Coronavirus Special Panel: Teamwork Under Pressure

Published: March 30, 2020, 8:19 p.m.

b'Thanks for joining us for today\\u2019s panel on Teamwork Under Pressure. I have been fortunate to chat with over 150 remarkable people on my Intentional Performers Podcast. These people have overcome adversity, thought deeply about leadership, and have setup intentional lives for themselves to perform at their best.\\nThe coronavirus has created challenges for so many throughout the world and it is my hope that these panel discussions will help those in need. While everyone on the panel has tremendous expertise, I also want to note that what we are going through is truly unprecedented and there may be questions that the panelists don\\u2019t have the answer to. That\\u2019s ok.\\nThis isn\\u2019t designed to give you the answer to every question you have, instead, it\\u2019s designed to have you think deeply about how you can handle this challenging time.\\nBio\\u2019s Below.\\nMitch Aguiar\\nMitch Aguiar is a 10 year Navy SEAL Veteran, entrepreneur, speaker, painter and Professional Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.\\xa0 Mitch learned early on that a lot things in life are hard, but setting hard goals instills confidence, which is why he enlisted in the Navy and eventually graduated from BUDs Class 273 in 2008.\\xa0 He went to SEAL Team 10 deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 for 11 months, worked as a multi purpose Dog Handler for a year and then deployed to Europe for 6 months.\\nMitch has always had a passion for learning and teaching others.\\xa0 And after his tours he finished up his time in the teams teaching combatives and close quarters combat.\\nHe left the Navy in January of 2018 at the rank of E6/SO1 (Special Operator First Class) to pursue his dream of becoming a World Champion Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.\\xa0 He holds an amateur record of 15-1 and on January 27th, 2018 he made his Professional MMA debut winning by TKO. \\xa0\\nMitch encourages others to follow their passions in life and in March of 2017 he founded his company MASF (Mitch Aguiar Smashin\\u2019 Frog).\\xa0 He aims to awaken and instill a new mindset in people. Once you truly understand the philosophy \\u201cMindset is Everything\\u201d, your potential becomes limitless.\\nHe is on a mission to make the world a better place and to inspire others to do the same by sharing his story and living by example.\\xa0 He travels across the US speaking to businesses and students, athletes and veterans, to share his \\u201cMindset is Everything\\u201d philosophy.\\xa0\\nWebsite:\\xa0https://masfsupplements.com/\\nIG: @Mitch_Aguiar\\xa0\\nJeff Gum\\nJeff grew up in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania and attended University of Central Florida majoring in Business Management/ Entrepreneurship.\\xa0 In July 2007 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy to attend Basic Underwater Demolition/ SEAL (BUDS) training in Coronado, California.\\nAfter two years of SEAL training he graduated from Class 272 and checked into SEAL Team Five. After his first deployment to Fallujah, Iraq, he was selected for the Navy SEAL Breacher and Sniper Schools and worked with the Secret Service on a POTUS mission for a month in Hawaii.\\nHis second deployment took him to the United Arab Emirates with the Crisis Response Element, and upon returning home he began teaching Combatives and Prisoner Handling to SEAL trainees.\\xa0 As the Lead Petty Officer, Jeff helped develop the Combatives Instructor Course to train SEALs how to lead Combatives training for their platoons. He also traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark for two weeks to help the Danish Frogmen stand up their own Combatives program.\\nIn 2015, he began his transition out of the Navy by participating in The Honor Foundation\\u2019s 120 hours of Executive Education at UCSD Rady School of Management. \\xa0The program inspired him to launch his own swimwear line, Sunga Life, that is focused on achieving double bottom line goals of purpose and profitability, where 10% of profits go to veteran charities -- specifically those that benefit wounded and amputee Special Operations Forces. Jeff transitioned out of the Navy in June 2017 and traveled the world for a year before beginning his MBA at the UCLA Anderso'