Hello everyone, welcome back to the show my guest today is General Stanley McChrystal

and we are talking about the military strategies for dealing with risk.

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of the US and international

security assistance forces in Afghanistan, a CEO and an author.

Risk is a constant throughout life, it's permanently shaping our individual and organizational

behaviour but humans are inherently bad at judging and adapting to risk.

After 34 years of dealing with mortal risk in the field of combat,

Stanley has a good insight into a better approach.

I feel like whenever I speak to people who have really forged their ideas in stressful situations,

in really intense environments, the difference of insight is pretty palpable.

It makes me feel like such an armchair philosopher just sitting back and discussing ideas when

Stanley was trying to coordinate thousands and thousands of troops from 34 nations in Afghanistan

and that he was the point man trying to put it all together.

Yet tons of lessons to take away from today, especially if you're involved in organizing a business

or any sort of community, yeah there's an awful lot to learn here.

Before we get on to other news, me and video guide Dean have been thinking about kick-starting

our Patreon, so stay tuned for updates about that, there will be cool things, live streams

and Q&As behind the scenes stuff happening there.

So yes, keep your ears peeled.

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