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  • Episode 18 - The Secrets To A Successful Career

    Episode 18 - The Secrets To A Successful Career
    May 18 2021

    In this episode, I'm joined by David Ortiz, a police officer in Arizona, who shares his experience as a police officer who worked SWAT, K9, Interdiction, and a variety of other assignments. We talk about what it takes to make it through the career, even when things aren't going your way. David shares his experiences when it comes to finding harmony with the career and home life.
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    42 min
  • Episode 17- The Suicide Epidemic

    Episode 17- The Suicide Epidemic
    May 4 2021

    The "S" word. No one wants to say it. But so many first responders and military personnel struggle with it. Why? That's a great question. And it's one we tackle during this episode. My guest, Trevor Hill, is a Marine who served multiple tours of duty in the Middle East. He shares his experience with suicide, as well as how he has dealt with PTSD and issues in his life. Learn the strategy he uses to calm his mind.
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    39 min
  • Episode 16- How is your career affecting your relationship with your kids?

    Episode 16- How is your career affecting your relationship with your kids?
    Apr 20 2021
    What kind of relationship do you have with your kids? As cops, we are pulled in so many different directions and this can really take its toll on our family relationships if we aren't being proactive. Check out the highlights from this episode: Gerritt's first narcotics deal.(01:19) Life has a way of throwing you curveballs, which is what happened when Gerritt and Melissa found out she was pregnant with her first child. (01:59)Police work forces you to become a different person (3:55)How this career can affect your relationships. (4:09)Cops often become intolerant of their kids and Gerritt found himself becoming the kind of guy that he became good at arresting. He didn't want to be that person. (5:45)His kids became afraid of him and would run and hide from him when he got home from work. (6:30)Which kind of person are you being around your kids? (6:50)When you get home, what is your family's initial interaction with you? (7:32)Ask your family if you have changed...if you are a different person. (8:20)Which version of you are you when you come home to interact with your family? (8:45)If you aren't the version you want to be right now that's OK. (9:37)Find ways to connect with your kids where they are, even if it's not necessarily something you enjoy doing. (9:50)Invest in the relationship with your kids every day. (11:41)'Date your kids- spend time with them doing things they enjoy. (12:31)Spend time together as a family outside your house (13:15)Time is the best way to invest in your family relationships. (13:48) Join our FREE Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403966616458956 About The Show From the brink of divorce, health problems, and near suicide to having the life of his dreams. Meet Gerritt Bake, a retired SWAT officer who has spent the last 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to uncover the formula that brings a voice to Heroes everywhere and guides them on how to turn their frustrated and disconnected lives around and become a Hero in their own right. He shares everything he learned about being a police officer and about balancing the demands of work, home life, and the community. This show is for first responders who want to unlock the path to master the fundamentals to win at work, at home, and in life. He reveals the most significant "a-ha moments" in his journey of rebuilding his personal life and professional career, including tough lessons learned and beating the odds to create the life of his dreams. He interviews some of the most successful cops, celebrities, and thought leaders in the first responder space who practice everything we preach. Welcome to Hero Nation. Hit subscribe, share with your first responder friends, and let's build better Heroes together. Resources and Links Hero Fuel Supplements: http://www.myherofuel.com⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403966616458956 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewWukVmYzA7_fCVv4-UnKQ/featured Instagram: www.instagram.com/herofuel Website:⠀⠀www.winthedailywar.com Your Host- Gerritt Bake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gerritt.bake Instagram: www.instagram.com/gerrittbake 0:00 Welcome to winthe daily war, the podcast built for heroes by heroes that smashes your fears, false beliefs and skewed sense of reality. Each week, we dive deep into real life examples and lessons learned from those who weren't the frontline, their struggles, and what they were able to put into place to rebuild their lives. well armed with the tools, tactics and techniques to get the results that you're after. 0:21 All right. All right, my brothers and sisters, welcome back to the only show that is focused on helping you master the fundamentals to win at work at home. And in life. If it sounds like I'm learning to talk again, well, I am. I had braces. And then after I got my braces off a couple years ago, I got permanent retainers put in. Well, my permanent retainer on top fell off a few weeks ago, and I've been waiting to get into the orthodontist to get it replaced, got to replace yesterday. And of course, it's not the same one that was there before. So now my tongue is learning how to use it talk again. So I sound a little a little off, we'll call it. But what we're learning we're pushing through this. But that's not what today's topic is about. 1:05 Today's topic is about kids, kids, kids, kids. Now some of you have kids, some of you don't, some of you still act like kids, you know who I'm talking about. But ultimately, kids right? And, and this relationship that we have with children. I want to share a story or a couple stories from my life, when I was married, newly married, if you will, my wife and I decided that we were going to wait until we graduated from college to have kids, we wanted to have that good career that you know, the house and the two cars, if you will have our life kind ...
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    15 min
  • Episode 15- You Will Always miss 100% of the Shots You Don't Take

