> Astonishingly, these are often people that have suffered overwhelming personal tragedy. It sounds cliche, but a pair of the most powerful people I’ve known

> Astonishingly, these are often people that have suffered overwhelming personal tragedy. It sounds cliche, but a pair of the most powerful people I’ve known (in terms of personality) are near death survivors. One was in a small plane crash, the other was a SEAL that went into Grenada. He had rather long scar on his neck. Very positive people, almost, but not quite, devil may care. And it brings to mind a line from an early episode from “The Expanse”, where a character nearly died and, later returned on a dangerous mission. About how he should have died before, and now he was on bonus time. I’m not convinced folks can talk themselves into the mindset that may come from experiences like that. It’s old news, we’ve all heard it. But, most of us, seemingly, are unconvinced.