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To think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ ♪ an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. we're back now with nick cannauer and joining us is chris conlin a 30-year vet that we met with ms. perez' group in san diego with her entrepreneur class. colonel conlin did a stint in southern iraq. colonel, you and i have been talking on the phone a good bit, and we've been comparing and contrasting leadership culture in the marine corps, especially when y...

Nick, our relationship with uncertainty is not to run toward it as an opportunity to make decisions but to run away from it. what do you think folks that have that fear -- or what are they missing? because there is a thrill in that that people who do do it like, but there is something missing for other folks of the they're like, why would you possibly do that? >> colonel, it's super nice to meet you and i have to admit one of my favorite books is the marine corpsman you'll on strategy which i have in my office and refer to frequently and i will quote you a piece from it that you may recall whi...

Leaders don't exemplify that model. they don't really show us the way they want us to act. it's sort of do as i say, not as i do. i think the other thing is that in the military you're taught to be decisive not to be afraid to challenge notions and to get out in front of problems. and i think on the other side you see a lot of play it safe you know i don't want to make this decision yet, i don't want to face into any chaos, i want to just kind of back off from it and see if this thing settles down. that's not the way we teach our leaders. >> nick i had a long conversation with colonel conlin a...

We can win if we engage but we must engage. >> and here to tell us more about the culture that everyone you just saw shares and so many others obviously not in the videotape like that and how different their culture is from our political culture is venture capitalistactivist nick co hammeasure. hammer. he wrote a book called "the garden of democracy." nick, you say the answer for all of us if we want to be the type of community hero that you would see in a videotape like the one i just played and you look around and saw people doing incredible things with very limited resources, you say the an...

Marine corps standard style is you're dealing with marines. marines have been trained since day one how to be leaders. on the civilian side you don't have that benefit, but by the same token, you have an open sheet to work with. >> if you were to take something out of the marine corps, out of navy seals, out of the culture that really america has a tremendous degree of respect for, has a -- it sits in an aspirational model in this country, what are the tidbits that we could do better at in civilian life? >> i think the number one thing is this whole concept of in the military you lead by examp...