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Hanging in the Balance

by | September 24, 2024 | Personal Mastery | 0 Comments

Work/Life balance is a fallacy.  And yet, we try to prove otherwise on a regular basis. Once upon a time, there was work/life separation.  You came to work, did your job, and went home. Technology changed all that.  With technology, there was never a need to unplug. ...
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My Wake-up Call

by | August 26, 2024 | Growth, Personal Mastery | 0 Comments

It’s 1:05 PM on a hot August afternoon and I’m racing to get home. I have a 1:30 Zoom call, my dogs have been outside in their kennel since 6:15 AM and I need to get them out of the heat and into the house.  Plus, I really need to pee. Earlier that day, I did two,...
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Just Do It

by | August 19, 2024 | Growth, Professional Development | 0 Comments

It’s 0500 on a rainy Winter Monday morning in 1998 and I’m sitting in my car in the clinic parking lot at the Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA.  I’m waiting to board the van that will be driving me, the Commanding Officer Captain Jon Berude, Command Master Chief Kathy...
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The Invisible Man

by | August 12, 2024 | Get Better, Professional Development | 0 Comments

In 2014, when I turned 50, I was given a superpower. I didn’t realize what it was at the time, but soon it became very clear. Suddenly, it seemed, I became invisible.  Truly.  Where before when I would walk through crowds, people would make eye contact.  When I...
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Learning to Let Go

by | August 5, 2024 | Growth, Professional Development | 0 Comments

It’s 2:00pm on a sweltering afternoon in Columbus, Ohio and I feel nothing.  And that bothers me. I’m winding down the process of getting our son checked in as a freshman at The Ohio State University.  It’s an absolute circus.  There are multiple lines to stand in,...
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A Tale of Two Grandmas

by | July 29, 2024 | Get Better, Growth, Personal Mastery | 0 Comments

When I got the call in 1994, long distance from my mom while stationed on the island of Guam, I was crushed.  Just a week before, my grandma had called me out of the blue for no reason.  Just to say hello.  And now my mom told me she was gone. Jean Stanczyk, who I...
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The Day We Grow Up

by | July 22, 2024 | Growth | 0 Comments

21 Jan 1983 is a date I’ll always remember.  21 Jan was the day I went to the Military Enlistment Processing Station (MEPS) in Los Angeles to take a physical, fill out a mountain of paperwork, and finally swear into the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) of the United States...
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Cracker Barrel, Gilligan’s Island, and You

by | July 15, 2024 | Personal Mastery, Professional Development, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

My favorite restaurant of all time is NOT the Cracker Barrel.  In fact, Cracker Barrel might just be my least favorite place to eat. Why? It’s nothing but comfort food that is anything but. Everything is fried.  If they could fry water, it would be served to you. The...
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You Might Just Have a Good Time

by | July 8, 2024 | Get Better, Professional Development | 0 Comments

In February 1992, I was “voluntold” to do a presentation at a local elementary school for Children’s Dental Health Month. At the time, I was on active duty, stationed at Naval Hospital Long Beach.  I was on the comeback trail, trying to improve my Navy career since,...
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Delayed Gratification is Most Gratifying

by | June 20, 2024 | Personal Mastery, Professional Development | 0 Comments

It was 1981 and my first car, the one that was really all mine, was a 1974 Chevy LUV mini pickup.  I wanted a truck, a Toyota 4x4, but there was no way I could afford one.  A used Chevy LUV would have to suffice. Chevy LUVs were manufactured in Japan under the brand...
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