Dan Cnossen is a Navy Seal, Paralympic gold Medalist, and leadership guru. Dan became a Navy Seal in 2003. Over the next six years, Dan was deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and rose in rank to become the officer-in-charge of an 18-man SEAL platoon. In 2009, Dan was deployed to Afghanistan, into an area of heavy combat. There, on a night mission in the mountains, he stepped on an IED, losing both legs in the blast. He would later be awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Valor. As part of his rehab, he was introduced to the sports of cross-country skiing and biathlon. Never one to shy from a challenge, he eventually earned a spot on the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Team. At the 2018 Paralympic Games Dan stole the show, remarkably winning one gold, four silver and one bronze medal over a period of eight days earning the honor of Best Male Athlete of The Games.
IN THIS EPISODE…Dan Cnossen shares his incredibly heroic story of enduring the unthinkable while serving as a Navy Seal; stepping on a pressure plate that forever changed his life. He shares with Joe how he was able to take this seemingly insurmountable set back and pushed himself to train and become an Paralympic gold medalist as well as a public speaker and leadership guru.
🔍 Breakdown with Dan Cnossen: Chapter 1 (0:00): Introduction
Chapter 2 (1:53) Joining the seal team
Chapter 3 (10:35) Learning leadership ideals from seals
Chapter 4 (16:27) The BUDS experience
Chapter 5 (24:55) Mental tools used to get through BUDS
Chapter 6 (30:39) First years as a seal
Chapter 7 (36:37) What Afghanistan was like
Chapter 8 (41:18) The explosion
Chapter 9 (49:45) The hard road of recovery
Chapter 10 (57:27) Finding a future in sports
Chapter 11 (70:10) Mindset through challenges
Chapter 12 (77:24) Closing Remarks
📞 Connect with Dan Cnossen →https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-cnossen-75b9181ab →https://dancnossen.com →https://www.teamusa.org/usparanordicskiing/athletes/Dan-Cnossen
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