When you discover that the former National Security Advisor who was fired by tweet just wrote a book weeks before a presidential election, you probably assume it’ll be a tell-all about butting heads with the administration over policy and that it might include some juicy details that will either confirm or deny your impression of what life in that circle is like. But — pleasant surprise — this is not that book! Joining us on this episode is Lt. General H.R. McMaster, the 26th National Security Advisor and author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World. ✍️ Full show notes and worksheets for this episode: https://jordanharbinger.com/410 What We Discuss with Lt. General H.R. McMaster: 🎖️ The problem with taking a “George Constanza approach” to warfare if we want to resolve conflict instead of just drawing it out longer than it needs to be. 🇺🇸 Why does the United States keep fighting, as H.R. said on 60 Minutes, “a one-year war 20 times” in Afghanistan? 🎖️ The importance of exercising strategic empathy in order to understand how opposing states think rather than allowing strategic narcissism to convince us that they have the same motivations and think like us. 🎖️ Why immigration is good for the United States and we should be encouraging it as a way to compete instead of discouraging it. 🎖️ If H.R. believes that climate change is one of our greatest threats and challenges, why did he support a US withdrawal from the Paris Accords? 🎖️ And much more… 📖 Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World now available here: https://geni.us/AzkEMsQ 📖 Dereliction of Duty now available here: https://geni.us/JmRActG Never miss a single incredible insight! Subscribe to The Jordan Harbinger Show here: http://www.youtube.com/THEJORDANHARBINGERSHOW?sub_confirmation=1 Want to watch more in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most amazing and successful people? Find full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbAQB8BYtM&list=PLxuPu-uyanrrBgAl5-76enemxVsxFjnEQ&index=1 Welcome to The Jordan Harbinger Show, a video podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest performers and incredible personalities. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Subscribe to the podcast: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/about