Everything he said was really powerful. I just felt really inspired after and I was able to use that to self-motivate myself to start preparing for what's ahead. Kapitulik brought up some very interesting points. One of the most important points I thought he brought up is that as a leader you have an obligation to hold everyone accountable and to make decisions that are in the team's best interest.
If the opportunity presented itself again, I would most definitely be interested in hearing Mr. Kapitulik speak again, and thought that the meeting was very beneficial. Born and raised in Thompson, Conn. As a Platoon Commander within his company, Eric led a team of 20 covert operations specialists on numerous Special Forces-related missions, including long-range reconnaissance patrols, hostage rescues, high-altitude jump exercises, ship takeovers, and gas-oil platform takedowns. In , during a routine training mission to prepare for an upcoming deployment to the Persian Gulf, Eric and his platoon were in a helicopter crash that resulted in the death of seven Marines.
In response to this tragedy, Eric created the Force Reconnaissance Scholarship Fund to benefit the children of his fallen men. He founded The Program in He is also an avid mountaineer and has summited five of the Seven Summits the highest peaks on each of the seven continents : Mt.
Kilimanjaro, Mt. McKinley, Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. You do not rise to the occasion when adversity strikes. You fall back on your habits. What are those habits that need to be developed for people to fall back on, the good habits needed when adversity strikes?
Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax. You cannot take out all the roots, the bumps, the challenges of the path; nor should you. Prepare your child for the path, not the path for the child. Who is a mentor or a leader that he really looks up to as a model, or somebody that he respects in the field, whether in the military, business or athletics? Shared experiences, the more of them that we can have, the tighter we become as a unit. What separates teams that win and compete for championships compared to those that just win games.
They hiked the Grand Canyon from rim to rim. A former special operations and infantry officer in the U. Marines, ultramarathoner and triathlete, Kapitulik met Frost nine years ago at Oregon when the ex-Nebraska quarterback coached wide receivers for Chip Kelly. They formed a tight bond and have worked together in every offseason since as Kapitulik expanded his company. The Program LLC, a leadership development and team-building service , works with some college and pro sports teams and corporations.
Nebraska football is among about a dozen FBS clients. The Program spent June in Lincoln to conduct its military-style training exercises with the Huskers.
Nebraska players raved about their experience with The Program. At the request of the second-year coach, Kapitulik spoke to the Huskers as a group Thursday night. Kapitulik and Frost share many passions. Among them is climbing.
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