Author: Dave Rhodes
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Daily Deliberation: 4 August 2020
Being the father of 3 grown boys, I’ve been known to “lecture” them a lot about life. Having recently retired from the Air Force and being on the job hunt, I’m having to remind myself to practice what I have preached. One of my “lectures” focused on the importance of setting goals and how that…
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Daily Deliberation: 30 July 2020
We’ve all heard the phrase “there is no I in Team”. It’s been said a million times and had a million different spins or interpretations…here’s a million +1. I was going to try and go literal and if you spell the word in all caps…TEAM, it could be said that it has 13 “I’s” in…
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3 Vital Lessons from The Little Engine That Could
I have no idea why I Googled the Little Engine That Could yesterday…but I did. Watty Piper shared a story with us in 1930 that we’ve all heard at least once but I’ve gotta tell ya, I had this story wrong. Allow me to give a brief summary: It starts with a regular engine carrying…
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Daily Deliberation: 28 July 2020
While listening to an audio book by Jeff Sutherland he was discussing about how he can transform how teams do things and then how the teams take care of transforming individuals within the teams. It reminded me of my days in Little League baseball. Every team seems to have that one child, let’s admit it,…
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Groom Your Replacement
I’m a firm believer that things happen for a reason. This month is my opportunity to provide the Commander’s Commentary and it also happens to be the same month I joined the Air Force 20 years ago. What does that mean? I’m closer to the end of my career than I am to the beginning…
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