Gen. Stanley McChrystal
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Yeah, without being trite, it is the journey and not the destination. When I left the service after 34 years, a friend of mine and I co-founded a company, and my motivation was just to create a team that I could be a part of. I didn't care whether we made money. I really didn't care what business we went into, but I wanted a place to go. I wanted a Jersey to wear.
Yeah, without being trite, it is the journey and not the destination. When I left the service after 34 years, a friend of mine and I co-founded a company, and my motivation was just to create a team that I could be a part of. I didn't care whether we made money. I really didn't care what business we went into, but I wanted a place to go. I wanted a Jersey to wear.
I wanted comrades because I realized that that was most important to me. That still is. And I'm, I'm pretty self-aware about that right now. And so I think when people don't understand that and they think the goal is to be X and Really, the goal is life between here and there.
I wanted comrades because I realized that that was most important to me. That still is. And I'm, I'm pretty self-aware about that right now. And so I think when people don't understand that and they think the goal is to be X and Really, the goal is life between here and there.
I wanted comrades because I realized that that was most important to me. That still is. And I'm, I'm pretty self-aware about that right now. And so I think when people don't understand that and they think the goal is to be X and Really, the goal is life between here and there.
It also touches upon, we've got an attitude by some people today that says, if you are obsessed, if you work hard, you're a sucker. You are going out there and you are ruining the rest of your life. You're not getting work-life balance and all that sort of thing. And I'm just not of that view. My view is there is a certain
It also touches upon, we've got an attitude by some people today that says, if you are obsessed, if you work hard, you're a sucker. You are going out there and you are ruining the rest of your life. You're not getting work-life balance and all that sort of thing. And I'm just not of that view. My view is there is a certain
It also touches upon, we've got an attitude by some people today that says, if you are obsessed, if you work hard, you're a sucker. You are going out there and you are ruining the rest of your life. You're not getting work-life balance and all that sort of thing. And I'm just not of that view. My view is there is a certain
There's a certain purity and there's a certain satisfaction that comes with obsession. And it doesn't have to mean you're a jerk in the rest of your life, you don't have a good relationship, but it means those things you want, you're willing to try really hard for. You're willing to work really hard for. You're willing to see how good I can be at that.
There's a certain purity and there's a certain satisfaction that comes with obsession. And it doesn't have to mean you're a jerk in the rest of your life, you don't have a good relationship, but it means those things you want, you're willing to try really hard for. You're willing to work really hard for. You're willing to see how good I can be at that.
There's a certain purity and there's a certain satisfaction that comes with obsession. And it doesn't have to mean you're a jerk in the rest of your life, you don't have a good relationship, but it means those things you want, you're willing to try really hard for. You're willing to work really hard for. You're willing to see how good I can be at that.
Because if you go 70%, you always go wonder, well, if I'd only done X. I had a lot of people in the army used to come to me and they'd go, You know, I thought about going in the Rangers. I was going to, but I was doing X and, you know, I had laundry in and I'd want, you know, I'd go, you got to make the choice to do those things sometimes.
Because if you go 70%, you always go wonder, well, if I'd only done X. I had a lot of people in the army used to come to me and they'd go, You know, I thought about going in the Rangers. I was going to, but I was doing X and, you know, I had laundry in and I'd want, you know, I'd go, you got to make the choice to do those things sometimes.
Because if you go 70%, you always go wonder, well, if I'd only done X. I had a lot of people in the army used to come to me and they'd go, You know, I thought about going in the Rangers. I was going to, but I was doing X and, you know, I had laundry in and I'd want, you know, I'd go, you got to make the choice to do those things sometimes.
Because if you don't test yourself, one, you'll never know.
Because if you don't test yourself, one, you'll never know.
Because if you don't test yourself, one, you'll never know.
Well, it's everything. It's the essence of who we are. At the end of the day, character, and I brought it down to a mathematical equation, it's what are our convictions, the things we believe in that we've really pressure tested, and then the discipline we have to live up to it.
Well, it's everything. It's the essence of who we are. At the end of the day, character, and I brought it down to a mathematical equation, it's what are our convictions, the things we believe in that we've really pressure tested, and then the discipline we have to live up to it.
Well, it's everything. It's the essence of who we are. At the end of the day, character, and I brought it down to a mathematical equation, it's what are our convictions, the things we believe in that we've really pressure tested, and then the discipline we have to live up to it.