    Episode 15- You Will Always miss 100% of the Shots You Don't Take
    Apr 13 2021

    Sometimes as cops, we become accustomed to asking for permission before taking action, and oftentimes, this spills over into our personal lives and leaves us in a state of never-ending limbo. Instead of just taking initiative and going after the things we want, we wait for permission, we wait for someone else to fix things, or we just don't take the shot to jump in and do something for whatever reason. To have success in life, this mentality needs to change. It's time to stop asking for permission and start taking ownership of your life.

    Check out the highlights from this episode:

    Gerritt's first narcotics deal.(01:19)

    • His colleague struggles with "popping the cherry" on his first narcotics deal. (01:59)
    • If you always wait for permission, you may never take action (4:46)
    • Are you always asking for permission or waiting to be told what to do? (05:32)
    • Don't wait around for someone to tell you what to do. You already know what to do. (07:01)
    • It's time to stop asking permission and take ownership of your life (07:51)
    • No one is going to give you the green light to fix your life. (8:40)
    • If you don't take initiative now, you may end up wondering how you ended up somewhere you don't want to be down the road. (09:25)
    • Taking initiative is extremely important, even if you do it wrong over and over again. (10:50)
    • Life is about taking the initiative. Taking the shot (11:10)

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    About The Show

    From the brink of divorce, health problems, and near suicide to having the life of his dreams.

    Meet Gerritt Bake, a retired SWAT officer who has spent the last 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to uncover the formula that brings a voice to Heroes everywhere and guides them on how to turn their frustrated and disconnected lives around and become a Hero in their own right.

    He shares everything he learned about being a police officer and about balancing the demands of work, home life, and the community. This show is for first responders who want to unlock the path to master the fundamentals to win at work, at home, and in life.

    He reveals the most significant "a-ha moments" in his journey of rebuilding his personal life and professional career, including tough lessons learned and beating the odds to create the life of his dreams. He interviews some of the most successful cops, celebrities, and thought leaders in the first responder space who practice everything we preach.

    Welcome to Hero Nation. Hit subscribe, share with your first responder friends, and let's build better Heroes together.

    Resources and Links

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    Website:⠀⠀www.winthedailywar.com

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    12 min
  • Episode 14- The Obstacle is The Way

    Episode 14- The Obstacle is The Way
    Apr 6 2021

    When faced with difficult times, you have 2 ways of looking at things. You can either look at the trial in front of you as an "obstacle" or as an "opportunity" to change something for the better. When Gerritt was working in the Gang unit, he had a few experiences where he put his coworkers in danger, which ultimately led him to be removed from the gang unit.

    After overcoming the shame that came with that time in life, he was able to turn things around and actually become an officer of the year, which was a huge honor for him. Rather than focusing on the negative and wallowing in self-pity, he found a way to turn that obstacle of being removed from the gang unit into a massive opportunity to change himself for the better.

    Check out the highlights from this episode:

    • Gerritt found himself getting so caught up with catching gangsters that he forget the basic fundamentals. (02:13)
    • He caused an accident that trapped his partner in the unmarked police car (03:33)
    • An armed robbery situation that could have gone wrong (07:24)
    • The humiliation of being removed from the gang unit (07:55)
    • Time to get back to work (8:55)
    • Officer of the Year Award (9:33)
    • How Obstacles can become Opportunities (10:48)
    • What are some obstacles in your life? (12:31)
    • Look at obstacles differently than you did before (13:23)
    • Figure out the biggest opportunities and go for it. (14:36)
    • Don't forget to pick up your heroe's journey PDF (15:38)

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    About The Show

    From the brink of divorce, health problems, and near suicide to having the life of his dreams.



