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Be Unafraid to Make Mistakes

By | July 1, 2017

[July 1, 2017]  Albert Einstein was an remarkable man.  In the recent miniseries “Genius” produced by Ron Howard, the script looks at the peculiar Einstein through the lens of modern-day society.  Einstein, like all great people, did make mistakes but quickly learned from them.  Only those that truly put forth a rigorous effort will be a success when… Read More »

Setting Expectations

By | June 24, 2017

[June 24, 2017]  U.S. President Harry S Truman once said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”  The great Cold War that began shortly after World War II between the Soviet Union on one side and Western powers1 on the other and produced plenty of political “heat” dealing with it.  The opposing views of… Read More »

Flight of the Talented

By | June 18, 2017

[June 18, 2017]  One thing about leadership that should never be forgotten is that talented leaders allow others to make mistakes without holding them against anyone.  In the early 1980s my unit commander allowed me to take a platoon of armored vehicles across some complex terrain without a physical reconnaissance of the route.  Predictably, I got lost. Good… Read More »