Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
A couple of weeks ago, I drove out to Dallas to spend the weekend with our daughter Allison Munro who just started her new job at Southwest Airlines. I’ve been a loyal Southwest passenger since 2002 so when my daughter landed a job there, I was ecstatic. On Saturday,...
Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
WATCH this post HERE! In 2007, I challenged myself to run a marathon. I had been a runner most of my Navy career (and even then, was already feeling the gnawing pain in my hips that later led to their complete replacement) but this was different. My wife who...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation
I live down in the South. Some parts are still referred to as the “Bible Belt,” but where I live that mostly means old churches on nearly every corner of small towns and cities. Most of them have little message boards with service times, but a few regularly post...
Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
The other day, I saw a LinkedIn connection mention that she had been “coined.” Now if you’re not familiar with this practice, it began probably in the early 2000s with the military. I had already retired by then, but my wife began bringing home command coins, small...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
“Don’t reinvent the wheel” was one of the first buzzwords I ever heard. It made a lot of sense for me. When I started this blog series, I knew this one would be covered. However, as I thought about it, my perspective changed. I originally thought ALL things should...
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Back in 1990, I assisted in a post-mortem dental exam while working at Naval Hospital Long Beach. I’ll spare you the details, but I had never seen anything like it. When I asked the pathologist who was helping us what the worst thing he’d ever seen, he quickly...
