Podcast

What Young Men Never Learn Until It's Too Late

Navy veteran, CEO and father Patrick Neeley on adversity, service, and the things men don't work out until far later than they should.

Why the hardest people in his life turned out to be the ones who helped him most, what watching his own father age taught him about his future, and why showing up and working hard still beats every shortcut going.

Chapters

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1. 0:00Meet Patrick Neeley
2. 1:49Indiana, and his first real job
3. 6:22Joining the Navy
4. 9:28The HR experiences that pushed him to start his own company
5. 12:36Why empathy belongs in business
6. 15:46Getting older, and what your body starts telling you
7. 22:31Being a father and a provider
8. 27:22Boot camp, and the kinder gentler Navy
9. 34:02Learning it the hard way
10. 37:23Failing doesn't make you a bad man
11. 43:27What kids aren't getting anymore
12. 48:36Church, community and belonging
13. 50:17Purpose is the whole thing
14. 53:45Why men always need a plan