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@joekent16jan19 This isn’t a conscience-driven resignation - it’s an intellectual self-exposure.
If you don’t understand that Iran, through Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, is a core driver of terrorism and a major threat to the U.S., you were the wrong person for the job from day one.
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After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
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Was on a call with a G yesterday.
He had his camera on.
Behind him... just a blank white wall.
Nothing else.
Just... white.
At the end of the call, I told him: "Fix your Zoom background before your next sales call."
He looked confused.
"What's wrong with it?"
"You look like you're calling from a hospital waiting room."
Your Zoom background communicates credibility.
Blank wall = no social proof.
Compare that to:
Background with books on a shelf.
Awards on the wall.
A whiteboard with strategy notes.
Plants.
Art.
Anything that signals "this person has their shit together."
Subconscious cues matter.
You can say all the right words.
But if your environment screams "amateur"...
Your prospect's lizard brain is whispering: "This guy's probably broke."
Same thing with lighting.
Same thing with audio quality.
Same thing with how you dress.
People think sales is about what you say.
Sales is about what you communicate.
And you're communicating through every detail.
Your background.
Your tone.
Your energy.
The 3-second pause before you answer.
All of it.
Stop thinking your words are the only thing that matters.
Everything matters.
With Energy,
Leon Bekteshi
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