“I wish I knew that 10 years ago…I would be much better off.” We all have said a version of this at one point in our lives. For some reason we like to dwell on the one thing we can’t change: the past. Why not challenge the future? In ten years, I am going to…

We can never lead another human being until we are able to lead ourselves. One of the first things I was taught as a new Air force NCO was to get to know my team. If I didn’t know my team’s strengths and weaknesses, we would not be able to impact anything and not be…

Yesterday, I shared an article about know-it-alls and found this. It is much more important to realize we have so much more to learn than it is to show how much we already know.

We have all seen this one play out on a deployment. You are in the sandbox in a remote area of a developing country with little infrastructure. Mortar rounds are coming over the fence and you have been eating MREs for 60-days straight. Yet, somehow, you and your team make the best of it and…

I bet if you look back to those tough times in your lives, you will see something that came from it. When we go through a divorce, loss of a loved one, bankruptcy, injury or anything else life-changing, we think our lives are over. In a way, life as we knew it is over, but…

This is a true statement. How many of us ever achieve anything in a perfect straight line? I am a very focussed person when it comes to getting a task completed. I remember taking my kids to the park and being determined to get them there so they could have more time for fun. Then…

This is a sad but true statement in the literal sense. However, in the daily war we all fight, is death the only real end? Maybe that will be the true end of the war; however, we get to look back on our day and decide if it was a victory or a defeat. If…

Even though this is meant for gym rats, it is a perfect quote for us all. If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well. Too often we are not happy with our title or position and decide to just go through the motions until we are placed in a position that suits us.…

Those of you with small children know they are brutally honest. I admire their ability to value truth over all else. Somewhere along the way, we lose this in fear of looking mean or through concern of another’s feelings. However, those few times in our professional lives that another is honest with us truly sets…