276: Admiral James Stavridis | The Voyage of Character
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
James Stavridis (@stavridisj) is a retired United States Navy admiral, operating executive with The Carlyle Group, and author. His latest book, Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, is out now.
What We Discuss with James Stavridis:- What Admiral Stavridis means when he says we're "overweight in thinking about leadership and underweight in thinking about character."
- Why creativity and innovation are important for leaders -- and the roadblocks that tend to smother these qualities as we achieve in our lives and careers.
- Principles followed when top brass make decisions that put people in harm's way.
- The winners and losers in the recent decision to pull US troops from Syria and what this means for our former allies in the region.
- Meditations on single malt scotch whisky and the dangers of bringing alcohol to sea on a US Navy ship.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:05.8 | As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:08.3 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:11.8 | most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that |
| 0:16.3 | you can use to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:19.2 | I want to help you see the Matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and |
| 0:22.2 | how they behave and want you to become a better thinker. |
| 0:25.1 | If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors, |
| 0:29.5 | thinkers and performers as well as toolboxes for things like negotiation, public speaking, |
| 0:34.2 | body language persuasion. |
| 0:36.0 | So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, well, you'll be right at home |
| 0:39.6 | here with us. |
| 0:40.6 | Today on the show, Admiral James DeVritis, he was the first four star Navy Admiral ever |
| 0:45.7 | to serve as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. |
| 0:48.7 | This guy's such a warrior scholar. |
| 0:50.3 | He's got an unbelievable depth of knowledge and education. |
| 0:53.9 | He said, we're overweight in thinking about leadership and underweight in thinking about |
| 0:58.3 | character. |
| 0:59.3 | So rather than just another leadership podcast here, we discuss some of the deeper issues |
| 1:03.5 | of what makes up character as well as some practices that Admiral Stovrides brings into |
| 1:07.8 | his own life to make sure he's reflecting upon what's important so he can improve and |
| 1:12.7 | move forward as a leader and as an individual. |
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