Leadership Skills. Some people have ’em and a hell of a lot more people don’t .
What do you believe? Are great leaders are made or born.
I want to share the observations I’ve made over my years of service in high risk professions with respect to what I believe makes a good...
Simple tactics and mindset for surviving the unthinkable.
The threat of mass shootings or a terror attack continues to be a major concern and time has proven that it’s a very real threat.
The problem is you never know where or when one will strike. The most important thing that you need to...
If you want to build mental toughness like a soldier there are very specific yet incredibly simple steps you can take to transform from a normal human to over achieving rock star inside of 7 days.
When you commit to build mental toughness it may initially feel like you have to go through...
Force Multipliers and Force Disparity are the topics in this article and there is a very important acronym for you to remember as it relates to the Use of Force .
In combat we define a force multiplier as follows:
A capability that, when added to and employed by a combat force,...
How to find water… not a question you want to be asking yourself when you are lost and suddenly find yourself spitting feathers because your mouth is so dry.
If you don’t understand the reference above, turn back the clock, find a youtube video of Sylvester the cat eating Tweetie the...
Development of High Performing Teams.
First let’s begin by defining precisely what a team is. Katzenbach and Smith, in “The Wisdom of Teams” define a team as follows:
… a small number of people with complementary skills committed to a common purpose, performance...
Your dog is an amazing animal capable of learning of some very impressive skills.
There are very few things more primal than tracking another human being.
The ability to track a bad guy who has committed a crime from a scene to where he is hiding takes thousands of hours of training.
But...
Pour the perfect pint of beer, carry heavy things and properly parallel park are the topics in this week’s skills post.
Listen, I put these together in this post basically to keep you from getting your man card punched.
The last thing I want for you is to be at your backyard BBQ and your...
What does it mean to be a father? Well I have been thinking about it this week.
And my week was amazing.
I arrived in Ottawa, which is the capital of Canada, and spent time with one of my dearest friends for two days.
We spent those two days on the range going over some drills and skills on our...
I have done the fireman’s carry enough times to be considered a court approved expert witness. Im not kidding. I think I might be in the thousands.
Fireman’s carry, opening bottles with no opener and backing trailers are the skills focus in this article. I will reveal a simple...
Let’s talk motivation… I hate motivational quotes…Well that’s not really a completely true statement.
What I mean is I hate hearing them from people who simply linger in a pool motivation but never actually swim.
Know what I mean?
The guy who can recite the most...
Have you ever stood around with a group people while someone regales the group with a powerful tale keeping everyone captivated?
That’s the art of storytelling. Once upon a time it was a highly sought after skill however today, it seems to have fallen away.
The skills a man needs together...
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