The Sound of No Hands Clapping
“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping.” Dale Carnegie I am constantly reminding myself to not base how I feel about my performance on what other people think. If you…
Your Attitude is Yours and Yours Alone
“If I were immersed in constant melancholy, I would not be who I am.” Elie Wiesel Back in 2001, I was assigned to provide personal security for Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel. It was during the…
Shoulder to Shoulder
When I was a street cop, the way the good officers judged whether another officer was a good partner, was not based on the other officer’s personality, gender, race, looks, cologne, or any criteria other than, will this officer backing…
Give the Loaf Back
“Half a loaf is better than none.” –John Heywood (c.1497-1580) “Half a loaf sucks compared to owning the bakery” — Andrew Wittman (circa right now) How much is your dream worth to you? Would you consider giving up your dream…
Mirror, Mirror…
Don’t Mistake Bringing Clarity For Being Confrontational As a Critical Thinking and Mental Toughness Consultant, I have been accused of being confrontational, nothing could be farther from being accurate. Often, bringing clarity, by offering a path to objective reality, is…
Desensitize Yourself:
Trepidation To Trite Back in the late 1990’s, I drove through the gates of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, in Glynco, GA. I was met by the security force (FLETsee 5-0, as we called them), and the horrid and…
It’s All Relative, Sweetheart!
“There’s always a bigger fish.” – Qui-Gon Jinn The first time I remember becoming aware that what I thought was “big”, was relative, I was in Honduras. It was early 1990 and I was deployed on a counter-terrorist op. As…
Facts Ain’t Always The Truth
Facts and Truth are two completely different entities. Facts and Truth are two completely different entities. Facts are something that have actual existence. A fact is merely information, neutral, independent and objective. As a cop, investigating a crime, I was…
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