[January 17, 2016] When I retired from the U.S. Army back in 2014, I began reading more in-depth books that pushed my understanding of famous people. I was most interested with famous military men and biographies fulfilled that desire, but few could give me the real thinking of those men. What I didn’t realize at the time was… Read More »
[January 16, 2020] A number of my blog’s readers have graciously recommended several beautiful books for highlighting. Thank you, and please continue to email or post those recommendations in the comments section. I’ll do my best to select some of the more informative works. There are some of those recommended that are popular, usually from high-level politicians or… Read More »
[January 15, 2020] If you don’t think addiction in the workplace is a problem, you may be surprised to hear that it contributes to a loss of over $80 billion dollars in profits for businesses in the US each year. Some reasons for the lost revenues include decreased productivity, absenteeism, theft, increase in sick time, and a high… Read More »
[January 14, 2020] “Death to the Dictator” was the chant from Iranians after demonstrations that broke out at several Tehran universities.1 These political problems come in the aftermath of Iran’s leaders adamantly denying involvement in the crash of a civilian passenger airplane. For three days, Iran blamed the plane’s crash on an engine malfunction. What the leaders learned… Read More »
[January 13, 2020] A few nights ago, I had an interesting conversation with a young man about his philosophy on raising kids. Below is part of the conversation (as best as I can remember it) that is at the heart what he thinks best for his children. I liked Bob M’s story1 enough that the ideas he expressed… Read More »
[January 12, 2020] Over the past few decades, we’ve seen a continuous rise in the percentage of women holding leadership roles. The numbers aren’t equivalent to the number of men in leadership positions, but I believe that we will get there in the near future. So for all the fabulous women out there that are thinking about taking… Read More »
[January 11, 2020] Army Vet writes to us today about the importance of strength and how it keeps us and others out of trouble. He takes on SJWs, college snowflakes, and weak leaders. Peace through strength: I must study war so that my sons can study engineering and art. My profound apologies to Founding Father John Adams; I… Read More »
[January 10, 2020] Two Saturdays ago, a call went out to local people in my community that a military veteran was to be buried soon, and there were no relatives to claim the body. A short time later in a driving, cold rainstorm over 200 people turned out to be at the grave site of a fallen comrade. … Read More »
[January 9, 2020] Many techniques work well in delivering negative feedback. My dad, who worked his way up through the ranks of the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MOPAC), was fond of the Sandwich Technique.1 He told me that it was always best to surround criticism with compliments. It goes something like this, “Bob, you’re talented. You screwed up on… Read More »
[January 8, 2020] A little disruption in the Satterfield household this morning; my computer failed but my iPad is filling in admirably. I’ll get to my points quickly and keep this article short. Attack on U.S. military base at Al Asad and Erbil, Iraq. News from major news channels are coming in screaming headlines about World War III… Read More »