I think that's a great point.
It's so hard to say so in hindsight, but it certainly hasn't been an easy life. The military, in my 10 years, was very difficult on my family and myself—going through a heck of a lot of change and loss over the years, losing comrades and friends, and dealing with my own personal struggles with depression and anxiety. That journey doesn't stop when you leave the military. Some of those echoes of trauma are with your family too, so I appreciate everything that my family went through on this path.
Would things be different if things had clicked? Probably, actually, yeah. Changing careers multiple times and doing several different business ventures put a heck of a lot of stress on me and my family, but I think that goes to what some of the other witnesses have said in this committee so far. We have this resilience and perseverance to just keep going despite failures and losses. That's why I'm still successful today. I have a great career and a great job, and I'm still a successful entrepreneur, but it could have been a lot easier.