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Rudy Mawer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

Love it.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

And, you know, last few questions I have now, like bridging into business, right?

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

Now you do a lot of consulting work with big companies, CEOs, et cetera.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

And we've talked about a lot of it naturally, but what are those big bridges you see, you know, between the successful CEOs and when you come in and help work with companies?

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

What do you bring from that military service?

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

Yeah, yeah.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

I mean, just myself in the last 10 years, we've pivoted our business three big times, three different directions.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

And, you know, every time you take a step back for a few months or a year in revenue, but every time, luckily, I've done that, the business has doubled or tripled over the next couple of years, you know, and it's, you know, I'm a very, I guess, I just go for it, you know, I just...

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

move forward.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

But yeah, I think a lot of the time it's, you're right.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

You have that group that are like, yeah, let's do it.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

And then most are just like watching, right?

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

They're watching and they're seeing the way the tide goes, you know, and, and swaying them.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

And, you know, I do think a big thing that sways them beyond obviously leadership, giving speeches is, is results, right?

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

Like I always talk results talk.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

Yes.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

So, you know, when people start to see the proofs in the pudding and, and,

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

And I think another good thing that I do as a leader, I think good leaders do is I'll always, I'll do whatever I make my staff do, right?

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

So I have Airbnb properties and real estate and I'll paint the walls and I'll move the boxes.

Living The Red Life
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: Power, Leadership, and Life-or-Death Decisions

Good.