Lee Ellis's Blog, page 57
June 1, 2023
Captured by Love FAQ on Helping Couples
Captured by Love FAQ ���
���How would these 20 stories help and inspire other couples?���
Lee���s Answer ���
���Firstly, with both fighter pilots, war, the POW experience and what the wives also endured, it���s quite a unique set of circumstances. Secondly, the idea of their romance pulls them into the stories. So, it���s likely to get most readers engaged.
���For anyone in a committed relationship seeking to grow together, this book is a treasure trove of wisdom about having victory in difficult times. Each couple shares their unique love lessons that they believe strengthened their relationships, and then we compiled all of them into eight over-arching love lessons in the back of the book. While the stories are moving yet entertaining, the lessons within the stories are imminently practical.
���I also believe that these stories will resonate with military couples in a special way. The amount of committed resilience that it takes for military couples to build lives together can be challenging, but the payoff is worth it.�����
Purchase your copy of Captured by Love. Available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
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May 29, 2023
National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D.C.
I was honored to be a part of Sunday evening���s National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D.C. It is an American tradition honoring the military service of our troops, veterans, wounded warriors, all those who have given their lives for our nation, and their families.
Led by co-hosts Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise, they begin the Vietnam War portion of the program by sharing the story of Smitty and Louis Harris, one of my fellow POWs and his wife. Happy Memorial Day from Leading with Honor.
#VietnamWar50th #WelcomeHome2023 #CapturedByLove
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Happy Memorial Day
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May 28, 2023
Remembering Heroes This Weekend
���Heroes never die. They live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who would follow in their footsteps.��� ��� Emily Potter
#MemorialDay2023
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May 26, 2023
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, May 26, 2023
Loved the addition of adding soft skills to this KPI acronym in addition to the importance of regular KPIs. This is good advice for personal relationships too. ��
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May 25, 2023
Thank you Todd Riddle!
Thank you Todd ���Riddler��� Riddle, for his kind words and generous mention of ���Captured by Love���! Preorder your copy before the May 30th release anywhere that books are sold ���
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May 24, 2023
Free Leadership Coaching Offer Enclosed
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May 23, 2023
TV Interview – The Daily Flash
Co-author Greg Godek discusses “Marriage Survival Skills” with the Daily Flash TV program ��� watch their entertaining and informative conversation about ‘Captured by Love’ ���
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May 21, 2023
Historical Highlight for May 21, 2023
Throughout the new book Captured by Love, we share short facts from the history of the Vietnam war and the POW experience. In each of these nuggets of history are personal and professional lessons that can be applied today:
POW treatment & Resistance
Being captured in enemy territory is terrifying. You are helpless. Your hands are tied painfully tight, and usually you are blindfolded and often beaten by the locals and the militia. But thankfully, the soldiers had orders to ���bring ���em in alive.���
Arriving in Hanoi, a new prisoner���s situation varied depending on the status of the war, the workload of the camp leaders, and the mood of the torturers. It usually started out with interrogations, torture, and isolation. Solitary confinement might last for weeks or months, and some would be alone for years. Their goal was to break the will of the POW and gain compliance.
Some of this horrible treatment was an attempt to gather military information. Some was to keep us fearful so we would obey the rules, and some was simply sadistic, but most was for propaganda. They wanted us to make statements criticizing the war and convincing Americans to turn against our government.
Locked in small cells with covered windows, we were typically miserably hot in the summer; boils were common. The overnight lows in winter averaged in the 50s���not cold���unless you have no heat and not enough blankets.
We were fed twice a day���around 10:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon. The food consisted of a bowl of thin soup and a small baguette of bread or a cup of rice. Baked bugs and stewed worms were often our main source of protein.
The ���Camp Regulations���1 were posted in English in every cell. Basically, they said ���Do what you���re told and don���t communicate with others, or else you will be punished.���
Of course, we were committed to being faithful to the Code of Conduct, so the battle lines were drawn. We were still at war���it was just our weapons and tactics that changed.
Captured by Love Website – Link
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May 19, 2023
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, May 19, 2023
Congratulations 2023 Graduates
���Intelligence plus character���that is the goal of true education.��� ��� Martin Luther King, Jr
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