Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[September 9, 2022] Leadership today involves navigating some of the most difficult situations without any signpost markers along the way telling us which way is best. That means a leader must be, by definition, resilient, tough-minded, and inner-directed. However, more than anything else, a leader must be self-aware to “see” solutions to life’s obstacles. “Self-awareness is the ability… Read More »
[September 8, 2022] On my first field exercise as an army Lieutenant, I was tasked to take my platoon from our base camp to another location a short distance away. Twelve armored personnel carriers readied, and off we went … and since I was a great map reader, I anticipated no problems on the trip. Unfortunately, the route… Read More »
[September 7, 2022] Many years ago, when the sitcom Friends (1994-2004) came out. It was one of those shows you could sit back and say, “Yeah, they are just like me.” In the show, the six actors were good friends; the right kind of friends. They were the kind of friends you could rely upon, with whom you… Read More »
[September 6, 2022] This past weekend, my mother passed away at 92. Of course, no words describe the sense of loss we are experiencing right now. We can console ourselves that she had a long and fruitful life. All her many children are in her debt for all she did for us. Here is my tribute to mom.… Read More »
[September 3, 2022] An idea of mine took fruition as I doodled on the back of a Delta Airlines napkin. How could I put so many of my thoughts out to be challenged and improved upon by others? This blog began precisely nine years ago today, in 2013, and that idea was made real. Over the years, my… Read More »
[September 2, 2022] Jordan Peterson took time with Joe Rogan to discuss ideas behind the concept of equality of outcome (see link here for the video). In today’s article, I summarized some of his main points and, I hope, left in his theme that equality of outcome is technically unachievable and immorally wrong. “How much tyranny do you… Read More »
[September 1, 2022] Humans are not after a utopia. We are built to deal with the world and with reality. We want a challenge. And the reason is that a challenge fortifies you. You don’t want to be safe; you want to be strong. You get strong by taking on difficult challenges. Have a vision for your destiny… Read More »
[August 31, 2022] A recent speech delivered on July 20, 2022, by Thomas Spoehr, highlights the destruction of U.S. military readiness from the rise of wokeness. Spoehr begins by saying that threats to militaries throughout history are often explained by the lack of discipline in the younger generation. Not today. Today’s veterans point to the radical progressive (or… Read More »
[August 30, 2022] The responses of governments worldwide in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were the greatest public policy failures since at least WWI. The response was directly responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any war, disease, or disaster ever to hit America. And, except for the U.S. Civil War, it wrought more economic and social… Read More »
[August 29, 2022] A few days ago, Lynn Pitts contacted me with a war movie review. I don’t regularly post them on my main page because I believe there is more to learn elsewhere, especially since the “woke” crowds now demand dull, trance-induced films that make me want to throw up. But Lynn convinced me to allow publication… Read More »