Showing posts with label Army Ranger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Army Ranger. Show all posts

Friday, January 18, 2013

Part Two of Many More to Come on Success

The second interview was conducted with a dear old neighbor of mine.  "Bob" is a “Communications Specialist”, does private work for NSA, CIA and other acronyms, retired Army Ranger – Vietnam Vet and is currently 69 years old.  During our lunch meeting, I asked Bob to tell me the most important pieces or keys of his success, below is what he revealed.

 
Ø  "Susan", his wife

Ø  Mental Toughness, earned it in Ranger School @ Ft. Benning, GA

Ø  Self Belief, if you do possess it, it is hard to convey confidence to others

Ø  Networking outside what most would consider your normal circle, meet new people. Listen & learn from them

Ø  Information & knowledge always win, never quit learning was what I took away

Ø  Become the Asset / Keeper of the knowledge, but then share it with those willing to learn from you

Ø  "Mr. Johnson / "Susan’s" father / great scientist, worked with Einstein, worked on weird & unique things for the GOV back in the day

Ø  Be structured and disciplined, I correlated this to Jim Rohn & John Maxwell about being intentional

Ø  Be  connector of people / Similar to my theory of connecting X & Y to get to Z

Ø  Do not be afraid to spend some of your earnings, buy some things you want & like, otherwise, you can’t take it with you, basically is what I took away

Ø  Never look back.  "Bob" described it as being a successful bank robber, having the confidence of living and never having to look back

The more time I get to spend with high quality people like "Bob", the more I know I will never be through soaking it all in.

Maybe this sparked a though or two for you, if so ...  Enjoy.


Greg