“I was the fastest person in my regiment to be promoted to corporal. And I was in the marching band and I did an excellent drill as well. And, you know, something I take away from some of the commanding officers whom I grew close to, they would tell me that, you know, the ethic of the army was that whatever you imagine is the most difficult thing, you should simply re-conceptualize it as the easiest thing and then you just do it.”
From Conversations with Tyler: Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other, Dec 3, 2025
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