Coaching a Marine Turned Priest Teach How to Begin Again in His Fifties | David Couper | Ep 1036

From Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong Niiamah Ashong

"When you teach your vision, it's got to be the thing you remember when you wake up in the morning." — David Couper

Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and David Couper. David is 88 and still working. He ran the Madison Police Department for 21 years, went to seminary in his fifties, and is fifty years into a fight he has not finished.

This one is about leading a system you inherited and refuse to accept as it is.

Three things you leave with:

Hand decision power to the people fighting you, and watch what happens to your authority
Trust first, or spend your whole career using force to get compliance
If nobody can say your vision from memory, you do not have one

Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome to Outlier's Edge

01:02 - Eighty eight, still causing trouble

02:10 - Why cops should start rich

05:24 - The run that changed everything

12:05 - Going political for once

14:21 - Fifty years, one goal

17:40 - Writing his own obituary

20:10 - Twenty six meetings, one answer

21:16 - Union head joins management

25:54 - Closer to the people served