Name: Episode 33: Never Quit: Lessons in Resilience
Uploaded: 2024-11-02T17:00:00+00:00
Duration: 15 min 23 s
Description: Quitting is an opportunity for self-reflection and growth. It can warn us of our limits, or showcase our resilience. In this episode of Veteran Led, John Berry tells personal stories from his time in

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Quitting is an opportunity for self-reflection and growth. It can warn us of our limits, or showcase our resilience. In this episode of Veteran Led, John Berry tells personal stories from his time in training to illustrate the cost of quitting and the importance of pushing through adversity. John will share the ways that leaders are rewarded in the long-term for pushing through challenges rather than taking the easy way out by quitting.

0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - Attrition in Officer Candidate School
1:18 - Types of Quitters
2:36 - Quitting for Different Reasons
4:02 - Ranger School Failure and Persistence
5:57 - Napoleon Hill's Story of Quitting
6:48 - Learning from Failures
8:45 - Risk of Quitting for Better Life
10:05 - Quitting Failed Initiatives
10:51 - Difficulty of Quitting Vendors
12:11 - Learning to Renegotiate Contracts
13:19 - Knowing When to Quit
14:00 - After Action Review