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13 Nov 2018
Career Transitions
Over the past year, and a half I have had the privilege of leading Air Mobility Command’s largest and most diverse operations support squadron. This unit is truly one of a kind, providing premier operations support via 14 different Air Force specialties.
5 Nov 2018
Passing on a few of life's important lessons
A seldom used, but favorite quote is attributed to entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash, who said, “Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.”
5 Nov 2018
Living healthy is simple, but not easy
“If you do what’s hard, your life will be easy. If you do what’s easy, your life will be hard,” said Les Brown. Over my years as a leader and executive director of a wellness company, I’ve been saddened by how many people I meet who struggle with their health, weight or their fitness.
30 Oct 2018
My Journey: South Korea to the United States
I was born in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and I lived there until I graduated from college. I also served in the South Korean army as an assistant operations officer for two years to fulfill my duty to my people. I was responsible for disseminating command level information to subordinate units.
30 Oct 2018
Hold the line
I grew up in China as an only child. Six years ago, I moved to the United States because my mother wanted me to get the best education. I promised myself that while I pursued my education, I would make a difference worthy of crossing the Pacific Ocean.
23 Oct 2018
Smell the roses/regrets
With 25 years in the military, I quite often sit back and reflect over the course of my career. I think back to special experiences, specific deployments and most often the personal relationships I’ve built over this time.
23 Oct 2018
Intelligence is welcomed; Growth mindset
My daughter is in the scraped-elbow phase of learning to ride her bike. Anyone who has embarked on this journey knows it’s a series of frustrating falls followed by tears. As I pick her up after a fall, a concept that has helped me get through many “falls” in my career comes to mind. It’s called the “growth mindset,” and it changed the way I look at failure.
15 Oct 2018
End of Watch, A Tribute to Sgt Terrence Carraway
On October 3, 2018, I received a frantic phone call from my very dear friend Mike, a brother in arms, telling me I needed to call him back immediately. I had just finished working out and when his phone rang, he hurriedly answered the phone and said, “Terrence is gone, V—they killed him.” It took me a minute to realize what Mike was saying, and after repeating it several times, I finally understood what he was trying to get across.
15 Oct 2018
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
In our busy society, people don’t always take time to articulate what they expect from their leaders, but they certainly know the difference between a good leader and a less-than-optimal leader when they work for them.
9 Oct 2018
Personal password security
In what seems like a vicious cycle, we get the news alert of yet another huge data breach potentially affecting millions of accounts. Next, we get the reminders, prompting people to change passwords to something increasingly longer and more complex, making them more and more difficult to remember. And yet these simple character strings protect access to our money, social media accounts and much of our private data.