I don’t believe all the answers to all the problems are in books, but I do believe the seeds to those answers are. Books we trust and enjoy are a constant source for growth. However, if we don’t use our own experiences in conjunction with what we read, we become sheep. When we do, we…

The day will come when you hang up that uniform for the last time. How will your next chapter read? More importantly, what are you doing now to script that next chapter? If you’re counting only on TAPS to set you up, you’ll be sorry. During my last couple of years in the service and…

I think all of our units have a mission and vision statement written or hanging on some wall. We walk past it everyday and may have caught a glimpse. Sometimes, we memorize it because the Chief has called people out during roll calls. What is the purpose? EPR/OPR bullet for our leaders? At least, that…

Many of us probably have no clue why we are here on this earth. Some believe we were created to do something. Some believe we are here as a product of chance. Whatever the cosmic cause of our existence, the fact is we are here. Now the real question is, what are we going to…

Not going to lie…this is a hard pill to swallow This suggests that we have to take responsibility for the things in our lives. We are becoming a society that pushes blame to others: it is the teacher’s fault our kids are bad; it is the government’s fault for x-y-z. Our mistakes are our fault…