#yearofthevet

Wanting to be Maverick, Leland Schulz knew he was going to go to the Naval Academy after high school. Leland, a Combat Engineer Marine Officer, joins the #YearOfTheVet family to talk about his transition from being an advisor to the Army’s of Iraq and Afghanistan, into an Account Manager—or as he simplified it… software salesman.I mention it earlier, but my conversation with Leland was simply insightful.We talk a lot about giving yourself a shot at anything you want to do—and we talk about it in different ways. And you can see what I mean from some of my favorite quotes from the conversation!“Don’t short change the skills you have, because it’s not JUST what your MOS is. There are underlying skillets that you can extract from your experience in the Marine Corps”“The biggest lesson I learned in transition is to not be afraid! This implication of failure in the Marine Corps is measured in lives, most things aren’t the serious in the corporate world. It’s ok to try something and fail!”Don’t try to replicate the