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Act Your Age
Fair warning: This is going to be a short rant about assumptions people make pertaining to age. Just recently I…
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Our Warrior Culture
Author’s Note: Republished almost 16 years after I originally wrote it. Still just as applicable today as it was then.…
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Reliance and Self-Reliance
This entry is a combination of an updated version of two blogs I wrote about 15 years ago. They have…
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Getting Hit Hard – And Not Staying Down
“It’s not how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and still keep moving forward.” Sylvester Stallone…
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The Value of Contact Sports
Throughout the course of my law enforcement career it has constantly caught my attention how many of my fellow officers…
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Teaching People To Be Helpless
Most recently I had a conversation with a gentleman who is a Marine, a veteran police psychologist and an avid…
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Fear & Defense
Not long ago I was on a long drive and as the miles passed, I began to ponder fear, our…
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The Difference Between Criticism & Critique
Criticism:1. the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.2. the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding.3.…
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Celebrating Independence on the Fourth of July
As we, the whole nation, celebrate our Independence, but looking back on the past few months of challenges our nation…
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Living is Done on Your Feet
As I sit to write this it’s the early part of May 2020. For the past few months the news…
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Managing & Passing Time in the COVID-19 Era
To steal a word that so many politicians are already overusing: We’re living in unprecedented times. As this is written,…
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Managing COVID-19 Restriction Anxiety
Folks, welcome to another morning in America. It’s Sunday morning, roughly 10am while I write this. In a lot of…
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Logic and Wisdom
It’s no secret that I’m a huge Star Trek fan. Because of a quirk of circumstance, it’s actually documented that…
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Push Your Limits for Improvement
Not long ago I made a list of the new projects I was starting for 2020. As I reviewed, edited,…
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Don’t Regret; Cherish
About 20 minutes ago, as I write this, I posted the following on Facebook and wanted to expand on it:…
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Birthday Perspectives
A few months back my wife and I attended a social gathering of some friends and folks with common interests.…
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Life and Self-Perception
On one of my social media feeds, a man I’ve met only briefly but who I hold in high regard…
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2020: Another Year, More…?
Ah, it’s that time of year. For the past week people have been building up to and celebrating Christmas. For…
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Give Yourself the Gift of Fear
I came across this “comfort zone” diagram in my social media feeds and wish I could find out who to…
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