanted to quit ,n I passed .if it wasn't for sdi Nichols idk if I would have completed it
This is exactly what I needed to hear today, and will put it to practice starting right now.
OOH RAH Brandon!
This man is awesome. This needs more people like him. God bless. Thank you for your service.
2007 my bestfriend died. I decided to join the Marines. But after obtaining my GED and 15 college credits i was flagged at MEPS because a corporal sent my entire police record up and i was flagged. Never quit and never give up was embedded in my brain. So i began a journey traveling to several different recruiting stations and speaking with all kinds of recruiters. I was 250 pounds and dropped down to 185. In the end i was pass the age limit and all that hardwork i felt was pointless. 2015 i got a call from the ARMY the same day i quit my job. Spoke to a recruiter and my weight was 265.. i couldn't even believe it. But these soldiers didn't know my story and i said ill be back. Only 1 man believed in me a E6 Infantryman. I made weight at 186 pounds and my moral wavier was sent up to USAREC For approval after interviewing with both company and battalion commanders. October 2016 my wavier was disapproved. I literally hung up the phone with my recruiter and started crying. I felt ashamed of my past and always felt people can change but the Military could careless of your hard work, weight loss, or Integrity. From 2007 to 2016 this journey came to an end. 2017 our commander and Chief decided to expand our Military numbers. I got a phone call in January if i was ready for round 2. I replied fuck yeah why not.. things change everyday in the ARMY so i decided to try again. I was back to being overweight so i started running. Well, March 2017 i dehydrated and starved myself back to 184.6 pounds. I never felt more crappier in my life. And guess what my wavier was approved. I joined at 31 as an Infantryman and shipped out 1 week later. My Military career lasted 5 weeks and i was medically Discharged. 106.7 fever and excessive amounts of protein in my urine. According to the Army i joined with issue prior to my entry to service. I was not fit for duty and was told to see a doctor and i can come right back in. Depression oh depression... well God tested me again and I went to A Nephrologist and sure enough my kidneys were destroyed. Cutting weight and not being healthy destroyed my body and immune system. After low sodium diet and weeks or clean eating and water only.. and the grace of God i was released from the nephrologist care with no protein in my urine. That is 1000% Gods doing because i was tested for about 50 different things from cancers to blood diseases and walked away good to go. I took that paperwork and drove to the recruiting office and said here you go! Im ready to enlist again. He said you have to drop weight again so i started to TRY to run and couldn't... 1 Xray and MRI later i needed ankle surgery. Why am i not ment to be in the Military lord. November 2nd 2018 i had surgery. In a wheelchair for 4 months until i started therapy. I started Training April 22nd 2018 but my ankle is healing slowly. I started college March 2018 to get my Bachelor's degree in Business Management. Concentration in Information technology. I have until July 2020 to join the army again before im 35. I have jogged, hill sprints, and regular sprints and ankle still hurts. Im 230 pounds need to be 186. I hit the gym for this first time in forever Friday. Bench, curls, triceps, legs, and walked up hill for an hour. I barley can move today as im writing this SSGT. But i haven't Quit on my goal to be a service member. This story is my story and i can easily walk away from this Obstacle that has been relevant for so long. But in my heart if i quit now... when i turn 35 ill fucking regret it. I was running and calling cadence at a PT function for future Soldiers and it was cold and raining. There was only one cadence that came to mind. HEY HEY DIDDLY BOP BOP, I WISH I WAS BACK ON THE BLOCK BLOCK, WITH A 40 IN MY HAND, IM GONNA BE A DRINKING MAN!! Well, you know the rest. My story will continue as my mind will give up everything i have right now to join again. So until i make weight and this ankle stops being a bitch i will keep limping forward. Because GOD is number one in my life and everything happens for a reason. My faith is in him to grant me 1 more opportunity to serve. Love the content brother you inspired me when i was a young man wanting to be a Marine and you inspire me now. Blessing to you and your family and god willing you can reply to this with advice, knowledge, and best approach you would take. Semper Fi / Hail oh Hail the Infantry.
