Category: Career Success
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Want to Succeed: Solve Problems
Not too long ago my daughter, who loves art, asked me about what she could do when she grew up. She wants to do something artistic, but is realistic enough to know she can’t draw pictures all day aimlessly. My advice was simple: you really can do things you’re passionate about as long as you…
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Lead the MLK Way
Today, as a nation, we honor one of the greatest leaders who has ever lived. Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for his unique message in dealing with the hate that surrounded him. Yet, he overcame it and taught a nation to look past the color of one’s skin and live together. We are still…
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2019: The Year of the Naysayer
Haters, folks with forever condescending remarks, you know… the naysayers. You’ve seen em’, you’ve met em’, you may even be one of these folks. Recently, I had a pretty serious conversation with someone who reached out for assistance. And it got me thinking of past years. Dangerous I know. ” You can’t do that”, “That’s…
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New Year, New Perspective
This time of year brings forth a lot of discussion about change. We see the start of a new year as a reason to set new goals and right some of the wrongs from the previous year. Although, I am not much of a New Year’s Resolution type of person, I do appreciate taking the…
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Survive Sink or Swim Situations
“You’re a TSgt, you’re going to be the expeditor.” These are the first words the flight chief said to me as I climbed off of the plane on my first deployment in four years. This is not a big deal at home station where I would have had two other expeditors and 1/3 of the…
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Note Taking For Leaders
“Follow up is the difference between success and failure” was advice I received after being chewed out as a young NCO. I had put in a lot of work to prepare for a certain task to be completed, I put the plan into motion and then assumed because my part was done so was I.…
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You Need Better Habits
Everyday when I arrived at work, I would login to my computer and dive into my inbox and work furiously until it was emptied. Although, this is not necessarily a bad thing, it was a bad habit for me. It prevented me from doing anything else and stole from what I thought was truly productive.…
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3 Questions Know-it-Alls Need to Ask
“Well actually that would not cause the comm radio to fail…” chimed in someone from the peanut gallery while I was briefing the colonel on what we were planning to do to fix an airplane. This was great information and what he said was very true; however, it did not add value to what we…
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Retirement: 3 Lessons Learned on Day 1
Normally, I write the articles posted here well in advance; however, today is different. I wanted to catch the raw emotion of my first official day of Air Force retirement. I waited until I took the kids to school and then settled into my day before I sat down to write this. Now, I want…
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Develop Box Checkers in 3 Steps
We chase the next box to fill or check off; however, rarely use what we learn and it is not doing our team any favors. We all look for those little letters we can add to our name or the fancy duty title to prove we are “accomplished.” Achievements and fancy letters, although hard to…
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