Author: Dave Rhodes
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Daily Deliberation: 17 December
Trunk or Treat was a Halloween tradition where we would line up cars and have children come dressed up to get candy…provided a safe way for children to come to the base and get A LOT of candy. I remember one year challenging my squadron to bring in as much candy as we could so…
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Daily Deliberation: 15 December
If you read enough of my posts you’ll notice there won’t be a lack of the phrase “control what you can control”…but there is a lot more to it. Most of the time we are controlling something to get a result…and back in my military days one of the lessons I truly enjoyed teaching was…
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Daily Deliberation: 10 December
For starters, I’d be a hypocrite if I told you it was a bad idea to type your thoughts or feelings out…heck, these posts are exactly that. In fact, typing your thoughts and feelings is great…but don’t fall into a trap. I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve heard this but I thought about…
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Daily Deliberation: 8 December
We all know that horses wear blinders so they aren’t distracted by what is going on around them…they need to stay focused on what is in front of them. In the workplace, that would seem to be a good concept for employees, however, with today’s culture of change, Lean, 6-Sigma…whichever term you want to use…
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How will you make an impact?
How many of you remember all of your teachers from school? I remember a handful…most of the ones I remember, they were great teachers and they did something or taught me something that has stayed with me still today. Kind of got me thinking about how all of us make an impact on other people’s…
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Daily Deliberation: 1 December
If you’ve read enough of my posts, I don’t think it is a secret that I’m a firm believer in teaching people so they can grow and be better. Think about how much each of us want to learn every day? “Hey Siri…”, “Let me Google that”, “I bet you can find out how on…
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Daily Deliberation: 26 November
Have you ever done something so many times that you get to the point that sometimes you just don’t feel like doing it again? Then someone comes around and tells you that you did a good job or reminds you why the task you are doing is important. Might be your job, yardwork, could even…
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Life is a Pyramid Scheme
For those of us reading this that are a little more “experienced” in life, I’m sure you remember the days of trying to be recruited into some sort of sales experience which you found out was a Pyramid Scheme. Quick summary, somebody recruits you, then you recruit people, the people you recruit then recruit more…
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Daily Deliberation: 19 November
At one point in my career my day started the same…every day, a meeting at 6am, 7am and 8am. Kicker was, they were all related to the same thing…just at a different level of leadership. At the last meeting, the 8am meeting there were usually about 40 people in the room…30 of them didn’t speak.…
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Daily Deliberation: 17 November
I remember as a kid holding the flashlight while my dad was fixing the car. Sure, I was illuminating his workspace…but he was also teaching me how to fix the car. I spent 22 years in the military and I don’t think there was a day I didn’t learn something new. I tell folks you…
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