What are you Reading?
Every day just after morning colors nearly every sailor goes through a predictable routine; they login to their NMCI machines to read the news. Those sailors then use the information they gathered to formulate their opinions, basises, and worldview.
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Every week the officers in our command get together and spend 20 minutes on personal and professional development training. It is a time of discussion where we view a short video or read a short article and then discuss how we can use that information to make ourselves better, our command better, and our Navy better; in that order. This week we read “Carol Dweck: A Summary of The Two Mindsets And The Power of Believing That You Can Improve”
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Every month I try and read 2-3 books with a focus on reading books that are on the current or former military reading lists and are focused in on leadership, professional development, and philosophy.
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General George Washington was the commander of the Continental Army and also an avid reader. He had over 900 books
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Every week the officers in our command get together and spend 20 minutes on personal and professional development training. This week we discussed “What Jeff Bezos Does When Amazon Get His Order Wrong.”
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From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don’t.
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“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with others men’s wisdom” -Montaigne The Road
Read moreEvery week the officers in our command get together and spend 20 minutes on personal and professional development training. It
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Common Conflicts To be right VS To be Happy To be perfect VS to have inner tranquility “Teach” others the
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Anyone who is in the military knows the value of networking. Dan Dukes takes the importance of networking to the next level by discussing how best to arm your contacts so that they can remember you long after you have departed.
Read moreGive me truth or give me death Every week the officers in our command get together and spend 20 minutes
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I few months ago I learned a valuable lesson from a buddy of mine, Cadet Jeffery Reffert, who was in
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To Discern what is truly essential we need space to think, time to look and listen, permission to play, and
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Some truths are simply better portrayed in fiction than in non fiction. This was the title of the Amazon review
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I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to get to know Barry Zworestine through his book “Which Way is your Claymore Facing?” It is a free download on his website and is chock full of practical advice both for those currently in the military and for those getting ready to transition. If you have not yet read the book I highly recommend you download it from his website.
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