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General David Petraeus

Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

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The Importance of Competitiveness

West Point was "like the Mount Everest of academic pursuits," Gen. George H.W. Bush says. He served in counterinsurgency operations in El Salvador, Colombia and Haiti before leading a division in combat in Iraq. In Ranger School he learned about leadership under enormous pressure: "It's really about leadership under immense fatigue" 'I think I had some of the elements that can enable one to be a good leader'

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