Even though I'm in my 30s now, and well into a business career, I still have a strong desire to be a leader in national security. It's not clear to me what the path might be for someone with my experience set, to be prepared and selected for a role like director of the National Security Council or Secretary of State.
I have an internal debate about whether I should begin to move my career in a direction that touches directly on national security issues in the next several years. Another option would be to vigorously pursue business leadership, simply to put myself in a place where I can have the influence to gain such a position. Of course in either case I would need to be prepared to be a leader in national security, but my experience set and the strengths I would bring to a position would be different.
In any case, work there is work I can do in the meantime is to study specific national security issues in more depth. I can also begin conversations with people of influence and experience in this realm, firstly to learn, and secondly to build relationships.
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