#RespectFromChicago
What a motivating story of NEVER QUIT AND NEVER GIVE UP! To answer your question about advice / knowledge / best approach. If you have to lose 44 pounds by July, that gives you about 8 months to prepare. Find a workout program that you can CONSISTENTLY perform every day for six days per week. No workouts that are so intense that you can only do it for a few days and then not do them anymore. Something along the lines of 20 pullups per day (no matter if you can only do one pullup at a time), 100 pushups per day (even if you can only do one pushup at a time), and 100 situps per day, and a three mile run per day (even if you have to walk / run over the three miles). Lifting weights like you're doing is good, as long as you don't get injured. Consistency without injury is the secret for the workout. Something that I didn't see mentioned in your story above is your diet plan. You MUST eat clean at all times. That means vegetables, fruits, lean fish / chicken are good, junk food, simple calories, sodas, are bad. Drink only water and no fruit juices or sodas. It's not just about how many calories you consume, but it's also about your body being able to burn clean fuel. Would you put bad gasoline in a Ferrari? Treat your body like a Ferrari. Follow these two suggestions (1) clean consistent diet, (2) consistent workout plan, and you have the best chance of meeting the weight goal for the Army before July. Importantly, these will set you up for long term health success, which is something you'll need for a long and memorable Army career. OOH RAH!
@@SSGTNICHOLS Kill
Despite my current struggles, I still manage to live, love, & learn. I wanted to join the Marine Corps, but I didn’t get to because of kidney disease. Nevertheless, there will always come adventures for me. God bless you, SSGT NICHOLS. Semper Fi. OOH RAH!
P.S. I would have loved to experience your drill instructor motivations, even in your ole campaign cover; gets me to WAKE UP!!
OOH RAH David! And keep pushing forward, even in the face of your struggles.
@@SSGTNICHOLS
AYE, AYE, SIR!!
He s awesome at that
Great video and great message about how to deal with setbacks and rise above them all SSGT Nicolas we all need that message
Thank you Dion. OOH RAH!
Thank you for your great channel, your commitment to helping others & for this great content SSGT!
OOH RAH! Thank you Russell!
Hello Sir. Your videos have helped me in DEP, into boot camp, and til now. Thank you for your motivation, strength, encouragement. Semper Fi
Aye Aye SSgt!! I needed this and it’s nothing wrong with this being reiterated for real! I wish any of my old DIs would just walk in and straighten me out and revitalize my motivation when I need it most.
OOH RAH! Keep pushing forward even during the tough times!
I can count on sdi Nichols for that myself.all I gotta do is show up here every day and learn something new and get the motivation to it's worth it and we'll his yelling does also get me motivated
Thank you for this. Truly inspirational.
Semper fi, I agree
I'm on dialysis but still i go on doing things. I have faith, good friends and a good church.
Please Sir, post videos more regularly. They are really helpful to me. My early twenties were very difficult and even if I'm starting to see the light now at 29, I still feel down when I think about my past. Please make a video on how to forget the past. Thank you:)
Keep pushing forward. There are tough days but there are good days. Forgetting the past works best when you're striving for the best future!
@@SSGTNICHOLS Thank you for replying. Awaiting your next vid with much anticipation.
I’ve watched a bunch of your videos, but never knew you were a believer in Christ. Love that!
Thank you for your words. I am struggling with rebounding from a very severe layoff (doing what I love, but smaller and smaller prospects while you advance in the field). Also coping with a very difficult, contentious ex-wife with regards to custody. I am trying not to be at a loss and not give up, but there seems so little hope for me.
I am making a commitment to show up every day to start and to do something even if it's a walk and modified push ups . recalling that I know I can
S/Sgt Nicohols. - I think vid was great and hope hope it helps many. Hope it inspires me. Had bypass surgery 6 mos ago (I'm 73). And I have been a weight lifter last 25 years.Never thought this way before but seems like death imminent. (But maybe 10 yrs Who knows.). Easy way to forget that feeling is drunk is palliative. .
PI Plt 351 /64 and medically retired E-5....
Even in the face of these difficulties, focus on the good things in life Bill. You've served our country and now it's important to serve yourself and keep the faith!