    Meet Gerritt Bake, a retired SWAT officer who has spent the last 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to uncover the formula that brings a voice to Heroes everywhere and guides them on how to turn their frustrated and disconnected lives around and become a Hero in their own right.



    He shares everything he learned about being a police officer and about balancing the demands of work, home life, and the community. This show is for first responders who want to unlock the path to master the fundamentals to win at work, at home, and in life.

    He reveals the most significant "a-ha moments" in his journey of rebuilding his personal life and professional career, including tough lessons learned and beating the odds to create the life of his dreams. He interviews some of the most successful cops, celebrities, and thought leaders in the first responder space who practice everything we preach.





    Welcome to Hero Nation. Hit subscribe, share with your first responder friends, and let's build better Heroes together.



    Resources and Links

    Hero Fuel Supplements: http://www.myherofuel.com⠀⠀⠀⠀



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    16 min
  • Episode 13- 4 Tips to Help Police Officers Cope

    Episode 13- 4 Tips to Help Police Officers Cope
    Mar 30 2021

    A normal day for a cop is far from normal for the average person. We are constantly faced with difficult, dangerous, or life-threatening situations. Or we are the first ones on the scene after death has already taken place.

    After seeing all the dead bodies, and crazy situations police officers face every day, we are expected to just be "normal" in the other aspects of our lives. This is not an easy feat for most cops, and oftentimes, we go down dark paths just to deal with the pain of work. In this episode, Gerritt discusses a process that helps him get through those difficult experiences and still live a normal life. Here's the show highlights:

    • The role of a Police Officer (01:42)
    • What you learned at the Police Academy didn't prepare you for everything (02:39)
    • Everything they didn't teach you at the Academy (04:02)
    • Cops get good at pretending things are normal (05:33)
    • Police Officers need to stop pretending (06:35)
    • No one wants to deal with the people that cops do (08:01)
    • Do you remember every dead body you saw? (09:09)
    • How many times did you go home and just act like everything was ok after witnessing death or severe trauma? (10:50)
    • Cops need to find a way to deal with everything they go through (12:39)
    • 4 Tips for getting back to "Normal" (12:51)
    • Don't forget to pick up your heroe's journey PDF (17:07)

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    About The Show

    From the brink of divorce, health problems, and near suicide to having the life of his dreams.



    Meet Gerritt Bake, a retired SWAT officer who has spent the last 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to uncover the formula that brings a voice to Heroes everywhere and guides them on how to turn their frustrated and disconnected lives around and become a Hero in their own right.



    He shares everything he learned about being a police officer and about balancing the demands of work, home life, and the community. This show is for first responders who want to unlock the path to master the fundamentals to win at work, at home, and in life.

    He reveals the most significant "a-ha moments" in his journey of rebuilding his personal life and professional career, including tough lessons learned and beating the odds to create the life of his dreams. He interviews some of the most successful cops, celebrities, and thought leaders in the first responder space who practice everything we preach.





    Welcome to Hero Nation. Hit subscribe, share with your first responder friends, and let's build better Heroes together.



    Resources and Links

    Hero Fuel Supplements: http://www.myherofuel.com⠀⠀⠀⠀



    Follow US

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    Website:⠀⠀www.winthedailywar.com





    Your Host- Gerritt Bake

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    18 min
  • Episode 12: What's Your 20 in Life?

    Episode 12: What's Your 20 in Life?
    Mar 23 2021

    What's Your 20?

    How many times have you heard that as a cop? Probably more than you could remember. But it is significant because unless we know where we are to begin with, along with goals of where we want to be, we will never go anywhere.

    Think back to the classic story of Alice in Wonderland. When she is brought to a fork in the road and questioning which way to turn, the Cheshire Cat asked her where she wanted to go and she replied "I don't know." His response to that was, "Then it doesn't matter which road you take."

