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05: Peter Johnson: Showing up, Inner Voices, and Choosing Purpose

05: Peter Johnson: Showing up, Inner Voices, and Choosing Purpose

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Peter Johnson is an Air Force veteran, former federal air marshal, and entrepreneur who’s built his life around service, discipline, and making the world a safer place. After years in aviation security and counter-terrorism, he founded Archway Defense, training across three “archways:”government, commercial, and houses of worship. He’s also building Deep Attic, an AR/VR platform helping people train more efficiently in disaster response and decision-making.


In this episode, Peter talks about the compounding power of showing up in fitness, in business, and in protecting others. We dig into how to fight the inner voice that wants the easy route, why daily discipline becomes a foundation for better decisions, and how saying “yes” only matters when it aligns with your core principles. He speaks candidly about burnout and resilience, the opportunity cost of misaligned work, and the sober weight of preparing people to confront real-world evil. The long game here is consistency, capacity, and choosing purpose over comfort.

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