196: Hard-Target Yourself: How Navy SEAL Tommy Richardson Rebuilt His Faith, Family, and Leadership After the Battle With Tommy Richardson

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🔥 Summary
What if the biggest battle you’ll ever fight isn’t overseas — but inside your own mind?

Former Navy SEAL Tommy Richardson went from staring down his father’s gun at 14 to leading elite warriors and rebuilding his life through faith, discipline, and purpose.

In this episode of the Fire Forged Leader Podcast, host Steve Baumgartner reveals how to Hard-Target Yourself — physically, mentally, and spiritually — so you can protect what matters most: your faith, your family, and your mission.

🔗 Connect with Tommy Richardson
🌐 www.DivineSavagery.com
📩 [e-mail]
📸 @raise.your.horn
💼 LinkedIn – Tommy Richardson

💥 Inside This Episode
✅ How being bullied and broken forged a warrior’s mindset through faith
✅ Why “Hard-Target Yourself” is the secret to protecting your faith, family, and mind
✅ The Biblical formula for daily spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:10)
✅ How to rebuild your body as a temple — and why weak men become easy targets
✅ Leadership lessons forged in combat, fatherhood, and failure
✅ The “gentle junk-kick” philosophy of masculine kindness
✅ How to lead your family with compassion, consistency, and courage

🧠 For the Man Listening
If you’ve ever felt like a warrior at work but a stranger at home — this conversation will remind you that real leadership isn’t about command.
It’s about compassion, consistency, and the courage to fight for what matters most.

🗓️ Chapter Markers
00:00 – The unseen battles men fight every day
02:14 – Tommy’s childhood pain & suicidal moment at 14
07:45 – The voice that saved his life
10:30 – From bullied kid to fighter: choosing resilience
13:10 – Why bullying forged strength instead of bitterness
15:40 – “Hard-Target Yourself” explained — faith, fitness, mindset
18:20 – How validation traps modern men
20:25 – Kindness, DMs, and the “gentle junk-kick”
25:30 – Parenting boys with strength and grace
30:00 – Faith enters the story — salvation in the Marines
33:00 – The body as a temple: discipline, fitness & self-control
37:00 – Testosterone, nutrition, and why weak men can’t protect
40:00 – Standing up against cultural softness & confusion
42:00 – The daily fight: spiritual, mental, and physical readiness
47:00 – Leadership lessons from combat
56:00 – Fatherhood, mentorship, and masculine resilience
1:01:00 – Transitioning from military to civilian life
1:08:00 – Final advice: keep fighting, lead at home, never quit
1:13:30 – Where to find Tommy Richardson

#HardTargetYourself
#FireForgedLeader
#TommyRichardson
#DivineSavagery
#FaithBasedLeadership
#ChristianMen
#MasculineLeadership
#SpiritualWarfare
#NavySEAL
#ResilientMan 

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