Category: Career Success
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Daily Deliberation: 20 December 2019
This is one of the biggest complaints I have ever heard about those of us with rank. “SNCOs look good because we work hard for them and then they forget all about us.” This kills me to think I may have given that impression and I work really hard to never do that. We are…
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Daily Deliberation: 18 December 2019
Many years ago, a mentor of mine told me that people want to be led. At first I was cynical and thought he must’ve saw this in a fortune cookie. Then I started stepping back and observing groups of people. When something would come up, they were all hesitant to step up and take charge.…
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Daily Deliberation: 17 December 2019
This is the curse of the Information Age. We have always wanted to keep up with the Jones’; however, we now can see every Jones in the world. We see the ‘highlights’ of those on social media and try to emulate them. We see those who get promoted did x-y-z and now we start doing…
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Daily Deliberation: 14 December 2019
The first step in doing something no one else will is to take the first step. We let fear and complacency tell us something is not possible. Stop worrying about doing everything; just do the next thing.
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Daily Deliberation: 12 December 2019
I love this concept about failing. We all fail. It is ok to fail. We look at failure as something terrible and as if we are losers. Failure means we tried something and fell short…that is it. Now, the important thing is what was learned from that failure to make us better for the next…
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Daily Deliberation: 10 December 2019
This is a great thought. We have access to the world’s greatest minds all throughout history in the form of books. I can tell you after having written a couple smaller books the amount of research and effort that goes into one is insane. Yet we can take all of this wisdom with us in…
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Daily Deliberation: 9 December 2019
Preparing for a presentation I am about to give, I recalled a moment in my career where I was chasing fires all day and simply reacting to things. I was very busy and even put in extra time at work to get things done; however, I was not being productive. To get past this, you…
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Daily Deliberation: 8 December 2019
The Navy SEALs coined an ideal that we do not rise to the situation; rather, we fall to the level of our training. Basically, we do not get magic super powers when we are faced with a challenge. Instead, we rely on our preparation. Whenever I have planned out a certain event, it never went…
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Daily Deliberation: 4 December 2019
Why do vegetables taste worse than candy? I have wondered my whole life why the hardest thing to do is often the best…like eating vegetables in lieu of candy. I am not sure of the reason for this, but we all know it is better to do the hard things over the easy things most…
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Daily Deliberation: 3 December 2019
There is a saying in politics that goes something like, “never waste a good crisis.” When something big happens, these leaders are looking for ways to make things better. For example, WWII led to the creation of the UN. If it hadn’t been for that, the UN may have never been. When things are falling…
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