Thank you for sharing with us your personal life. People need to hear that gives them motivation and inspiration. I'm not in the marines but I am in the army. I've watched alot if your videos and try to take from that to implement wherever I been in the army. Much Respect to you and fellow Marines God Bless!
Defintantly needed to hear this. 4 years now things have been one thing after another. Def been down and out and seemed to have quit. But hearing this def brings back some motivation to improve and get back to myself. Thanks for the encouraging video and Semper Fi!
G'day Staff! Keep up the moto videos, much appreciated from Australia! Semper Fi mate.
You're a good man. One day at a time Amigo.
Ooh Rah, awesome video SSgt. One that many can be inspired just by listening to it....Semper Fi
SSGT Nichols, I had a really good group of DI's when I went through basic training in 1989, but you are top notch. This is a great video.. Keep up the good work
Thank you SSgt.
OOH RAH!
Aye aye sir !wow how did you know? Sdi Nichols,I developed a fast heart rate issue the medications don't work so I'm ready to turn back to what I know does my training!
My father is a Marine. Unfortunately after his service he got into trouble but he never gave up on life and became an early retiree and has been living a great life for the past ten years. I on the other hand have never served. But my job goal has been obtained and I’m looking into enlisting in the Army Reserves to secure a second retirement that will compliment my careers retirement.
Thank you so much for sharing SSGT Nichols, I know that in terms of the USMC I failed but I still learned something from it and am proud to have been there with some cool ladies and gentlemen. Now I’m currently in limbo between knee/leg surgeries and have recently started getting back into some of my old workout routines. Doing what I can, but I went 3 or 4 years slowly deteriorating and it doesn’t get any easier. It is sooo hard, but the feeling you get from kicking ass is worth it. Y’all are still my role models, and thank you for your service. NEVER QUIT!!!
SSGT NICHOLS! Thank you for the advice sir
Thank you, you have been a motivator and leader in my life, thank you Sir.
You need to put your motivational guidance in a book, Brother.
Semper Fi!
Semper Fi!
OOH RAH! Semper Fi!
You are helping me right now sir
Even if showing up means hear for one of your videos everyday u helped me develop my USMC mentality n honestly sir there's nothing worse when it comes to that than feeling stuck between civilian n this mentality u can't go back once u have this USMC mentality n don't want to either sir.
Thank you sir. you motivate me to stop complaining suck it up shut my mouth and be gratefull that im alive and breathing
I started a physical demanding and dangerous job when I was 22 there’s so many days I wanted to quit through crazy weather, snow and wind storms being so tired I’m 48 now I’m glad I never quit it made me a good man , father and husband, don’t ever quit or you’ll have to live with something worse then pain or being tired.
My favorite video. Greetings from Colombia! ;)
Hoorah Nichols! God, Country, Marine Corps. Outstanding video!
Thank you. I appreciate it.
SEMPER FI!!!!
Oorah SSgt! I'm so grateful I found your channel. I got out of our corps back in 2012. Changing over to the civilian life was harder than I thought. Depression from being nothing took its toll. I was going through the police academy at the time and my wife divorced me from the uncertainty of financial security. I thank our Lord Jesus Christ and drill instructors like you that instilled the tenacity to not give up. I had every opportunity to quit but I didn't. I served 8 years in the Marines and 8 years I've been in law enforcement so far. I thank God everyday for my experience and accomplishments and I want to thank you for continuing to train me through videos like this. GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!! Sgt Freddy Allen USMC 2004-2012
Great message, Ssgt. Thanks
Thank you Jesus ✝️🌟 amen 🙏 amen 🙏 Thank you Ssgt Nichols JESUCRISTO ✝️ TE BENDIGA 🇺🇸🌟👍🏻
At 37, I found these 4 myself through experience. You accomplished what I had only wished I had attempted in my 20's. Hearing your advice be what I modestly state I found as well is very inspirational. Nothing without faith though! If those who give up recognized what Christ did, they'd never have sympathy for themselves.
Aye,aye,sir!