    So often this happens to us in life, where we don't fully understand where we are, in order to take the correct action to get where we really want to be. Check out the Highlights here:

      • Boy Scout Orienteering (01:23)
      • What to do when you don't know where you are (03:18)
      • You must know where you are starting from in order to know where you are going. (05:21)
      • The one thing that will tell you where you are and where to go (04:21)
      • Are you driving around like a cop with no GPS? (06:28)
      • When you know exactly where you are, you can plan where you are going (06:55)
      • Cops get really good at knowing how to figure out where they are at work (07:26)
      • Most police officers have no idea where they are in their personal lives (08:02)
      • What we learn about direction from Alice in Wonderland (8:30)
      • What's Your 20? (10:04)
      • The Four Areas of Life to Work on (10:27)
      • Do you Know where you are in each area of life right now? (10:55)
      • How to figure out where you are (11:46)
      • More is not a real thing (12:15)
      • Spend some time discovering where you are now (13:38)
      • Get your hero's journey pdf now! (14:09)

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      About The Show

      From the brink of divorce, health problems, and near suicide to having the life of his dreams.



      Meet Gerritt Bake, a retired SWAT officer who has spent the last 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to uncover the formula that brings a voice to Heroes everywhere and guides them on how to turn their frustrated and disconnected lives around and become a Hero in their own right.

      He shares everything he learned about being a police officer and about balancing the demands of work, home life, and the community. This show is for first responders who want to unlock the path to master the fundamentals to win at work, at home, and in life.

      He reveals the most significant "a-ha moments" in his journey of rebuilding his personal life and professional career, including tough lessons learned and beating the odds to create the life of his dreams. He interviews some of the most successful cops, celebrities, and thought leaders in the first responder space who practice everything we preach.

      Welcome to Hero Nation. Hit subscribe, share with your first responder friends, and let's build better Heroes together.

      Resources and Links

      Hero Fuel Supplements: http://www.myherofuel.com⠀⠀⠀⠀

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      Website:⠀⠀www.winthedailywar.com

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    15 min
  • Episode 11: Infinite Whiplash: The Effect of Going Zero to 100 Every Day as a Cop and What to Do About it.

    Episode 11: Infinite Whiplash: The Effect of Going Zero to 100 Every Day as a Cop and What to Do About it.
    Mar 16 2021

    A lot of us really have no idea what it's like to be a police officer before we actually get in the line of duty. One thing is for sure, no two days are the same. You are constantly thrown from one situation into another, with no notice. It's a constant lurch from ZERO to 100 every time you go from a peaceful drive down main street, to an emergency call of a shooting, an accident, or a domestic situation.

    This constant back and forth from calm to chaos that police officers deal with on the daily is what Gerritt refers to as "Infinite Whiplash." It's the never ending STOPPING and STARTING before you even have time to stop and take a breath and realize what is going on.

    This constant battle causes all kinds of problems for police officers and it's important for you to learn how to deal with this trauma so that it doesn't cause you additional problems in your life. Check out what Gerritt recommends you do in the show highlights here:

    • Getting Whiplash While On Duty (01:42)
    • What does whiplash have to do with being a police officer? (04:29)
    • Living in a world of "Infinite Whiplash" (05:21)
    • ZERO to 100 Miles an Hour all day long (06:45)
    • What it took to prepare for the SWAT test (06:35)
    • Four tips to avoid infinite whiplash Tip #1 (08:01)
    • Tip #2 (09:45)
    • Tip #3 (10:50)
    • Tip #4 (11:25)
    • Tips for Decompressing (12:11)
    • Don't forget to pick up your heroe's journey PDF (14:16)

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    About The Show

    From the brink of divorce, health problems, and near suicide to having the life of his dreams.



    Meet Gerritt Bake, a retired SWAT officer who has spent the last 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to uncover the formula that brings a voice to Heroes everywhere and guides them on how to turn their frustrated and disconnected lives around and become a Hero in their own right.



    He shares everything he learned about being a police officer and about balancing the demands of work, home life, and the community. This show is for first responders who want to unlock the path to master the fundamentals to win at work, at home, and in life.

    He reveals the most significant "a-ha moments" in his journey of rebuilding his personal life and professional career, including tough lessons learned and beating the odds to create the life of his dreams. He interviews some of the most successful cops, celebrities, and thought leaders in the first responder space who practice everything we preach.





    Welcome to Hero Nation. Hit subscribe, share with your first responder friends, and let's build better Heroes together.



    Resources and Links

    Hero Fuel Supplements: http://www.myherofuel.com⠀⠀⠀⠀



    Follow US

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    Website:⠀⠀www.winthedailywar.com





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    16 min