[December 28, 2020] As we approach the New Year, I am reminded of my dad who used to say that the upcoming year is like a great movie waiting to be written. This year 2021, there are promises that I have made. Perhaps others should be making similar promises. I had a friend in the 1st Cavalry Division… Read More »
[October 1, 2020] The thought of leading a group could turn into a nightmare unless you have some decent past experience. While leaders often mistake the role for controlling those who fall under them, it is more towards building a strong relationship with those who are associated with you. The concept of a leader has witnessed a change… Read More »
[September 6, 2020] There is not a person I know that hasn’t been surprised by something coming at them out of nowhere. One day, you get up and run out the door to work and, while driving along minding your own business, a car sideswipes your new pickup truck. Indeed the car was in your blind spot, and… Read More »
[July 12, 2020] Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, has some sage advice for young people. Today, I’m introducing his 10 rules for success. Evan Carmichael compiled these from a series of speech’s Obama has given over the past few years.1 Readers of this leadership blog will see the commonality of these rules with my regular… Read More »
[March 2, 2020] H. Jackson Brown, Jr. is an American author of several inspirational books. I’m a fan of his and often quote him because he makes plain sense. One of my favorite quotes is the one below. Brown has often written about the idea of success and easy it can be to achieve if we were only… Read More »
[February 23, 2020] Pierre DeSault1 once said that the important thing is to “be able to give up all that we are for what we can become.” Former drug and alcohol addict Mike Lindell kick-started his life on the path to giving up his destructive behavior to establish and grow his company MyPillow. Mike Lindell is a modern-day… Read More »
[February 14, 2020] Navy Commander Joe Gallagher was the kind of man that you would want to meet in a bar and have an entertaining, fun evening. He was smart, funny, and had that kind of personality everyone wanted to be around. But, Joe couldn’t control his alcohol consumption one-night last year and he assaulted a police officer. … Read More »
[September 28, 2019] He was a good friend for several decades. John “JC” Ayers obituary said that he passed away due to poor health. He successfully owned and ran a large restaurant east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania well before I met him. JC was a wonderful family man and community leader. But he did not watch his diet, nor… Read More »
[August 31, 2019] In 2003, during the initial invasion of Iraq, the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines were often the tip of the spear of American and coalition attacks. They fought with distinction and were later deployed several more times to Iraq. Their motto is “Whatever it Takes.” One of the best habits a leader can have is to… Read More »
[August 3, 2019] Several of my peers, U.S. Infantry Commanders, were sitting in a Fort Benning, Georgia lecture hall to hear secret information on recent Soviet main battle tank improvements. The speaker, a full Colonel of Intelligence, was over 45 minutes late and when he showed, he fumbled his notes and joked about the traffic in our sleepy… Read More »