#130 - How (and why) you should never give up with Jordan Stevenson

Imagine taking a bullet to the head, and living to tell the tale.When I first met, Jordan Stevenson, it was through a mutual friend (actually it was Glenn Lovelace, another guest from the show). Jordan had just had an accident while snowboarding and Glenn called us in to see if we could help out around the house. When I shook Jordans hand, my jaw hit the floor. Remember, Jordan had already taken a bullet to the head. Now he was nursing a cracked rib from a snowboarding crash. When I looked down, I saw that Jordan also was missing one of his legs. While on deployment, Jordan took an AK-47 round through his helmet, through his head, and out the back.I knew the moment I met Jordan that you needed to meet him too. He possesses an unconquerable spirit walking around in a body that had every reason to quit a long time ago.In this conversation, Jordan walks us through all of it. The sandlot-style childhood where he and the neighborhood boys played a game they just called War. The patriotism that pulled him into the Navy after 9/11. Three runs at SEAL training and three brutal interruptions — pneumonia, a ruptured appendix, a knee that finally said no. The pivot into EOD. The night on the wall in Afghanistan, and the round that should have ended him. And the medic, who was told to pack the wound and call Jordan a loss — and refused. "I'm not going to lose Jordan. I'm going to save Jordan's life."That is the through-line of this whole episode. Brotherhood. The kind that's forged in dirt and fire; the kind that doesn't dissolve when the uniforms come off; the kind we all need and most of us don't know how to build.Jordan didn't want to talk about any of this for a long time. The book was scary to write. Being seen was scarier. Eventually, he started speaking. He started writing. He started looking for every brother he could find — every man and every woman quietly deciding they're done — so they could see what often, we never get to see: that the barrier in front of you is the final step before the greatest thing you've ever done.If someone's name just came to your heart while you were reading this, send this episode to them. They might be praying for exactly the kind of brotherhood Jordan is about to describe.And if YOU don't have a band of brothers of your own — Jordan said it on the mic, and I'll say it again right here — message him. He will be it.Through this episode you will not only come to know Jordan Stevenson. You will come to know what it means to be unstoppable.📘 Connect with Jordan Stevenson ➡️ Website: https://headshotjordan.com/ ➡️ Buy His Book: https://amzn.to/4dRPG8j ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headshotjordan/0:00 Welcome — meeting the man who survived the unsurvivable13:38 Signing a SEAL contract straight out of high school28:21 Three runs at BUD/S — pneumonia, then a ruptured appendix34:59 The pivot — EOD, the Navy's best-kept secret41:55 Deploying to Afghanistan with the 75th Ranger Battalion49:13 On the wall — an AK-47 opens fire53:05 Robert Moreno, the medic who refused to lose him1:03:20 22 a day — the phone call about Steve Cooper1:04:14 Starting to speak. Starting to write the book.1:14:14 Find your Cooper. Or be one.Let me know what part stuck out to you in the comments below:Want the Podcast Database I talked about? Get it here: https://mariannehickman.com/database🔔 Subscribe now and start building the life you've always dreamed of with me as your support. YOU'VE GOT THIS.📘 Connect with Marianne ➡️ 801-509-5495 ➡️ https://mariannehickman.com ➡️ https://instagram.com/marianne__hickman ➡️ https://tiktok.com/@marianne__hickman ➡️ https://facebook.com/MarianneEHickman ➡️ https://www.skool.com/mastery-hive-7407/about ➡️ https://www.threads.net/@marianne__hickmanFind out more at www.mariannehickman.com Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://hive.mariannehickman.com/newsletter#TheMarianneHickmanShow