No More Zero Days

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You know, one of the things I'm always saying is that if this country is gonna get better, if this country is gonna go on the right path, we have to step up as a community. Veterans are the sleeping giant in this country, and it is time for us to step up. That's why I wanna talk to you about The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. Now you might have thought about The Citadel in the past as this corps of cadets, this military institution, but they have programs for veterans that don't involve you joining the corps of cadets, don't involve you wearing a uniform every day, and don't involve you living a military lifestyle. If you wanna do that, great.

But if that's not what you're up for right now after your military career, then you don't have to do that, and you can access some of the best programs in the world. The Citadel has some hot degrees in intelligence, tactical strength and conditioning, engineering, and project management. And there's five student type options for veterans. There's graduate college, there's evening undergraduate, there's active duty students, non cadet day program, returning cadet veterans, and online programs. The academic offerings include undergraduate, graduate, college transfer, graduate certificates, and online degrees.

Veterans have access to every single academic degree the college offers, and they have the most flexibility when it comes to their schedule. They can major in anything offered to the cadets and would take those classes during the day with the cadets. But then there's other programs offered in the evening or online and graduate programs to choose from too to make things so flexible for you. The US World and News report has named the Citadel the number one column for veterans in the South. And for veterans who choose to take classes on campus, they get to be a civilian student in a military environment.

They don't have to wear uniforms, like I said before. They don't have to join the military culture of the corps of cadets. The atmosphere is a really good transition environment from military to civilian life. There's an organic mentorship that comes from taking classes with the cadets. The cadets wanna talk to you guys.

They wanna hear your stories. They wanna know what it was actually like to be in the military. A lot of the... A lot of these men and women are gonna go on to serve as officers in the military, and they're gonna exact change. And they need to hear from you guys.

They... You also get access to The Citadel's alumni network. Like I said, this is one of the most illustrious institutions in the world. And when you join the Citadel and you graduate, you're part of their alumni network. That includes so many leaders.

It includes so many business leaders, so many leaders from the military, and so many leaders from the government. The college's core values of honor, duty, and respect align with veteran culture. They align with who you are, and it's something that you're not gonna get anywhere else in this country. There is tons of special assistance for veterans at The Citadel. And whether you're a veteran or active duty military personnel, you can take advantage of these programs.

You also get access to the veteran student success center, the career center, the academic success center, the student veteran association, and all campus clubs. If you wanna play rugby, you could do that. If you wanna you wanna lift weights, you could do that. You get access to everything that the students get. There's fellowship opportunities.

There's tons and tons of financial assistance. So if you're interested in getting a degree from The Citadel and building your life, head over to citadel.edu/veterans.

This is Chris Albert, and I'm here to remind you of one thing. Someday, you're going to die. And that's not some morbid statement or scary idea. It's solid fact. Your time here on this earth is limited.

And we need to be reminded of this as much as possible for one simple reason, to live your best life while you can. This is the Warrior Soul podcast.

What's up, Warrior Soul Nation? This is Chris Albert. I'm gonna keep this short and sweet today. We are past the middle of the year now. We are in August 2021.

And, you know, at the beginning of the year, we always start with our resolutions, our goals, laying things out, telling us... Ourselves this is gonna be the year. And then, you know, we get started off strong, and then slowly but surely, things happen. Life happens. You know, things get in the way.

And before you know it, days pass by, weeks pass by, and we haven't done anything to get to our goal. Anything. We start to get down on ourselves, start to get depressed, we start to think we're never going to be able to get out of the situation that we are in. And if you're feeling like that, it's a bit of a trapped feeling. Right?

You don't even like to think about it. You don't even you don't even wanna think about it because it it it comes down on you in your mind, and it makes you feel so awful about yourself. I've been there. I've been there a lot. I've been through self doubt, self deprecation.

I've been through depression. I've been through not knowing where the heck I was gonna go, what the heck I was gonna do, how I was gonna make money for my next meal. I've been through all of this stuff, and that's why I do this podcast. But there's a simple concept here that I think could change everything for you. You see, one of the things that happens when we dig ourselves into a hole is that we seem to be so deep that it it...

We're never gonna be able to get out of it. We're never gonna be able to climb our way out of it. But the only way to do anything is one step at a time, taking one small step every single day. So this one thing I'm about to tell you, it could change your life forever. And that is you don't wanna have any more zero days.

Now this isn't a concept I came up with by myself. I'll explain that in a second. But what is a zero day? A zero day is a day where you've done absolutely nothing to get to one of your goals. A zero day is a day that's just wasted.

You have done nothing to move yourself forward. And to not have a zero day, all you have to do is something. It doesn't matter how big it is. If you're writing a book, you could write a page. If...

It doesn't even matter if that page is is a final draft. Just write something. Right? If you're trying to get in shape, just do some push ups. Go for a walk.

If you're trying to meet somebody, you're trying to meet the love of your life, do something that's going to to make you look better, make you feel better. Maybe go get a haircut. Maybe go get some new clothes. Maybe join a meetup group. Right?

The point of whole... This whole thing is just do something every day to move you forward toward whatever goal you're looking for. Right? Do something. Because if you don't do anything, what happens is that nothing piles up.

And before you know it, it looks like you're miles and miles and miles away from your goal. When... And and you stop when the one thing you should be doing is taking one step forward, one foot at a time. Alright? So don't stop.

Promise yourself you're not gonna have any more zero days. Promise yourself. Make that that commitment to yourself right now. Wake up in the morning telling yourself this is not gonna be a zero day. Start your day off with something to get you toward that goal that you're looking for.

And again, this isn't a concept that I came up with. You'd find much more motivational people than I am, much more much smarter people, much more accomplished people than I am out there talking about This is something that I just wanted to bring to you because that's the whole point of this show. I'm bringing these ideas to the veteran community, and hopefully, you guys are putting them into action. So with that, that's all I got, really. That's it.

Get out there. Commit yourself that you're not gonna have any zero days, and do something today to make yourself better. This is Chris Albert, the Warrior Soul podcast, and I am out.