Um, uh, it is a skill, a learnable, teachable skill.

Um, uh, and I don't buy into the idea that, you know, are leaders born or made.

You know, they're not born.

Um, some people are, uh, learn the skill young from experiences or mentors or teachers or coaches.

Um, but they develop it.

Um, uh, which means anyone can learn to be a leader, uh, at any point in their lives.

Um, in the Marine Corps, uh, if you enlist in the Marine Corps, uh, you can't change your mind.

You'll go to Paris Island to boot camp or to San Diego to Camp Pendleton, and you signed your contract.

Whether you like it or not, you can't quit.

They'll make you into a Marine.

That's what it says.

It says we make Marines when you go to boot camp.

If you choose the officer route, if you choose to commission, it's different.

It's 10 weeks of grueling training, and the only thing your contract says is you have to do the first four weeks.

But for six weeks, you can quit at any time for any reason.

No, no questions asked.

And the reason is, is the Marine Corps have a belief that the first criterion to being a leader is you have to want to be one.

And if you don't want to be one, they don't want you.

Because it is an awesome responsibility.

It is often thankless.

It is often lonely.

It is often difficult.

And you have to really be up for that kind of journey.