[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 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 28, 2022] Many books, articles, news stories, and such have written about bad bosses and all of us have spoken to one another about the poor leadership we’ve experienced. And I’ve written about the topic before (see links here, here, and here). Oftentimes leaders present a common picture of those traits of bad junior leaders who are… Read More »
[August 27, 2022] It has often been said– and I want to reinforce it here – that successful leadership means possessing a strong ability to bring people together to achieve a common goal. Implied here is that the leader helps shape consensus in others. We see leaders do this through their good words and deeds. “A genuine leader… Read More »
[August 26, 2022] The Golden Rule is often read as being nice to other people. We see this important rule expressed in religion and philosophical texts throughout history. Here is a shock. This rule does not mean being nice; it doesn’t mean that even a little bit. It doesn’t mean treating others with kindness and compassion. The rule… Read More »