Category: Career Success
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Daily Deliberation: 18 October
So many of us get placed into situations that scare us. We are asked to brief the boss on a plan or a problem. We are asked to take over a shop that is failing. We are asked to supervise an amazing team. Change and the unknown scare the crap out of us. However, I…
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Daily Deliberation: 14 October
This is such a powerful concept. I remember when I decided to stop comparing myself against my peers and started holding myself accountable to my own abilities. When we do this, we are forced to ask ourselves how we are doing in a certain area and how we can get better. We can’t make excuses…
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Daily Deliberation: 11 October
I think of resumes as what we have accomplished, not what we are going to achieve. Yes I have written some cool stuff down on paper, but does that guarantee I will deliver? Nope. However, if you actually lay hands on the work I am doing, you will know what to expect from me. Practice…
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Daily Deliberation: 10 October
All to often we spend hours and even days on creating the perfect plan. The only problem is that plan is useless the moment it is put into action. Nothing ever goes exactly as planned and that scares us. Don’t give up making a plan, just put it into action a bit sooner. Commit to…
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Daily Deliberation: 3 October 2020
Through different PMEs and on-base classes I have taken, a similar statement was made, “Even if you don’t learn much, at least you will meet some new people.” I saw plenty wrong with this advice. First, why go into something close-minded as if there is nothing I can learn? Secondly, why do we wait until…
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Daily Deliberation: 2 October 2020
I am a firm believer in doing the hard work of researching solutions for problems. I read books and articles in the area I am struggling with. I try to boil the problem down to one key thing I can solve and then think through many solutions. Notice, I haven’t done anything yet to actually…
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Daily Deliberation: 28 September 2020
In his book, Originals, Adam Grant makes a great case for this point. Those who make great things that the whole world enjoys and cherishes have a closet full of things that never took off. They have one success and 10,000 failures (like Edison) and we call them geniuses. We might not have the success…
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Daily Deliberation: 27 September 2020
We all have seen those who side step new challenges and stick to what is comfortable. Sometimes it is because they are afraid to fail and sometimes because they are just worn out mentally or physically. I find that I like to gravitate towards what I am good at for both of those reasons. I…
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Daily Deliberation: 26 September 2020
Although, I think the priority for this quote should be in reverse order, I do love the message. We need to remember that we are symbols of the US Armed Forces and most of the country does not know much about what we do. Thus, we need to represent ourselves as Airmen and as professionals…even…
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Daily Deliberation: 23 September 2020
This is a great reminder for us all to think about what we hope to accomplish. What is it that we are working towards one day? If you are thinking about getting out of the Air Force to program computers, what are you doing today to set yourself up for that? We need to look…
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