Author: Dave Rhodes
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You will never stop growing up
Man, I love the topic of growing and mentoring people! My mind has been thinking about all of the positions that I’ve worked over my career and where it all started. I worked at a fast food restaurant, retired as a squadron commander from the Air Force and now work at a huge IT consulting…
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Caring never ends
You may work for one job or many over your life…time will tell. Regardless, you will work with many different teams and organizations within those companies over that time. There are folks that come to work every day because they “have” to…but they do the work and go home. You’ll find all sorts of personalities…but…
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Live in the moment
We certainly spend a lot of time reading about the future…I know I write about it a lot. Setting goals, building a roadmap, learning from the past to be better in the future…all good things and I’m not saying to not do any of that…but today, it’s about living in the moment. Today is only…
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Don’t stop being you
One thing I truly miss about being a commander was holding the monthly Maverick’s Call (Commander’s Call). It was a time for the squadron to come together and recognize each other for their accomplishments…and yeah, maybe hear what myself, the Chief or the First Sergeant had on their minds. We also opened the floor up…
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How do you handle failure?
Life sure is great when everything is going the way it is supposed to be. You’ve made all the right decisions, everyone is happy…everything is perfect every single day. Sound like your life?? Yeah, mine neither…and I doubt that anyone could truly answer yes to that question. Nobody gets every decision right…just can’t make everyone…
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Who is that?
Have you ever been notified that there was going to be a big “organizational meeting” being held by “fill in the name” and everyone had to attend? Then you look at the person’s name and ask “Who is that?”. I know I have and then was shocked when I found out the answer. I’ve heard…
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Work/Life Balance
When I was on active duty it was pretty common to work 12-hour shifts…nature of the business. During the day I’d find time to get some push-ups and sit-ups in and at the end of the day, 2-3 times a week, I’d get a run in…before I went home. I took pride that for the…
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Don’t forget to pay it forward
For some reason I’ve really been thinking about that Tough Mudder I did back around 2016…and just comparing it to how we succeed…or fail today. They build this course so the only way you can truly make it through is with teamwork. One obstacle requires 3-4 people to lay on a ramp at a steep…
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How do you make an impact?
I thought about this question today and compared it to a simple carpentry project. Goal is to build/create something and that is going to require some sort of fastener…probably nails or screws. Some tool will be used to insert the fastener…might be a hammer, impact wrench, nail gun…heck I’ve seen a variety of items used…
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Remember writing letters?
I can remember the days when we would write letters, pass them to each other and then have to wait for another letter to get a response. Many of those letters had questions with easy responses…check yes or no. We even found creative ways to fold those letters…but the anticipation on waiting on that response…
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