Most people dive into career first and end up stuffing their entire life into whatever scraps of time, energy, creativity, and currency are left over.
It’s completely backwards.
What would your life look like if you first declared what a good life looks like for you — family, fitness, spirituality, adventure, contribution — and then designed your career to support that?
Eric Davis
Eric Davis: Former Navy SEAL, author of “Raising Men”. Trainer and coach to those willing and ab It was time to take action.
Eric Davis is the author of Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught to Their Sons. After Eric Davis spent over 16 years in the military, including a decade in the SEAL Teams, his family became more than accustomed to his being away on deployments and secret missions that would obscure his whereabouts for months at a time. Having had no consistent father figure in his
Most people dive into career first and end up stuffing their entire life into whatever scraps of time, energy, creativity, and currency are left over. It’s completely backwards.
What would your life look like if you first declared what a good life looks like for you — family, fitness, spirituality, adventure, contribution — and then designed your career to support that?
In the SEAL Teams there’s an incredible amount of structure, and that structure produced a rhythm.
A rhythm that was always pointed at a mission that tied everything together.
So when it was time to work, you gave everything. But when it was time to rest, you were fully present and fully rested.
And this all transcended the Teams and bled into our personal lives.
Frogman Fridays were something we did in the...
..SEAL Teams. Every Friday, we’d hit big, unique group PT in the morning—then cut out by noon to launch into the weekend.
When I left and became an entrepreneur, I kept this practice alive because it builds powerful tribes and makes us better, happier men.
It’s not meant to be just a workout—it’s meant to maintain momentum in your professional, financial, and personal purposes.
→ It forges bonds through shared intensity.
→ It reminds us that rest isn’t earned—it’s required.
→ Your body gets stronger.
→ Your mind gets clearer.
It both reminds and allows you to shift focus back to your personal purposes for the weekend. No burnout. No BS overwhelm.
Do something different!
Eric
Frogman Fridays were something we did in the...
..SEAL Teams. Every Friday, we’d hit big, unique group PT in the morning—then cut out by noon to launch into the weekend.
When I left and became an entrepreneur, I kept this practice alive because it builds powerful tribes and makes us better, happier men.
It’s not meant to be just a workout—it’s meant to maintain momentum in your professional, financial, and personal purposes.
→ It forges bonds through shared intensity.
→ It reminds us that rest isn’t earned—it’s required.
→ Your body gets stronger.
→ Your mind gets clearer.
It both reminds and allows you to shift focus back to your personal purposes for the weekend. No burnout. No BS overwhelm.
Do something different today!
Eric
09/26/2025
Navy SEAL surveillance operations, also known as Special Reconnaissance, are a foundational part of our mission and have been used for decades to gather critical intelligence in denied areas.
I had no idea that the skills I learned here would later translate into an ability to live a life of professional, financial and personal freedom.
The relentless pursuit of a thing becomes the thing. Pursue wisely.
09/23/2025
It's hard to believe there was cancer growing inside of me in this picture. It was taken years ago.
Today I'm recovering from getting that cancer yanked out of my body—and looking forward to returning to my favorite gym and lunch spot.
I’ve built meaningful pauses into my life. Something I actually learned from being a SEAL.
We’re well known for our intensity—and little known for our commitment to caring for our minds and bodies.
Since becoming an entrepreneur in 2008, it’s been a regular practice for me to stop work and go live my best life between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00-ish.
I get my mind, body, fun, flow, and adventure—all in one. It leaves me never wanting to go on vacation from my life.
That might not seem “productive” on paper—but it’s that very act that gives me the freedom to continue it. I can't wait to get back to "Work"!
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