Should you Friend your Family?

The fact that we have the ability to do something doesn’t mean that we have the right to do something. Think about all those embarrassing posts you’re putting up of your kids, friends or family doing stupid things. Yes, you have the ability to share this...

I Unfriend You

There is a Golden Rule for life and there is a Golden Rule for social media: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, online. Everyone seems to be very confused about how to handle relationships in an online world and there are some unusual dynamics that we...

The Trident

Of all the books I’ve read in this series it’s author Jason Redman and John R. Bruning’s, The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL leader, that I identified with the most. I’m not saying that I would ever be able to do what he did....

The New Jesus

Something that has always struck me about all of the management texts and gurus is a sort of a general assumption that all people have a willingness to actually succeed and they can all be motivated to succeed. This is not the case. Particularly in the public sector...

The only thing you actually control

Astronaut Chris Hadfield had the unique ability to be a test pilot, which means putting yourself in an advanced fighter jet at high-altitude, then deliberately putting it out of control while figuring out how to recover as it falls to Earth (Hadfield 13). But hey, you...
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