The only way a Worrier becomes a Warrior is by facing his/her fears. Some people stress out and stay put. Others face their fears and move forward. Some...
The only way a Worrier becomes a Warrior is by facing his/her fears. Some people stress out and stay put. Others face their fears and move forward. Some...
Failure is only a pit stop. The race is still going on! So Plan A didn’t work! What are you going to do? Failure is not the end...
Leaders of Character make regular choices – large and small – and face their fears. Leadership if not for the wimpy. The challenges leaders face at work and...
Loyalty or Integrity? We are all vulnerable to this trap. Loyalty and Integrity are two character traits I think we all desire in ourselves and in others. I...
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” – Mark Twain King Solomon once stated, “there is nothing...
Thirty-nine years ago this week, I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. We were the Class of 1988. In our first week, we had to...
Each time we are faced with a choice, we are either moving closer to the person we want to be or further from it. Who we are as...
Each time we beat back the beast of pride and choose Humility, we improve our ability to lead with character. Humility or arrogance? As leaders if we believe...
When we do nothing, fear has won the day, and we have lost our opportunity to grow. Courage or Cowardice? It is the leader’s choice. There is no...
Create a culture that assumes good intentions when errors are made rather than incompetence. “Life is 10 percent of what happens to me, and 90 percent how I...
My best friend, Donnie Tillar, was the one who convinced me to go to West Point. Donnie was a year older than I was. Thanks to his persuasiveness,...
Surround yourself with positive people, and soon you will find joy, happiness and hope in all situations. – COL (R) Troy Prairie, MD “It will never work.” “I...
The things we get to do are most often the ones we prioritize. Whereas the things we must do are sometimes the harder tasks that we procrastinate doing....
Duty comes from the inside. Duty is a moral obligation. It is neither quantifiable nor time-bounded. A strong sense of Duty is one of the elements that separates...
In Basic Training, Soldiers memorize general orders that begin with “I will”. They learn the habit of doing their Duty, as it’s literally a matter of life and...
