[October 13, 2019] An entrepreneurial career is exhilarating; you are your own boss, you get to call the shots and you can physically see the results of your hard work. However, it is not an easy sail. Entrepreneurship involves risks, uncertainties, and management of multiple aspects of running a business. This blog lists the benefits of an entrepreneurial… Read More »
[October 12, 2019] The tendency to take control over things and make everything work by a personal set of rules is inherent in each individual. However, there are a number of things that separate the need to satisfy our dictatorial desires and the dynamic practice of managing the control we have successfully and efficiently. Leadership is driven by… Read More »
[October 11, 2019] He came from “the other side of the tracks.” Staff Sergeant John Crèche was young, brash, and flippant. Born to a poor family on a ranch in southern Texas, John had a refreshing ability to see beyond the platitudes, the red tape, and the prima donnas that infect all large organizations. And, he never hesitated… Read More »
[October 10, 2019] In late 1944, my uncle “DJ” was a cook with the 2nd Infantry Division in Belgium when the Germans attacked. The Battle of the Bulge would go down in history as one of the most famous and strategically important battles of WWII. In his recollections, my uncle was ordered to “grab a rifle and be… Read More »
[October 9, 2019] My boyhood friend Wilson (who lived next to me until we were 12 years old) and I were dragged out of bed early before daylight. It was the first day of the quail-hunting season and a dozen of my dad’s friends to teach us the finer points of successful bird hunting. I’d been dove hunting… Read More »
[October 8, 2019] It was sometime just after midnight when our base came under intense mortar fire from Shia militias pledged to fight for cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Our combat engineers had been on route clearance duty “outside the wire” looking for IEDs on the roadside.1 I approached one gruffy engineer Staff Sergeant who had been leading his men… Read More »
[October 7, 2019] My brother was about 10-years old and didn’t understand when our dad said that the “yard needed mowing” and he owned it. To him that meant belonged to him – literally – but of course that was not the case. Dad meant that my brother’s job was to mow the yard anytime the grass got… Read More »
[October 6, 2019] The U.S. military employs many civilians who act as institutional knowledge and possess a host of crucial skills our warriors need. Sometimes, however, like in any large organization, there are some folks in the military business that do not to adapt to our core values. One of my commanders told me about a senior civilian… Read More »
[October 5, 2019] Admit it- you strive to be respected, to have authority and unquestioned influence on other people. Each of us wants to be a leader, but only few people understand the way to achieve this. How to become a leader in life? It is not easy, but quite possible. We will have a closer look at… Read More »
[October 4, 2019] Over the past few months, I’ve been speaking with veterans, college students, and community leaders about their thoughts on the value of higher education. What I found out had little to do with education but on something deeper. What I discovered was, more than anything else, that there is an overwhelming need for them to… Read More »