Craig Mullaney is currently a Partner at the Brunswick Group, an advisory firm specializing in business critical issues, he is also the bestselling author of \u201cThe Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier\u2019s Education, an Army Airborne Ranger, an Afghanistan combat veteran (2002-2005), and a Rhodes Scholar.
\nIn this interview, we talk about:
\n- Craig\u2019s experience going to West Point, the oldest service academy in the US
\n- Becoming a Rhodes scholar and attending the University of Oxford
\n- Serving in the US Army as a platoon leader in Afghanistan from 2003-2004 and how he looks at the situation in Afghanistan as an Afghanistan combat veteran
\n- Writing a NY Times Best-Selling book
\n- Working at the Pentagon for the Department of Defense
\n- Transitioning to work as a business executive at Facebook and now at the Brunswick Group
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\nCraig's Socials:
\nThe Unforgiving Minute book: https://www.amazon.com/Unforgiving-Minute-Soldiers-Education/dp/0143116878
\nBrunswick: https://www.brunswickgroup.com/craig-mullaney-i9068/
\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/craigmmullaney
\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigmmullaney/
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\nGrateful Living Info:
\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w
\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi
\nApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956
\nMy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en
\nPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4
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\nApproximate Time Stamps:
\n0:46 Craig\u2019s childhood an family background
\n2:05 Where did your academic drive/motivation come from in HS?
\n3:00 How did you decide to attend West Point?
\n6:15 How did, at 17, you have the perspective to be willing to give up your life for your country?
\n8:20 Who should go to West Point or a military academy?
\n12:10 Advice to current student at West Point
\n13:20 How do you look back at Ranger School?
\n17:03 How did studying Oxford and being a Rhodes Scholar help you with your military career?
\n21:04 What stands out from your time in the US Army as a Platoon Leader from 2002 to 2005?
\n23:47 How do you look at Afghanistan and the US withdrawal in 2021 as someone who served in Afghanistan?
\n27:27 Losing a fellow platoon member Private Evan O\u2019Neil
\n31:40 How was transitioning back to the US and normal society after serving in Afghanistan?
\n36:23 Is there something you would say to civilians about US policy towards Afghanistan?
\n39:20 What was it like working under President Obama in the Defense Department?
\n43:00 Writing a memoir on your soldier journey
\n48:30 What was it like being a Senior Advisor for US AID?
\n52:10 How should CEOs and leaders think about their relationship with social media?
\n53:22 Being a Partner at Brunswick Group
\n54:30 Personal life wisdom
\n56:17 Any regrets on your time with West Point or Army?
\n57:20 Life advice to 25-34 year olds?
\n58:00 Supporting you