I made a mistake when I was twenty years old that has stuck with me my whole career. It was the summer before my senior year at West Point and I was half-way across the world and half-way through a five-week stint playing the role of an Army aviation platoon leader. I had come a […]
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We had a great Friday night planned. Homemade pizza for dinner followed by watching a movie and eating popcorn on the couch. But the most remarkable part of the night wasn’t in the plan. With the last morsel of pizza still in her mouth, our 20-month-old daughter snatched up her translucent pink plate and pressed
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I remember a time as a young platoon leader when I felt more like a liability than an asset. We had just redeployed to Germany from Bosnia and I was swamped. I had to find a new apartment, pick up my car from the port, complete a slew of professional training — oh, and still
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The season of giving (and getting) is upon us. Although the tradition is simple enough – get together and give gifts to each other – we succeed in complicating it. Should I get Jim a gift? Will he get me something? How much will he spend? All this stress and guilt stuffed into an exchange
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“Sawubona!” This is how the Zulu greet one another. It literally means, “I see you.” And, yes, they were saying it long before the Na’vi of James Cameron’s Avatar were saying it. Last week I offered 3 ways to connect with others. Number two was “Seeing People.” I’d like to dig into that a little
