Scott DeLuzio: [00:00:00] Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast where we are focused on giving hope and strength to the entire military community. Whether you’re a veteran, active duty, guard, reserve, or a family member, this podcast will share inspirational stories and resources that are useful to you. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio, and now let’s get on with the show.

Hey everybody. Welcome back to Drive On. I’m your host Scott DeLuzio, and today my guest is Phil Anderson. Uh, Phil is a navy veteran who’s here to discuss his story, how he reevaluated, reevaluated his role as a leader in his family, and how others can use that same mindset to re-frame their role in their family.

And we’re gonna get to that in just a minute. But first, I wanna welcome you to the show, Phil. I’m really glad to have you here.

Phil Anderton: Hey, Scott. Thank you very much. Uh, thank you for this opportunity and yeah, for those who who don’t know, Um, just a guy who retired after 20 years and, and in that 20 years with some [00:01:00] experience, um, with some, you know, a lot of tough deployments, a lot of leadership lessons, um, and, and we’ll get to it, I’m sure, but basically 2020 happened and I reevaluated my life and I reevaluated my, I. Contract with the military where I wanted to be when things did or do or don’t, uh, take a turn for the worse. I reevaluated where I want to be. And there was a lot of mindset shift. Uh, there was a lot of work and training and kind of reevaluating things, uh, that took place and that journey that I’ve been on’s about three years long now, and it’s what I call becoming a dangerous man.

So looking forward to getting into that.

Scott DeLuzio: I like it. Yeah. Becoming a dangerous man. I mean, a lot of us going through the military, we, we learned how to be dangerous , right. But in a, in a, um, uh, you know, direct action kind of that, that type of thing. But, um, I. There’s a lot more to it, and I’m, I’m sure we’re gonna get into, uh, all of that in, in this episode here.

Um, but you’re talking a little bit about [00:02:00] your transitioning out of the military, um, 20 year career, which is nothing to, um, you know, just push aside as, oh, you know, just a guy who did 20 years. It’s like, well, that’s kind of a big deal.

Phil Anderton: There’s a lot of guys that do 30, so

Scott DeLuzio: I know Well, there are, yes. Okay. So

we’re, we’re, I, I think we’re getting outta the way that you’re a humble guy and you’re not going to, uh, you know, be one to, to brag about yourself.

So we got that out of the way, uh, early on here. But, um, tell me about some of the challenges that you had to overcome when you were, uh, when you were leaving, uh, the military.

Phil Anderton: Yeah. I appreciate that. Um, I, I know we’re gonna get into the mindset, but I obviously we’re both veterans, we both served. Um, and, and thank you. Right. I know your story, your book, so that that’s a hell of a story and, and sacrifice. Um, so for the veterans on your show, right. The, the biggest thing that I went through that a lot of the veterans that I continue to coach and I communicate with guys that are getting out. On top of medical, right? That’s a big thing on everybody’s mind is the VA and that whole process. But let’s, we’re not gonna be able [00:03:00] to solve that on your show, Scott, so we’ll just forget that. Um, what, what I will say, man, the comm...