Welcome back to Franklin Covey's twice weekly podcast on leadership with Scott Miller.

That's me. I'm your host and interviewer for Franklin Covey six years in nearly 400 episodes

taped where twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays we release in both

audio and video formats interviews with people that are determined and

designed to make you a better leader.

Franklin Covey, of course, the world's most trusted leadership development firm founded

by Stephen Covey, the author of the seminal book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

This podcast is intended to shine Franklin Covey's spotlight, which is quite broad and bright

around the world onto different thought leaders, business titans, CEOs,

researchers, academics, and occasionally someone who, out of service to self and others has experienced something heroic,

unrelatable Herculean, sometimes tragic and traumatic,

and has lived and thrived to tell about it in the hopes and purpose of helping you perhaps overcome similar or different struggles in your own life to make you a better parent, friend, teacher, leader, contributor, and

human being.

Today it is with immense honor that I am interviewing Israel del Toro Jr. known as DT to his friends. He is a member of our armed forces

here in the US, specifically the US Air Force. He has written a book called A Patriots' Promise,

Protecting my brothers, fighting for my life and keeping my word.

Now let me tell you this is a remarkable individual U.S. Air Force Senior Master

Sergeant Israel del Toro retired now, but in his service he nearly lost his life in defense of democracy and America's committed

mission in Afghanistan.

When a former president endorses the front cover of your book by saying

del Toro as a man of uncommon courage and the Patriot of the highest order you know you are in the presence of greatness.

Israel, welcome to on leadership.

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