Sir u have helped me so much thank u for this video
Isaiah 59:19 says When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight. The standard is Jesus. It is the cross that is our standard. I also believe that part of that standard is believers who help and lift one another, whether it be through motivation, instruction, and guidance during the times of famine that the enemy tries to destroy us. Hard times make harder people. Thank you SSGT Nichols for your service to our country. Thank you for continuing to serve others today, through videos like this. It has been a blessing to me and been motivation when I have had some rough times. Iron sharpening iron. Thank you once again.
Здоровья Вам и всех земных благ. ❤😊
Thx for that 4 pillars will use it every day iv dealt with a lott in life been thair in the dark places one day might never get thair but will die tryn!
Semper fi
Semper Fi Willie!
Correction Oorah! I put a silent H in there.
Semper Fi!
Semper Fidelis Ssgt Nichols. It would be an honor just to shake your hand for all the Marines you put through the grinder so they too could aspire to be better. I cannot wait to earn the title so I can have a home I belong to.
"NEVER QUIT, AND NEVER GIVE UP!!!!"
I suffered a bad injury awhile ago. I'm better now but I'm having a hard time getting back in shape. With this virus going around, I'm having trouble.
Still has the look in his eyes. Marines do have an endless fire that burns deep down. But if you were to pass him on a day to day deal, you might not suspect that at one point he was in the top 10% of the Marine Corps. DI's are held to a very high standard. Didn't realize until much later down the road just how hard they have to work. That's what I always tell new aspiring recruits, when you think you're tired and your DI is just there to make you miserable, remember he's even more tired than you. These men and women get very little sleep dunning their cycles.
Only real stations in 29 Stumps. Ooh Rah!
Thank you so much this really it home. This taught me that I am not alone in my struggling I will always remember that you told us
FAITH
FITTNESS
FAMILY
FRIENDS
if you can do it so can I I have a disability but I don't let it define me I have a deep FAITH I plan to do my part with FITTNESS like swimming and TREDMILL
FAMILY I gave a great supportive family and I know I can go far
FRIENDS not many I can call my true friends but that doesn't matter in the end I will cross the finish line
SARGT Nichols
I am not speaking for myself I was just wondering if men and women with diabetes disabilities can ever join the Military I have heard other DI say We can't lower the standard of the program and I get that.I just wonder if the Military can step up and find a way for the standard to meet us were we might be in order to succeed.
Thanks for your time
God Bless
Eric Barton
Seaside Oregon
Son of Retired Navy 58 to 78 💜
Great vid ssgt N
OOH RAH! Thank you!
I wonder how you would have done as a USA Marine recruiter?
I went to a yoga session this past saturday. Yeah ppl laugh at yoga, its like calisthenics. You are lifting you, and gravity takes hold. SWEATED, but i'm doing small bits now.
Rah SSGT, this is off topic, but when you were a DI, were you nervous during your first cycle, and if so, how did you overcome it?
Great question Alex. There's always nervousness whenever doing something for the first time. Overcome nervousness by constantly working to improve in the areas that make you nervous. When you get good at something, the nerves go away.
This country
Your making me feel guilty sdi Nichols but I should.i needed the punishment to get me over my fear sience development of more health problems
What Church do y'all attend?
SSGT, have you thought about going on London Real?
Routines sir
Sir I am asking for help I live in a very small town no friends I use mocospace as my social network but I have no one to encourage me n support me with this except u but I absorb everything you say.i must u helped me when we were on Myspace n I've lost contact with my d.i sir.i need your help,even when you are yelling it helps , whatever it takes I will do.
Every time u yell I jump and I do what I need
Hallo Gorgeous ❤️
Still a DI?
OOH RAH! No longer a DI. I returned to civilian life after my DI tour and serving in Iraq.
Any Marines here willing to help please do
so your MOTATION CHANNE Failed!!!!>>>>.... But , here
What church dose he go to...hummm this guy...probobly The only church there is. Wich is :the church of The sum total of human beings alive on earth today... that have asked Jesus Christ into there hearts. And then your in the rite church. And Jesus is allways your sergeant .and (yea.. i believe Jesus i believe was the first Marine drill sergeant 🎉
What happened dude? Why are you all sucked up? You inspired me for years. Too many roids for you man.
Semper Fi!
Semper Fi Jarrod!
I admit sdi Nichols I need your help once more