Entrepreneurs and high achievers are strange and wonderful creatures: equal parts pioneer, clairvoyant, rebel, warrior, superhero, and nut job. Fueled by buckets of high-octane caffeine drinks, we seem to share a common gene with the Energizer Bunny, functioning on little sleep, bad food, and limited amounts of water. Creating, building, launching, and pursuing our dreams […]
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Our pain today fuels the strength we’ll feel tomorrow, as every challenge offers opportunity for growth. Therefore, pain is the name of your game. During those wet and snowy winter months in rural upstate New York, while most of my classmates were smoking behind the school, trying out for the basketball team, or hanging at […]
OK, so it’s our nature as high achievers to want it all. As a consumer, we want stellar services and products, we want them cheap, and we want them NOW! As young leaders, aspiring entrepreneurs, or rookie business owners, we really want to meet all those expectations. Is this really Mission: Impossible? Here’s the rub: […]
Is it the adrenaline-laced moments of the firefight, or is it the opposite of war that is missed? Could it be that what’s really missed is the feeling of brotherhood and connection? An attempt to answer Why Veterans Miss War Sebastian Junger has been covering wars as a journalist for more than twenty years, and […]
Have you ever had a problem where you just wanted to tear your hair out? The kind of problem that causes you to say, “Mr. Problem, you &*$%%, I don’t have time for you today!” or, “You’re causing me to lose sleep, Mr. %&^#&# Problem!”? From time to time we feature guest bloggers, authors, thought […]
Are you waiting for the perfect opportunity? This will inspire my veteran and non-veteran friends who understand that when we’re not pursuing our goals and moving towards our fullest potential, we’re committing spiritual suicide. There were a few years of my life when I forgot this, and wandered around in an emotional fog. Thank God, […]
How Strengths Based Leadership, Team Building, and Hiring Practices Can Transform Any Organization and Help You Soar With Your Strengths. It’s always been intuitive to me, but it wasn’t until serving on Special Forces A-Teams that I was able to connect the dots between working in our inherent strengths and the enhanced outcomes and mind-blowing […]
