Whether you’re a parent, teacher, leader or mentor, I think it is easy to fall into the trap of always trying to teach or pass your “wisdom”. No matter what your role in life is, you can and should always be learning too. While there is nothing wrong, and I encourage you to teach and…

Let’s be honest, it’s nice to be told “you did a good job”. In fact, in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, it’s the fourth tier “prestige and feeling of accomplishment”. Some folks do the work for the purpose of being recognized and others do it simply because they enjoy the work and want to do the…

Preparation for change requires more than just learning new facts; it is trying to figure out how the changes will impact our team’s mindset and daily life. Then getting them ready for that. We spent countless hours and vast amounts of energy in trying to learn the latest rumors as the new evaluation system rolled…

I find it funny how the lessons I learned taking martial arts as a kid translate into real life. When in a clench, we would say “control the head, control the body” because wherever we moved the head to the body instinctively followed. This applies more than to just the physical applications; rather, to the…

Guess I’m in the challenge mode this week…nothing wrong with that. Last post I challenged you to make someone smile, hopefully a couple people followed through with it. Today, just do something nice for someone…makes it even better if you don’t know the person. Help a stranger load something heavy in their car at Walmart,…

There have been a couple of times in my own career where I was given the title as a boss due to my rank. AFPC said I was the best person for the position based on numbers on my SURF. I may or may not have been the best person in terms of ability, but…

Today’s post is just a simple challenge. I think it is fair to say we all have good days and bad. Even on our worst day, I guarantee somebody else is having one a little more challenging. Seek out someone today that doesn’t seem to be having a great day, might be crying, might have…