The Fortified Life Podcast Ep 194 Show Notes – Guest: Ricky Brown

In this powerful episode of The Fortified Life Podcast, host Jason Davis welcomes Ricky Brown, a dynamic communicator, Air Force veteran, commercial pilot, and author of the transformative book The Five Hazardous Attitudes: Ways to Win the War Within. Together, they delve deeply into the attitudes that silently undermine our personal, professional, and spiritual lives—and how to overcome them with wisdom, awareness, and faith.

Key Themes and Takeaways:

• God’s Divine Alignment: Jason and Ricky discuss how divine connections led to their friendship and the purpose behind their missions to integrate faith with leadership in business and ministry.
• Military Insights that Transform Mindsets: Ricky draws on his service in the U.S. Air Force and experience as a commercial pilot to introduce five hazardous attitudes identified by the FAA—attitudes that cause real-life aviation accidents and parallel how people crash emotionally, professionally, or spiritually.
• The Five Hazardous Attitudes:
  1. Invulnerability – “It won’t happen to me”:
  2. Macho – “I can do it”:
  3. Impulsivity – “Do something!”:
  4. Anti-authority – “Don’t tell me what to do”:
  5. Resignation – “What’s the use?”: