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Guard was then forming an elite unit of Special Forces, and in that unit, I
ended up as a captain and a team leader in the Green Berets. I continued

my service in the Boy Scouts of America, advancing from the local to the
regional level. Eventually, I served as a member of the national board for
more than twenty years. I still serve as its Vice President. In 1964, I made
contact with the national office of the Democratic Party, where I
volunteered in Robert Kennedy’s campaign bid to become senator of New

York. Pleased with my efforts, the newly elected senator invited me to join
his staff in 1965. I served as an administrative assistant to Senator
Kennedy from 1965 until his tragic death in 1968.

The success that I’ve had in business started from childhood, extended

through my developing years, and was sharpened by these two blocks of
advice and my broad cumulative experience.

Experience is a good teacher