Category: Leadership
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Daily Deliberation: 29 June 2020
Why are the things that make us better so hard to do? Getting a gym routine in motion, changing our diet, stop chugging sodas, read more, etc. take major amounts of will power even though we know they are the right things to do. Making decisions as a leader often are very difficult too. Even…
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Promote Now – 3 Steps to Help You Get There
This is the statement we are all looking for on our EPR each year. Many feel it is reserved for the brown-nosers or those who have William Shakespeare as a rater. Most of those who I saw earn this rating truly deserved it. Here is how they do it. Solve Problems. Every single day as…
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Daily Deliberation: 28 June 2020
We have more control over our time than we think. There are places we have to be during certain times, like the office from 0700-1600; however, what are we doing while we are there. I have met very few people who are productive from start to finish. There are those water cooler moments where you…
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Attack the Problem, Not the Person
Every day I surf the internet and come across a post or an article attacking someone. There is a familiar pattern that is present within each one as well. “This person is bad, some ‘facts’ not in full context, and only an uneducated fool would think otherwise.” Then those with a similar or ‘close-enough’ bias…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 June 2020
Wow! This is so true. When we have a plan for our day, we are much more productive. I remember going on TDYs and deployments where I had a plan for what I wanted to accomplish while there with actual action steps and those where I had none. At the end of the trip I…
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Daily Deliberation: 24 June 2020
I wonder how many of my “goals” became wishes. As a young Airman I had big goals that were changed as I grew due to reality and shifting priorities. I am ok with not accomplishing these; however, some died because I was lazy. To reach our goals, we need to find a way to hold…
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Groom Your Replacement
I’m a firm believer that things happen for a reason. This month is my opportunity to provide the Commander’s Commentary and it also happens to be the same month I joined the Air Force 20 years ago. What does that mean? I’m closer to the end of my career than I am to the beginning…
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Daily Deliberation: 22 June 2020
The other day I just sat on the couch before bed and was surfing Facebook. How much time passed? I don’t know, but it was at least 30 minutes. I saw some pics of my friends kids and some things my nieces and nephews are up to these days; however, most of it was mindless.…
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Daily Deliberation: Happy Father’s Day!
Over the years I have been blessed with many amazing opportunities and blessings; however, none come close to being a father. These last few months of being home with my kiddos has only cemented this idea within me. Seeing the impact we can have on who they become and what they learn is a super…
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Daily Deliberation: 19 June 2020
Think about if we took our parents advice and ate an apple a day or learned something new everyday. Imagine the benefits of that. Would it make us the smartest or healthiest person on the planet? Probably not, but we will certainly not be worse off. Now, what if we drank three sodas and watched…
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