Category: Career Success
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Daily Deliberation: 8 March 2020
Preparation for change requires more than just learning new facts; it is trying to figure out how the changes will impact our team’s mindset and daily life. Then getting them ready for that. We spent countless hours and vast amounts of energy in trying to learn the latest rumors as the new evaluation system rolled…
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Daily Deliberation: 6 March 2020
Leadership is like parenting. We would do anything to set our children up for success. We know one day they are going to leave the nest and be on their own and we want them to be able to function. Those on our teams are the same way. One day, they are going to leave…
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Daily Deliberation: 5 March 2020
Many of us are scared to accept ownership for what is going on around us. I learned day one as a SNCO that I am responsible for everything that happened in my workcenter. My boss was held accountable by his boss for the goings-ons of the flightline and he was doing the same to us.…
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Daily Deliberation: 4 March 2020
There have been a couple of times in my own career where I was given the title as a boss due to my rank. AFPC said I was the best person for the position based on numbers on my SURF. I may or may not have been the best person in terms of ability, but…
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Daily Deliberation: 27 February 2020
Have you ever thought about the compound effects of doing something everyday? We all see teens who started smoking and think they are invincible. Then we see those who have smoked 40+ years and see the torture their body is putting them through. The are the “after” and the teen is the “before.” The same…
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Daily Deliberation: 26 February 2020
This takes me back to a scene in the movie, When the Game Stands Tall, where a high school football player is pacing a wounded warrior on a treadmill. It turns into a contest of endurance and the highschooler quits stating the vet could go on forever. The vet then replies, “No. Not forever Danny,…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 February 2020
It doesn’t matter where you have been or where you are going. When you get there, you are still you. Learn from your past and improve yourself to be the person you want to become. Look to the future and work to be that person you know you can be. Then look in the mirror…
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Daily Deliberation: 24 February 2020
I have always loved this quote. Most of us do one or the other: we work for tomorrow and refuse to enjoy today. Or we party like rock stars today and pay no attention to the future. The secret is to do both. Figure out where you want to be in a month, year, 10-years……
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Daily Deliberation: 22 February 2020
“I wish I knew that 10 years ago…I would be much better off.” We all have said a version of this at one point in our lives. For some reason we like to dwell on the one thing we can’t change: the past. Why not challenge the future? In ten years, I am going to…
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