6ers, we all know that physical fitness is a crucial component of the military culture. But to unlock our highest potential, we need to incorporate a broader range of metrics that will help us better understand how exercise affects overall health and well-being, leading to more personalized and effective training programs.

Alex Morrow is a U.S. Army veteran and the founder of MOPs and MOEs brand and podcast. He is passionate about the Army’s physical fitness and believes soldiers can perform better if the Measurements Of Effectiveness (MOEs) of their training tasks are taken into consideration. Alex graduated from West Point in 2013 with a degree in International Relations and Affairs. He served as an intelligence officer and later a fitness instructor in the US Army until 2021.

You will learn about the difference between measures of performance (MOPs) and measures of effectiveness (MOEs) and how they play a role in achieving a desired outcome. Alex shares how important it is to seek out things you’re not good at by being comfortable outside of your comfort zone so you can learn and grow exponentially.

As a result, you’ll realize that more learning happens when you’re wrong than when you’re right, which is why it’s so important to have people in your circle that hold you accountable because it allows you to work on your weaknesses from a place of inspiration.

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• 01:21 - How Alex found his passion
• 02:47 - Gradual process of getting into the fitness and how he handled identity shift
• 05:19 - Working on your weakness from a place of inspiration
• 07:12 - Not all of your ideas will resonate with the audience
• 08:47 - How Alex combats impostor syndrome
• 10:28 - Convincing the leadership and framing up conversations in a productive way
• 11:49 - Rethinking the way we think about physical training and holistic health
• 14:05 - Measures of performance (MOPs) and measures of effectiveness (MOEs)
• 18:37 - The process of learning and the danger of getting to the peak of ‘Mount Stupid’
• 20:19 - Having people that tell you, “you are being dumb,” is really important
• 21:38 - The fumbling phase of when you launch a project is a learning phase

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