Robert "Cujo" Teschner: Award Winning U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilot, Senior Joint Staff Officer, 2x Bestselling Author

<div>What a privilege it is to have the top graduate of the Air Force Top Gun School and retired U.S. Air Force F-22 and F-15 fighter pilot and squadron commander, Rob “Cujo” Teschner in the studio with Marcus for this week’s Team Never Quit Podcast. Listen in for an inspiring conversation with Cujo, whose life is an amazing success story, and whose life mission is to teach and inspire others, bridging the gap between the principles of high performance combat veterans and high performance business.<br> <br> His fight with Colorectal Cancer is what prompted Cujo to retire from the Air Force early. Yet his ambition led to his path of entrepreneurship, leadership and team development. Cujo is the founder and CEO of VMax Group, an international leadership training company and he has authored several books, two of which went to #1 on the Amazon bestseller list.<br> <br> <strong>In this episode you will hear:<br> </strong>• I loved being part of the Air Force family. We lived all over the place. (7:57)<br> • 1977 when Luke Skywalker wants to join some academy and then join the rebellion. That resonated with me. (9:49)<br> • As a kid, I felt like the military was my family. It’s what I knew. (10:50)<br> • I thought it was always cool to hop on an airplane to go someplace new. To meet new people along the way. (13:00)<br> • My letter – the one that says “thanks for applying” never said “try again”. (18:26)<br> • The more people told me it wasn’t gonna happen the more committed I was to proving them wrong. (20:47)<br> • I had never flown an airplane before I went to the Air Force Academy. (23:32)<br> • Isn’t that stunning how fast we accelerate leadership – how fast we accelerate somebody to realize their potential?  (27:07)<br> • If there was a time period I could freeze it would be First Lieutenant to Captain, because that’s when I was out there doing the mission. (28:28)<br> • What we need is a constant stream of warriors who are ready to go forth and do. (35:18)<br> • The biggest honor of my military career was being