Nick Koumalatsos - The Excommunicated Warrior | Essential 11 Ep. 105

Today's guest really poured into the young men of Apogee. He talks about his experience growing up without a father and how that got him searching for a tribe in all the wrong places. That set him down a path that took some hard-hitting experiences and great male figures in his life for him to realize he needed to make a change. And boy did he. All that and more on today's episode.

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NICK KOUMALATSOS

Nick was born in Hollywood Florida. Nick was forced into juvenile detention at the age of twelve. He joined the Marine Corps at 19 and spent five and a half months in basic training but graduated company honor grad. Nick went on to become a 12 year Special Operations Marine Corps veteran with Marine Reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command.

Nick is the founder and CEO of Alexander Industries as well as a successful adventure + informational YOUTUBE channel with his partner Alison Capra. They own Snap Fitness, Ship On Site, A Coffee Company, Survival and Tactical Systems, and Miserable Cows and is co-owner of Johnny Slicks and organic grooming essentials company. Nick is a self-published author Ex-Communicated Warrior, 7-Stages of Transition, and co-author of fitness training books: USMC Prep, Recon Prep, and Marine Raider Prep.

PLACES YOU CAN FIND NICK

Instagram - @nickkoumalatsos

Website - www.nickkoumalatsos.com

HIGHLIGHTS
- 4:36 Nick’s origin story
- 13:59 Why he chose a different path
- 20:04 The struggle after leaving the military and the value of vulnerability
- 24:30 Nick’s Mentors
- 26:46 Men Lose their purpose with their age
- 29:19 Johnny Slicks Becoming profitable
- 33:10 The war against fathers
- 37:05 The Characteristic every man has
- 40:42 What was the hardest thing when transitioning to civilian life?
- 45:48 Nick’s biggest failure
- 50:13 Worst thing Nick had to endure during military training and how he pushed through
- 54:35 Why Nick joined the marines
- 1:06:46 How did Nick mentally prepare for battle
- 1:09:30 What chemicals are lowering men’s testosterone
- 1:13:35 What is the role of the feminine
- 1:16:48 Thoughts on traditional education

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Matt Beaudreau is a career educator and the founder and CEO of Acton Academy Placer, an alternative method of education that utilizes the Socratic method, focuses on the individual, and cultivates confident, independent young people with a strong sense of character and personal responsibility.

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Matt Beaudreau is also a Certified Generational Keynote Speaker. His speaking clients range from Purina, Lockheed Martin, and American Eagle to Cedars-Sinai and the United States Air Force. A TEDx speaker and named corporate trainer of the year at Stanford University, Matt has spoken to well over 100,000 people across the United States and Mexico.

Pulling from his experience in the Acton model and teaming up with Sheepdog Response, founded by Tim Kennedy, now he has gone on to co-found Apogee. Apogee is an educational program designed for young men between the ages of 13 and 18 to take on challenges presented by the men who have come before them, in order to learn to lead. It is a right of passage through mentorship, action, and self-discovery so that the young men can become true leaders. Enrollment begins next month (October).

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