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