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This Interesting Dream

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June 10, 2023

I have always loved dreaming. No, not daydreaming, although I’ve done my fair share of that (and then some); I’ve…

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Act Your Age

Act Your Age

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November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

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

Our Warrior Culture

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October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

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

Reliance and Self-Reliance

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August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

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

Getting Hit Hard – And Not Staying Down

  • Motivational Truths
May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

“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

The Value of Contact Sports

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April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

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

Teaching People To Be Helpless

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April 19, 2022September 2, 2022

Most recently I had a conversation with a gentleman who is a Marine, a veteran police psychologist and an avid…

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Motivation and Discipline

Motivation and Discipline

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December 19, 2019March 14, 2023

A great many people believe that motivation and discipline are the same things. In reality they are drastically different. Motivation…

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Come Along With Me – An Invitation

Come Along With Me – An Invitation

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November 29, 2019December 6, 2019

As I type this entry it’s “Black Friday” 2019. One of the best memes I’ve seen recently is the one…

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Who Thanks The Coaches?

Who Thanks The Coaches?

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July 21, 2019March 14, 2023

As this is being written, the author is sitting comfortably inside on a Sunday morning. It’s 85F outside but about…

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What Gifts Do You Give?

What Gifts Do You Give?

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December 24, 2018January 14, 2022

Keep in mind that it’s Christmas Eve as I type this… This morning as I drank my coffee, sitting at…

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Tomorrow As Motivation

Tomorrow As Motivation

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August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

One of my all-time favorite motivational quotes is: “I WILL do today what others WON’T so that I CAN do…

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The Last Place You Look

The Last Place You Look

  • Motivational Truths
August 2, 2018

There is a running joke in my family regarding this old and common event: Someone loses something (like their keys.)…

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Touching Another’s Soul

Touching Another’s Soul

  • Motivational Truths
July 3, 2018July 12, 2018

A long time ago a friend of mine told me that psychologists are just overpaid bartenders who don’t serve you…

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Preparing For and Making Opportunities

Preparing For and Making Opportunities

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May 9, 2018July 12, 2018

“It’s better to be prepared and not have an opportunity, rather than missing an opportunity because you weren’t prepared for…

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Don’t Tame Your Inner Monster: Harness It!

Don’t Tame Your Inner Monster: Harness It!

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May 8, 2018July 12, 2018

Have you ever had a thought and then wondered why it was so dark? Have you ever looked in the…

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Making and Breaking Habits

Making and Breaking Habits

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April 13, 2018March 14, 2023

According to brainpickings.org, it takes 21 days, at a minimum, to build a new habit. That’s 21 days of repeating…

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Motivation and…?

Motivation and…?

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April 10, 2018March 14, 2023

…Age Just recently, as many readers know, I’ve renewed my focus on my health. I am not participating in any…

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Good and Bad Expiration Dates

Good and Bad Expiration Dates

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April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

This morning I saw a quote that said, “Even bad days have an expiration date of 24 hours.” The editor…

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Defining Deity

Defining Deity

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February 28, 2018February 25, 2018

I happen to belong to an organization that requires a “belief in deity” to apply for membership. Now very carefully…

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