EPISODE 32
BATTLEFIELDS TO BOARDROOMS: DECODING THE SPECIAL FORCES MINDSET
THRUDARK CO-FOUNDER & EX-SPECIAL FORCES, ANTHONY ‘STAZ’ STAZICKER
ThruDark Co-Founder, Special Forces Operator, esteemed Author - Anthony Stazicker’s business and military lives paint the portrait of a man whose values are second to none.
His resolve is unflappable, even in the face of fatal consequences, and it’s authentic, kind leadership that bleeds through everything he does.
Staz joins us on Off Script this week to document his fascinating journey, and the mindset that saw him through it all.
This episode covers
Secrecy in the military
Leadership in high-pressure situations
Overcoming fears & taking leaps of faith
Disrupting markets in business
Mental strategies for challenging situations
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
“Some people become a victim and some people use it as fuel. Certainly for me all these knock backs and hardships just built a layer upon layer of armour for me personally.“
56:53 - Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker
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“You’ve either completed a mission or you’re dead right?. I think that applies to business as well.” 53:52 - Ty Temel
“It's difficult because we gain all of this experience within Special Forces then when we leave, we’re in this big new wide world, and can't tell people what we did and where our skills lie. Most people in jobs would love to snap up an ex-Special Forces guy because of the experience that they have across team and leadership and all these values that they can bring to a company” - 12:14 - Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker
“Books were a huge inspiration for me and reason for joining the military and special forces. There’s so much I can learn from other people and I think that it’s a shame that a lot of stories go to the grave.” - 18:17 - Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker
“The next thing I know we were visiting factories, looking at fabrics and talking to people that could potentially put our ideas from paper into fruition, into a finished sampled product and then into production.” 29:57 - Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker
“It's my job as one of the Co-founders and the CMO is to go “Stop. What's the mission? What are we doing? What is the intent? What do we need to do to that? What do we have to enable that? From systems, processes and stock? Give me three courses of action” 34:18 - Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker