Category: Leadership
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Daily Deliberation: May the 4th 2020
May the fourth be with you all. Today is known as Star Wars day and serves as a great reminder to use the gifts we are given. The movies tell us to use the force and for the force to be with us, but in reality, it is not some mystical thing. The “force” is…
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Make it happen
I sign all of my articles with make it happen at the end. Here is the story behind it: As a new NCO, I was sitting in an ops meeting and a new tasking came down to bring a new capability to our office. No one was very familiar with the end product, but leadership…
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Daily Deliberation: 29 April 2020
What is holding you back from getting where you want to be and achieving what you want to achieve? We need to recognize we might not be in control of what happens to us, but we do control how we respond.
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Daily Deliberation: 26 April 2020
Why is it so hard to show compassion sometimes? When it is someone I care about deeply, it is very easy to care about their feelings. However, when it is someone who is a bit annoying, it is more of a challenge to have true compassion for their problems. For me, I do my best…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 April 2020
Doesn’t this sound so simple? When we refuse to climb aboard the negative train to nowhere, we are already a step ahead of our peers. No one wants to follow a leader who is negative…it is like trying to walk through a muddy field with flip-flops. Be the person who talks about solving problems and…
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I Am Not Biased, You Are
There is one message communicated over and over as I go throughout my day: I am not biased, you are. Hopefully, you see the irony in this statement just I have intended it. Regardless, each and everyone of us has seen this attitude or have thought a similar sentiment, especially recently. Over the past several…
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Daily Deliberation: 20 April 2020
Whenever I have been rigid in my ways, things have not worked out that well. I remember being so egotistical that I had painted myself into a corner and left myself no way out. Of course, I had made the wrong call, but made it even worse by being so set in my ways that…
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One Touch Conference Call Dial-In Trick
Due to us working from home, there are many more conference calls. I don’t know about you, but I can never find the conference code or pin when I actually need it and have to fumble around looking for it as my OWA crashes. Even when I am prepared, I am annoyed with the dialing…
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Being the Whole Airman
We are charged with leaving the Air Force and ourselves in a better place and this is accomplished through developing ourselves and being good ambassadors of our service to the community. Do the things that will help you grow as a person, a spouse, a teammate, and a leader. There is no cookie cutter box…
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Daily Deliberation: 13 April 2020
It is amazing how many times I have said this, but have failed. I allow others to pollute my mind or temperament by listening to their nonsensical ideas. When this does happen I try to stop and ask myself why I even care in the first place. If they are sharing an opinion about something…
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