About this episode

George Tagg Jr. shares his journey of overcoming personal and professional adversities, emphasizing resilience and the human process of moving forward.

Setbacks don't send a calendar invite. They show up at 6 a.m. on a Teams call. In a hospital room. On a battlefield. George Tagg Jr. has met adversity at every one of those addresses. And every single time, he found a way forward. Attorney. Former DOJ Nazi hunter. A State Department and DOD official who negotiated in the Caucasus, was on the ground in Kyiv when Russia's invasion began, and managed the deconfliction line between U.S. and Russian forces in Syria. George has served across multiple presidential administrations. He is now founder and CEO of GTC 360 Advisors. And writing a book on resilience, including a chapter on dealing with bullies. Starting with Putin. But if you ask George, his hardest moments were never on a battlefield. Losing his grandparents young. Then his father, one of the most magnetic lobbyists in DC during the 90s, gone suddenly to a heart attack six months after 9/11. George was 20. He could have gone the other direction. Instead, he picked up the legacy, held onto the lessons, and kept going. That is what this episode is really about. Not the geopolitics. The process. A repeatable, human way of turning your worst moments into the thing that moves you…

People in this episode

Host: Lee Scott

Guest: George Tagg Jr.

Topics covered

• perseverance
• adversity
• resilience
• geopolitics
• personal growth
• overcoming challenges

Keywords

• resilience
• adversity
• perseverance
• geopolitics
• personal growth
• overcoming challenges
• life lessons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GTC 360 Advisors

Places: Caucasus, Kyiv, Syria

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