#16 - Joe Gozdieski - Tenacity, Grit & Failing Forward

Today’s guest is Joe GozdieskiJoe Gozdieski is the Senior Director of Commercial Effectiveness and Training for a specialty pharmaceutical company in San Diego, California. Joe has about as an impressive of a resume as you are going to see in the corporate world and a remarkable story to tell.. Joe is a US army veteran and commissioned officer through the ROTC program where he was the cadet battalion commander for 13 schools. Joe earned two undergraduate degrees at the same time from 2 different colleges:  A mechanical engineer degree from Seaton Hall (where he played D1 soccer and was a member of SH’s 1991 Big East Championship team) & a physics degree at NJ institute of technology. He also has an MBA from USC.  Joe and I discuss how failure is our greatest teacher and what he learned from he calls his greatest failure & regret – dropping out of the Army’s Ranger School. And how that changed his mindset about preparation and making sure the people he leads in the corporate world today are prepared and equipped with everything they need to succeed.  We also get into how seeing his mom suffer from mental illness led him to the world of pharmaceuticals so he could have a positive impact and help other families and patients suffering from mental illness. Thank you for listening.  If you like what you hear, please HIT the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON. We have a bunch of cool interviews, like this one, to come.Enjoy my conversation with Joe Gozdieski.And remember… “Life is built, not born".Mentioned In this Episode:Book: GRIT (by Angela Duckworth)Book: Failing Forward (by John C. Maxwell) Book: The Daily Stoic (by Ryan Holiday)