Podcast 246: What it Takes to Avoid Quitting with Army Ranger Lisa Jaster

Army Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Jaster is a soldier, an engineer, a wife and mother, and a trailblazer. Lisa is one of only three women to graduate from the first integrated United States Army Ranger program, and is also the author of Delete the Adjective, where she details her time in Ranger School and how “there is no quitting.”

On this week’s episode, WHOOP VP of Performance Science, Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes is joined by Army Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Jaster is a soldier, an engineer, a wife and mother, and a trailblazer. One of only three women to graduate from the first integrated United States Army Ranger program. Lisa is also the author of Delete the Adjective, where she details her time in Ranger School and how “there is no quitting.”

Kristen and Lisa discuss the risk of Ranger School, females in the military, the power of shedding labels, applying lessons from Ranger School to everyday life, how Lisa uses WHOOP, and takeaways from Delete the Adjective.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS:

• 3:45 - Taking the risk of Ranger School
• 7:40 - Signing up for Ranger School
• 11:08 - The Army Ranger School
• 16:44 - When Lisa felt her most vulnerable
• 20:34 - Females in the military
• 23:36 - The power of shedding labels 
• 25:52 - Applying lessons from Ranger School to everyday life 
• 30:26 - Takeaways from Lisa’s book
• 34:28 - How Lisa uses WHOOP
• 40:45 - Doing hard things in life
• 45:45 - Developing the mentality to accomplish difficult goals
• 48:36 - Advice to young women
• 53:10 - What Lisa is obsessing over

Resources

Delete The Adjective