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Are You Making Tough Choices?

On July 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

- Edmund Burke

Earlier this week the NCAA imposed severe punitive sanctions against Penn State and their football program in response to the child sex abuse scandal [...]

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5 Things You Could Learn from Military Leaders

On November 14, 2011 · 18 Comments

I was stunned to learn that the unemployment rate among veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is up to 12.1%. That’s more than 3% higher than the national average. The more I looked into it, the more misconceptions I [...]

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4 Ways to Set Your People Free

On September 19, 2011 · 7 Comments

I was 21 years old the first time I handed my passport to an armed guard at a checkpoint and entered what the UN calls an Occupied Territory. It was the summer of ’95 and I was driving into the

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My 3 Core Values as a Leader

On September 14, 2011 · 25 Comments

I have often thought the best way to define a man’s character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: [...]

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3 Keys to Leading Yourself Well

On July 7, 2011 · 2 Comments

The past ten days have been tough.

In addition to trying to work and take care of my family, I’ve coordinated a cross-country move, closed on a new house, transported a canoe 345 miles, said goodbye to old friends, cleaned out our apartment, visited family, and driven half-way across the country.

Of course I [...]

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