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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 “The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education, an Army Airborne Ranger, an Afghanistan combat veteran (2002-2005), and a Rhodes Scholar.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Craig’s experience going to West Point, the oldest service academy in the US

- Becoming a Rhodes scholar and attending the University of Oxford

- 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

- Writing a NY Times Best-Selling book

- Working at the Pentagon for the Department of Defense

- Transitioning to work as a business executive at Facebook and now at the Brunswick Group

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Craig's Socials:

The Unforgiving Minute book: https://www.amazon.com/Unforgiving-Minute-Soldiers-Education/dp/0143116878

Brunswick: https://www.brunswickgroup.com/craig-mullaney-i9068/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigmmullaney

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigmmullaney/

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Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

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Approximate Time Stamps:

0:46 Craig’s childhood an family background

2:05 Where did your academic drive/motivation come from in HS?

3:00 How did you decide to attend West Point?

6:15 How did, at 17, you have the perspective to be willing to give up your life for your country?

8:20 Who should go to West Point or a military academy?

12:10 Advice to current student at West Point

13:20 How do you look back at Ranger School?

17:03 How did studying Oxford and being a Rhodes Scholar help you with your military career?

21:04 What stands out from your time in the US Army as a Platoon Leader from 2002 to 2005?

23:47 How do you look at Afghanistan and the US withdrawal in 2021 as someone who served in Afghanistan?

27:27 Losing a fellow platoon member Private Evan O’Neil

31:40 How was transitioning back to the US and normal society after serving in Afghanistan?

36:23 Is there something you would say to civilians about US policy towards Afghanistan?

39:20 What was it like working under President Obama in the Defense Department?

43:00 Writing a memoir on your soldier journey

48:30 What was it like being a Senior Advisor for US AID?

52:10 How should CEOs and leaders think about their relationship with social media?

53:22 Being a Partner at Brunswick Group

54:30 Personal life wisdom

56:17 Any regrets on your time with West Point or Army?

57:20 Life advice to 25-34 year olds?

58:00 Supporting you