You gave everything to a country that claimed to want you back. Corporate America hung the banners. Then wouldn’t hire you. So Adam Castillo gave it double middle fingers, moved to Myanmar, and built a security company that employed thousands. Twelve years later, he’s coming home with gifts for his people—and a book about what leadership looks like in a war zone.
In This Episode You’ll Discover:
✓ Why rejection can become either your exit or your engine
✓ How to lead a business community through a military takeover with no playbook
✓ What changed when a fellow veteran told him “it’s time to let go”
✓ What he’s carrying back to Riverside, California—and why it fits this time
Featured Guest: Adam Castillo — U.S. Marine, combat veteran, founder of AGS Myanmar security firm and former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar. Author of Finding Our Voice. Connect: Finding Our Voice: A Story of Leadership in Crisis and the American Spirit Abroad
About The Host
Shelly C. Rood served across 16 years as a U.S. Army Reserves Intelligence Officer — Captain, Company Commander, and S2 — leading covert briefings overseas and overseeing security programs for nearly 4,000 soldiers. A Distinguished Military Graduate of Western Michigan University and a third-generation Detroit business owner, she brought that same standard of leadership into the private sector. She is the founder of a training and leadership development company, Mission Ambition, LLC, creator of the Others Over Self® leadership mindset, and the architect of Be At Ease, Woman Veteran™, a peer support program serving military women since 2019. She is host of Hardcore and At Ease, and author of Mission Wildflower 🌻. Today she leads a team of veterans who continue to serve beyond the uniform.
