HeyJaredYour Next Objective
Your Next Objective is a weekly podcast for military veterans, first responders, law enforcement, and firefighters preparing for civilian career transition.
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- Sep 10, 2026
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028. Never Be Out of Shape Mentally or Physically | Veterans & First Responders (opens the original)
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Your Next Objective podcast Round 28, addresses why staying mentally and physically fit has to remain a priority throughout your career, not just when the job requires it. September is Suicide Prevention Month, and for many people in the military and first responder communities, that subject isn’t distant or abstract. You may have lost a friend, coworker, partner, or someone you served beside. You may have watched someone struggle long before anyone understood how much weight they were carrying.
027. Turning Down Hypervigilance and Threat Scanning | Veterans & First Responders (opens the original)
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Your Next Objective podcast Round 27, addresses hypervigilance during military and first responder career transition and why preparing for civilian employment requires more than translating your resume. The goal isn’t to eliminate situational awareness, but to control when you use it. Recognizing automatic threat responses, separating incompetence from intent, reducing unnecessary operational intensity, and developing a stronger collaboration mindset. Hypervigilance can keep you alive in the mil
026. Age Considerations When Seeking Your Next Career | Veterans & First Responders (opens the original)
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Your Next Objective podcast Round 26, addresses one of the realities that military members and first responders need to consider before leaving the profession: how your age and years of service can affect the way you approach your next career. There’s a point in your military or first responder career when you realize your next career probably won’t begin at 25 or 30. You may enter the civilian workforce in your 40s or 50s with decades of leadership, responsibility, problem-solving, and real-wor
025. Fix Problems. Don’t Continue or Add to Them | Veterans & First Responders (opens the original)
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Your Next Objective podcast Round 25, addresses why problem-solving is one of the most valuable skills you can develop while you’re still serving. You’ll learn why identifying a deficiency is only the beginning, how working within limited manpower, budgets, policies, and authority can strengthen your leadership skills, and why organizations value people who can move from criticism to practical solutions. You’re trained to deal with problems. In the military, fire service, law enforcement, correc
024. Recognize Your Weaknesses and Make them Strengths | Veterans & First Responders (opens the original)
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Your Next Objective podcast Round 24, addresses recognizing your weaknesses before your military or first responder transition forces you to confront them. If you’ve spent years in the military, law enforcement, fire service, or another first responder career, some of the traits that make you effective today can become liabilities when it’s time to transition. Maybe you’re naturally assertive. You take control, make decisions quickly, and don’t wait around for someone else to solve the problem.
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