course.

Yeah.

Ethics, my philosophy, my my fuck ups.

Yeah.

They all come from that early foundational experience of being charged with an incredible amount of responsibility, millions of dollars of equipment, the lives of 16 men that you had to take overseas into combat and bring home, all of the other accessory responsibilities that come with that.

And all of the ethical decision making.

And there are things that I did then as a young man that I would not do today.

How does starting a FinTech company come up when you are in this previous space that you were talking about?

Yes.

I like it.

Yeah.

Um, you know, I, l- listen, I, I spent 13 years between my active and my reserve time as a SEAL officer.

Uh, so that is the formative and seminal experience of my life, and I could tell a bazillion stories.

Um, I'll...

I think I'll tell you two quick anecdotes without any preparation and, like, my first reaction.

What are some other common threads?