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  • If you live on the edge, eventually you will fall off

    I used to be a cook in a restaurant that had pretty sporadic business. We also had a lunch policy that if food came out past a time limit, we would pay for it. One day, a convention was in town and the place was packed with folks wanting to eat in a hurry.We were not prepared.It started when an

  • You're an ambassador, whether you like it or not

    "Thank you for your service." The first time I heard that I was a young captain. My shop was out for lunch downtown and an elderly woman came up to us as we were being seated and said, "Thank you for your service." At first, I thought that was odd. I had been in the Air Force for over six years as

  • Narrow your zone of ignorance

    As our esteemed Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh commented last week at his commander's call, we all have a story. As a proud Community College of the Air Force degree recipient, I'm respectfully taking this opportunity to share a little bit of my story with you. It was February 1997,

  • Tools of the trade

    On an uncharacteristically cool, crisp night, deep in the heart of Louisiana, efforts to evade capture by an opposition force came to a halt when, quite unintentionally, I managed to gift-wrap myself in the painful spirals of razor-sharp concertina wire that had been maliciously stretched across my

  • Leading isn't easy when you genuinely care

    I was watching an episode of "Game of Thrones" recently when I heard one of the many so-called kings boldly say, "It's easy to be a leader when you're not facing any danger." I quickly reached for my remote control and hit rewind for a repeat of the scene. I wanted to make sure I heard it right, and

  • View from the top: "Serve like a champion today!"

    As many of you know, I am a rabid Notre Dame Irish football fan. I have spent many a Saturday huddled around the television cheering my Irish to victory. However, the winning tradition to which I have been accustomed over the past 40 years has changed quite a bit. The wins are a little less frequent

 

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