Major General Mick Ryan (recently retired) is a highly skilled leader and strategist with thirty-five years of experience as an officer in the Australian Army, having deployed in many countries and been in the middle of much conflict and combat. In this episode, the MG and I speak about preparing for competition and combat in war, sport and life, how to train people for the most brutal and violent of roles in the most extreme of circumstances, why failure can be more empowering and valuable than success, the growing number of women in the military, who makes the best soldiers and why, his new book (War Transformed) and lots more. Enjoy.

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