The most important thing is caring about Soldiers - 1SG (Ret) Steven Buyck - Retirement
The most important thing is caring about Soldiers - 1SG (Ret) Steven Buyck - Retirement  
Podcast: Military Retirement Podcast
Published On: Fri Mar 24 2023
Description: To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! 1SG (RET) Steven Buyck - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-b-5a898833/ Recently retired from the Army as an active duty 68R, San Antonio JBSA. A good buddy of mine from high school. Just reconnecting and obviously doing the normal interview about retirement and transition. Enjoy! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 1:25 - Morning Routine ⌚ 2:19 - Entering the military - From managing hotel restaurants to being a 1SG ⌚ 3:37 - Any influence coming from a military family? ⌚ 4:50 - How was your retirement process? ⌚ 6:32 - The Army driving on when you leave to do SFL TAP ⌚ 8:43 - Slowly walking away from the work ⌚ 9:00 - What was the most important thing for you as you retired? ⌚ 10:32 - The legacy of just wanting people to miss you when you are retired ⌚ 11:34 - Don't wait til the last minute to start the retirement process and building your VA packet ⌚ 12:34 - Thoughts about Space A - from a Guam perspective ⌚ 13:44 - Talking with your 16 year old self - life is a marathon ⌚ 16:00 - A discussion about mentors and mentorship ⌚ 18:13 - Understanding we are all salesmen - and what do think about personal brand ⌚ 20:25 - GS job versus pure civilian job ⌚ 21:05 - the thing you miss the most about being in the military ⌚ 21:58 - What do you want to be when you grow up? ⌚ 23:59 - A short talk about joining the military ⌚ 27:05 - A short talk about those transitioning out of the military - "have a plan" ⌚ 28:57 - How important has college been for your career? ⌚ 30:32 - Books and reading ⌚ 33:51 - If you could invest $10,000,000.00... ⌚ 37:26 - Declining a retirement ceremony ⌚ 38:23 - The best gift you could get - helping younger Soldiers ⌚ 39:05 - Rescuing dogs - and Parvo disease ⌚ 40:27 - Final thoughts on retirement ⌚ 41:46 - Outro Links: 🔗 Ministries of San Antonio - https://www.samm.org/ 🔗 Hiring Our Heros / New York Life - https://www.hiringourheroes.org/ 🔗 SCCA - https://www.scca.com/ 🔗 Auburn - https://www.auburn.edu/ 🔗 Alabama - https://www.ua.edu/ 🔗 Audible - https://audible.com 🔗 parvovirus - https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/canine-parvovirus Books: 📚 This Civilian Shit is Hard: From the cockpit, cubicle and beyond - Dan Bozung - https://amzn.to/3JzexP0 📚 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson - https://amzn.to/3Jzfabk 📚 Falling Upward - Richard Rohr - https://amzn.to/3z1LBu4 Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site