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Leadership
A Lost Rifle on a Dark Night
“We don’t have to do this tonight do we, sir? Couldn’t we get our convoy delayed until the route changes?” I think I’ll always remember the look in his eyes and the […]
The Cost of Freedom As We Know It
It’s purely coincidental that this post follows a post about freedom businesses, but this one is not about personal freedom, but rather collective freedom. But what stays the same is that the […]
Letter from Lincoln (In Memoriam of Dr. King)
Editor’s Note: U.S. law has changed such that same-sex marriage is now legal, so some of the post does not reflect reality circa 2016. Rather than edit it, I’m leaving it unchanged […]
How to Overcome the Fear of Uncertainty
As we loaded the grenades into his under-armored Humvee, he snapped. He was talking to us one second and violently throwing up his lunch the next. Apparently, loading live explosives into the […]
Plastic Soup, Deformed Turtles, and Getting Over Ourselves
I saw the picture below yesterday and my heart sank. I found it here, and while the article was powerful in relation to what’s going on with the large plastic dumps on either […]
Change Is In The Air
Today’s post will be really short as I’m taking a while to reflect on the possibilities of tomorrow. I haven’t spoken much about my political views on this blog, mostly because it’s […]
Why Waiting for Your Time to Be Great Leads to Failure
A whole train of passengers (individually brave enough) will be looted by a few highwaymen, simply because the latter can count on one another, while each passenger fears that if he makes […]
Four Easy Reasons to Ignore World Poverty
I’m not feeling well today and was originally going to take the day off from posting, but then I realized it was Blog Action Day and the topic is Poverty. Given that […]
How to Spread Teamthink Throughout Your Organization
This post is part of the Elements of Leadership series. If you’ve been following this series, you’ve no doubt noticed that I view organizations more like teams than mere collections of people. […]
4 Ways to Be an Effective Leader
This post is part of the Elements of Leadership series. In our last installment of this series, we discussed setting the vision for your team and developing SOPs. Remember, your vision and SOPs […]
Share Your Vision and Standardize Procedures For Effective Leadership
Knowing your team is critical if you are to lead them, but knowing what you want them to do is just as paramount. Your job as the leader of your team is […]
To Lead Them, Know Them
This post is a continuation of The Elements of Leadership series. To effectively lead people, you have to know who they are. I’m not talking about learning their names and positions. Where […]
Teach Your Team The Three Types of Decisions
This post is part of the Elements of Leadership series. The art of leadership takes years to learn, mainly because knowing how to lead requires knowledge of yourself, knowledge of those you […]
Make a Difference: Imagine, Then Act!
We live in a world where tragedy befalls millions on a daily basis. The world may be better than it once was, but that doesn’t mean that it’s were it could be. […]
Making a Habit of Changing Habits
Some people seem to be able to script themselves to change habits almost at whim. Where most of us falter and fight, these people make a quick decision either to radically change […]
How to Lead People for Results – Lifehack.org
Joel over at Lifehack gives a bit longer survey of good leadership traits. It seemed to me that he hit all of the major points I talked about in yesterday’s post, sans […]
What Type of Boss Do You Have?
Throughout my military career, I’ve run into many different kinds of leaders. It’s hard to really specify what exactly makes a good leader, but I have a very quick saying that helps […]