Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's on leadership podcast series.

My name is Scott Miller and I serve as your weekly host and interviewer now of the world's

largest weekly leadership podcast.

Globally I am also the author of the new book Master Mentors 30 Transformer of Insights

from our greatest minds available now and based on 30 of our most transformative interviews

from guests that appeared on our podcast.

In fact, today I am in the presence of greatness.

I am honored to welcome back one of the 30 mentors.

In fact, mentor number 10 general Stanley McChrystal who has joined us once in previous

episodes and today is joining us for the launch of his newest book called Risk, A User's

Guide.

General McChrystal, welcome back to on leadership.

Scott, it's it's great to be with you and I'd ask if you would call me Stan and thanks

for having me.

General McChrystal, I will do my best to call you Stan.

It will not come naturally.

I was raised as a gentleman from my parents.

I'm doing the same with my three sons.

So if I slip up and use the G word again, I'll be hopefully pre forgiven from you.

You are a man of enormous contribution to our nation, to our world's stability.

That is not puffy, that is a very true statement.

You were the leader of our intervention if you would call it in Afghanistan under a previous

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