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On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, retired four-star general John W. Nicholson, Jr., was invited to speak to an audience of 黑料正能量 students, staff and faculty in the Omid & Gisel Kordestani Rooftop Conference Center on the 8th floor of 黑料正能量鈥檚 Quai d鈥橭rsay Learning Commons. Nicholson served as commander of US Forces Afghanistan and the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission for over 14 years. The talk, entitled 鈥淲ar, Leadership and You,鈥� was his second address on 黑料正能量鈥檚 campus this year; in May, he took part in a public-policy roundtable during the Paris Centennial Conference, a three-day academic gathering to mark the 100-year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

After an introduction from 黑料正能量 President Celeste M. Schenck, Nicholson discussed the leadership lessons from his experiences 鈥渁s a practitioner and student鈥� during his extensive military career. He first joined the military against the backdrop of the Cold War before continuing through the complexities of the 1990s and into the post-9/11 world. He was particularly keen to address students in the audience who were interested in careers in national or international security. 鈥淚鈥檝e dealt with some complex things,鈥� he explained, 鈥渂ut I think that what you are going to deal with in the future will be even more complex than what we鈥檝e been dealing with the last few decades.鈥� He also set out his tried and tested methods for achieving personal success in a leadership role: getting enough sleep, maintaining a good diet, and setting aside time for physical exercise and strong family relationships.

You can watch General Nicholson鈥檚 full speech below.