[April 19, 2021] We’re all guilty of doing it, rushing through to a major decision. Doing so is shortsighted, and it can affect us most regrettably. In one of the Indiana Jones films, a bad guy hopes to obtain immortality by drinking from a golden, jewel-encrusted cup. He dies. The guardian of the cup says he chose …… Read More »
[April 18, 2021] My maternal grandmother was fond of saying that we are placed here on this earth to help others. She was a Christian, a mother of four children, and strong-willed. We called her Bigmama, and she was a leader with an apron. “I won’t tell you how to be a good boy. I’m telling you to… Read More »
[April 16, 2021] An article I wrote last month on the rules of a gunfight was popular, especially among younger readers of my leadership blog. So, I decided to follow up. Here are five MORE rules of a gunfight with comments. Most of us will go through our entire lives without having to fire a shot. That means… Read More »
[April 15, 2021] We all make mistakes, and I have certainly made enough myself. One stands out in my preparation for a professional career. Whether it was in college studying engineering or as a young lieutenant in the Army, I underestimated the intellectual discipline needed to achieve great things. Is the lack of intellectual discipline simply laziness? I… Read More »
[April 12, 2021] Leadership is the ability to get people to do things they would not ordinarily do. Great leadership is getting them to do it because they want to. Leadership is not resource management, it’s not team-building events where everyone gets a trophy, and it’s not being the boss who sits back in a leather chair tossing… Read More »
[April 11, 2021] I am re-watching the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and find that there scenes that I overlooked on my initial viewing. One scene involves Lieutenant Lewis Nixon (played by Ron Livingston) when he takes a stray machinegun bullet to his head. Fortunately, Nixon was wearing his helmet. The scene can be seen here on… Read More »
[April 8, 2021] Valor is a word we do not often hear. Valor is showing great courage in the face of extreme danger, especially in battle. Often, I’ve written about heroes who show courage and bravery confronting many challenges that life throws our way. ‘Valor’ means voluntarily facing mortal danger to protect others. “You shall, I question not,… Read More »
[April 7, 2021] On occasion, I will hit on a topic that grabs my attention. Comedy is one of them, and while I’m no connoisseur of funniness (a personal failure), I do recognize its benefits. JP Sears is one of the new comedians whose careers took off in the coronavirus era of shutdowns and government-sponsored heavy handiness. He… Read More »
[April 6, 2021] There’s an old saying that says, “If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned.” I think it was Bam Bam Bigelow – yes, that guy (390-pound professional wrestler and actor) – said it, but others have expressed the same. I always liked watching Bam Bam, but he was not exactly correct on this point… Read More »
[April 5, 2021] It has been said, many times over, that what we see affects us in ways that we often do not know. Such can be said of an old movie, The Purple Heart (1944).1 The film dramatizes the “show trial” of U.S. airmen from the Doolittle Raid. Americans are familiar with the bombing raid by Jimmy… Read More »