Ego Kills: Custer's Last Stand | Navy SEAL Leif Babin |
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2024
- In this video, former Navy SEAL, Leif Babin, and co-author of the NY Times #1 Bestseller, "Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win", discuss George Custer's fatal errors at the Battle of Little Bighorn. This is part three of three.
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American history is so fascinating. I loved history class in school. But in school we just learned the history alone, I wish our teacher would have delved deep in the lessons to be learned from this history like you have.
History has much to teach us if we are willing to take those lessons and apply them to ourselves.
Well said about the expectations set by a salesperson willing to say anything to close the deal and the customer gets really upset and ends up canceling and telling 10 other people. This plays out all the time and we really don't hold the salespeople accountable.
Leaders must explain the why and help the sales team think strategically
Ego can be life or death! Must be kept in check! Easier said than done but self awareness will help you identify if you are not balancing your ego. 🙏 Great lesson!
Simple. Not easy.
Very nice series sir.
Im glad to see you make this one.
I think Custer also believed the whites were superior to the natives in a racist manner, which coupled with his ego, lead to disaster.
I watched a history channel special some years back that expressed a very similar sentiment as what you just expressed. He wanted the glory at all cost.
No doubt, racism played a part.
Thanks for the presentation- couple comments if you scan the Newspaper archives of 1876 prior to the Battle you can find many articles of Sitting Bull stating " I have 8000 warriors and if the army comes near me we will fight " the whole country knew along with Custer that Sitting Bull had a force of warriors- -- As far as being outgunned the Indians just came off a battle at the Rosebud where it is estimated 15 to 25K ammunition was expended- true the Indians had repeaters but given the closeness of Rosebud encounter- their supply of ammo had to be limited- Custer was defeated by shear numbers - Custer had no respect for the Indians obviously or else he would have demanded his Brother Boston and nephew Autie Reed be nowhere near the battle ---
Thank you again Leif and team for these uploads!
Thank you for watching.
Amazing video guys, excellent job
Karma called upon Custer that day.
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Amen 🔥
Indeed
Funny, because all the guys in Ramadi said Jocko’s ego killed’🤔
Katsumoto:
And who was your general?
Algren:
Don't you have a rebellion to lead?
Katsumoto:
People in your country do not like conversation?
Algren:
He was a lieutenant colonel. His name was Custer.
Katsumoto:
I know this name. He killed many warriors
Algren:
Oh, yes. Many warriors.
Katsumoto:
So he was a good general.
Algren:
No. No, he wasn't a good general. He was arrogant and foolhardy. And he got massacred because he took a single battalion against two thousand angry Indians.
Katsumoto:
Two thousand Indians? How many men for Custer?
Algren:
Two hundred and eleven.
Katsumoto:
I like this General Custer.
Algren:
He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. And his troopers died for it.
Katsumoto:
I think this is a very good death.
Algren:
Well, maybe you can have one just like it someday.
Greed killed your men. Greed for land.
Exactly what the Crow Nation thought when the Sioux chased them off the land that they now claimed, I'd wager.
@@Bumpyi64Your settler whataboutism is tiring and pathetic.
Custer is the greatest soldier ever,his ego did get him defeated at LBH. C'mon man.
It wasn't totally ego. It was the same tactic used at the Washita. Capture the noncombatants and the natives would not attack for fear of injuries to their captured families.
Leif Babin is still my favorite Batman.
Us too.
A great many of the presenter's historical facts are, to put it quite mildly, incorrect. I won't go into them all. It's enough to deal with just one example. General Terry's best intel. supplied by the Indian Department estimated the number of "free-roamers" to be somewhere in the neighborhood of eight to nine hundred "lodges", NOT eight to nine hundred warriors; & eight to nine hundred lodges translated to about 12 to 18 hundred warriors, at the very most. No one, not even the ID experts, expected the true number of lodges to be anywhere near the actual number discovered, 15 to 18 hundred. And none of the commanders in the field that spring of 1876, not Gibbon, Custer, Terry or Crook, considered the estimated enemy strength, 12 to 18 hundred warriors, a serious threat to the trained, well-supplied numbers @ their disposal. In August 1873 on the Yellowstone River, Custer succeeded in holding his own in combat against a superior force of Native American hostiles numbering upwards of 800 warriors, both to his own & Washington's satisfaction. And the following year, April 1874, on both Rosebud & Lodge Grass Creeks, about 110 civilians were successful in fighting to a standstill a force exceeding 800 warriors led by Sitting Bull himself, sustaining only one fatality. Army scout George Herendeen, who fought the Sioux in those latter engagements & had Terry's ear expressed no concerns about the army's or more particularly Custer's ability to handle whatever hostile forces that might be encountered. All the same, absolutely, no one believed it would all be a cake walk but there were certain precedents at play in the minds of those making life & death decisions. Overconfidence was the army's greatest failure & it cannot be placed upon entirely upon Custer's supposed flaws, like aggressiveness or rashness. The real blame for the tragedy of June 25th 1876 lies on a great many shoulders. Quite chiefly, racist hubris. It was a disease that infested the entire U.S. Army from the top-most ranks down to the lowly privates. And BTW, all of the army's commanders of that day & age shared those same aggressive characteristics saddled on Custer, even the poor, besotted Major Reno, who, had his supplies not run out, would have engaged the hostiles much sooner than his regimental commander & with half the force. While I admire the presenter's entertaining salesmanship, his assessments of the events of 1876 & the workings of the 19th century U.S. Army are lacking. - George K. CD.
I think graduation from from WP was a factor too. Custer a narcissist which leads to a selfish ego. Hè was lucky in the CW which lead to his Brevet General rank. This really inflated his ego. It was a big letdown when the war ended and he returned to his rank of LT. Col. He should never have been in a position of command.
Often, the same inflated ego that drives us to want to win is the same that will cause our ultimate defeat.