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Daily Deliberation: 4 March 2020
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…
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Daily Deliberation: 3 March 2020
I find it amazing all of the things I was told that I could not do when I was younger. When we are young Airmen and NCOs, we are so filled with passion and motivated to fix things. However, their ideas are shut down before the first step is taken. I know I have re-attacked…
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Daily Deliberation: 2 March 2020
I completely believe we need to define what it is that makes us successful. For me, making rank is not my measuring stick for success. It is a external symbol. These external symbols of ranks, awards, etc. do not define success, they are the fruits of our labors. However, these are what people look at…
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Daily Deliberation: 28 February 2020
I have learned we can be the smartest person in the room and have all of the right answers and still not make a difference. Until people realize we have their best interests in mind, they will never listen to what we are saying. If you want to make a difference, stop worrying about proving…
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Daily Deliberation: 27 February 2020
Have you ever thought about the compound effects of doing something everyday? We all see teens who started smoking and think they are invincible. Then we see those who have smoked 40+ years and see the torture their body is putting them through. The are the “after” and the teen is the “before.” The same…
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Daily Deliberation: 26 February 2020
This takes me back to a scene in the movie, When the Game Stands Tall, where a high school football player is pacing a wounded warrior on a treadmill. It turns into a contest of endurance and the highschooler quits stating the vet could go on forever. The vet then replies, “No. Not forever Danny,…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 February 2020
It doesn’t matter where you have been or where you are going. When you get there, you are still you. Learn from your past and improve yourself to be the person you want to become. Look to the future and work to be that person you know you can be. Then look in the mirror…
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Daily Deliberation: 24 February 2020
I have always loved this quote. Most of us do one or the other: we work for tomorrow and refuse to enjoy today. Or we party like rock stars today and pay no attention to the future. The secret is to do both. Figure out where you want to be in a month, year, 10-years……
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