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  • The power of stories

    Since the dawn of time, humans have shared stories. Before people could write, history was recorded through storytelling. Still today, people latch on to information that is passed in the form of a story. It’s why movies are so popular, why we read to our children at night and why we share “war

  • The importance of diet and exercise in daily life

    We all have priorities in life. Our careers, friends, families, health, success and financial freedom are a few examples. One of the ways I’ve been able to maintain a healthy level of stress and resiliency is through physical fitness.

  • Use adversity to grow

    I want to address topics that are near and dear to people’s hearts. Suicide awareness, community struggles, church sermons on life change, our families, friends and my own personal encounters come to mind. It did not take long for me to see the correlation these topics had amongst each other –

  • Moving forward after failure

    Our Airmen are hurting. Our Airmen are overworked, underappreciated and far too often seek permanent solutions to temporary problems.

  • Fluid leadership

    Leadership. Where does it come from? Books, seminars, webinars, life experiences or mentors?

  • What service is

    Who remembers the little blue book? Not the brown one, but the blue one. I do as I read that thing like it was atop the New York Times Best Seller’s List in 1997, the same year I attended basic military training. In fact, anytime I hold that pale blue booklet, it’s hard not to reminisce of the cool

  • What service is not

    The year was 1997. Titanic dominated the box office, Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” played constantly on FM radio and the luckiest of us had dial-up internet to check our email accounts. That was also the year I became a second lieutenant and the year the U.S. Air Force released its core values.

  • Goals, opportunities and teaming

    A couple of key things I have learned in my 28 years in the Air Force are there is no shortage of opportunities and we are usually most successful in teams than we are alone.