To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

1SG (RET) Steven Buyck - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-b-5a898833/

Recently retired from the Army as an active duty 68R, San Antonio JBSA. A good buddy of mine from high school. Just reconnecting and obviously doing the normal interview about retirement and transition. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 1:25 - Morning Routine

⌚ 2:19 - Entering the military - From managing hotel restaurants to being a 1SG

⌚ 3:37 - Any influence coming from a military family?

⌚ 4:50 - How was your retirement process?

⌚ 6:32 - The Army driving on when you leave to do SFL TAP

⌚ 8:43 - Slowly walking away from the work

⌚ 9:00 - What was the most important thing for you as you retired?

⌚ 10:32 - The legacy of just wanting people to miss you when you are retired

⌚ 11:34 - Don't wait til the last minute to start the retirement process and building your VA packet

⌚ 12:34 - Thoughts about Space A - from a Guam perspective

⌚ 13:44 - Talking with your 16 year old self - life is a marathon

⌚ 16:00 - A discussion about mentors and mentorship

⌚ 18:13 - Understanding we are all salesmen - and what do think about personal brand

⌚ 20:25 - GS job versus pure civilian job

⌚ 21:05 - the thing you miss the most about being in the military

⌚ 21:58 - What do you want to be when you grow up?

⌚ 23:59 - A short talk about joining the military

⌚ 27:05 - A short talk about those transitioning out of the military - "have a plan"

⌚ 28:57 - How important has college been for your career?

⌚ 30:32 - Books and reading

⌚ 33:51 - If you could invest $10,000,000.00...

⌚ 37:26 - Declining a retirement ceremony

⌚ 38:23 - The best gift you could get - helping younger Soldiers

⌚ 39:05 - Rescuing dogs - and Parvo disease

⌚ 40:27 - Final thoughts on retirement

⌚ 41:46 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Ministries of San Antonio - https://www.samm.org/

🔗 Hiring Our Heros / New York Life - https://www.hiringourheroes.org/

🔗 SCCA - https://www.scca.com/

🔗 Auburn - https://www.auburn.edu/

🔗 Alabama - https://www.ua.edu/

🔗 Audible - https://audible.com

🔗 parvovirus - https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/canine-parvovirus

Books:

📚 This Civilian Shit is Hard: From the cockpit, cubicle and beyond - Dan Bozung - https://amzn.to/3JzexP0

📚 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson - https://amzn.to/3Jzfabk

📚 Falling Upward - Richard Rohr - https://amzn.to/3z1LBu4

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