#154 - Zero Excuses: Surviving Trauma, The Railroad, & Raising Four | The Erik Jackson Story

US Navy Veteran Erik Jackson knows exactly what it means to carry the heavy freight of life without making an excuse. After an emergency surgery overseas left his left leg three inches shorter than his right, he flat-out refused to let a permanent physical deficit dictate his future. Instead, he spent the next two decades grinding in high-stakes environments as a Corrections Officer and Locomotive Engineer, all while raising four children as a full-time single father. Today, he crushes the martial arts mats as a Taekwondo Black Belt, lifts heavy five days a week, and uses his own grit as a Wounded Warrior Project Peer Leader to pull struggling veterans out of the darkness. This is a raw conversation about destroying your own limitations, serving your brothers in arms, and proving that your mind is always stronger than your excuses.Real people. Real Stories. Real F**king life.