I feel like if you can't learn from other people, you're only going to learn from your experiences. Victor Frankl says success is being the best version of yourself. If that's the case and you believe that you've achieved success, well, then you only achieve success on your death bed. So I think there's, yeah, I think reading is a proxy for learning but it doesn't mean you can't be successful.
Eric served in the U.S. Marine Corp both as an infantry officer and a special operations officer with a first reconnaissance company, first Marine division. As a platoon leader with his company, Eric led his team of 20 covert operation specialists on numerous special forces related missions. After leaving active duty, Eric founded The Program in 2008 with the sole purpose of developing better leaders and creating more cohesive teams.
Eric joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his military career, leadership, parenting and much more.
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