Leaders Elicit Greatness from Others

By | March 30, 2017

[March 30, 2017]  There are many long-held ideas about why individuals behave a certain way under specific circumstances.  Those ideas are the keys to understanding humans and variations in our behaviors called culture (a makeup of many individual actions).  Yet, it is the greatness of any society that can only be achieved through the exercise of good and… Read More »

Remember Goliad?

By | March 27, 2017

[March 27, 2017]  If you’re an American, then you are familiar with the famous 1836 Battle of the Alamo where the Texan defenders refused to surrender to Mexican forces and were destroyed.  The rallying cry “Remember the Alamo” helped stir America and the world.  Yet there was another battle shortly thereafter the Alamo which also helped boost patriotism… Read More »

A Great Leader Attracts Great People

By | March 25, 2017

[March 25, 2017]  I was given command of the worst company in a U.S. Infantry battalion.  The company consisted of 179 soldiers, most from the farmlands and small towns around the Northeast United States and recently returned from Operation Desert Storm in 1991.1  The unit’s Battalion Commander came to me one day and asked me to take command… Read More »

Public Feuds by Leaders are Foolish

By | March 21, 2017

[March 21, 2017]  I’ve witnessed plenty of public feuds during my time; the results were often unexpected and distasteful.  The most renowned and historic public feud in America (over 200 years ago) was the long and bitter rivalry between politicians Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.  It played out famously and culminated in a pistol duel between the two… Read More »