Campaign Mistakes, CIA Training, and Leadership Lessons with Will Hurd

Republican Representative from Texas

Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake2

My guest for Episode #2 is not currently a business leader, but he is going back into the private sector in January 2021. He is Congressman Will Hurd, a Republican representing Texas’s 23rd Congressional District.

Hurd was student body president at Texas A&M University, he served as a CIA undercover operations officer including stints in the field in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. After working for a cybersecurity company, he was elected to the House in 2014.

Today, the Congressman talks about his “favorite mistake,” which includes his lessons learned from running and losing his first election in a runoff. We'll also hear about his experiences in the CIA and how they focus on training — and executing the mundane tasks perfectly — as a way to prevent bigger, catastrophic mistakes.

Update March 2022: Hurd is now the author of the book American Reboot: An Idealist's Guide to Getting Big Things Done.

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