Thom Shea's Blog, page 3
February 6, 2023
265. Warrior's Discussion "Balance or Priority"
The real battle is to seek a priority off efforts and never balance one thing for the others.
January 28, 2023
264. Identity: The core of all success and failure
When you are ready to own your life you must own the I AM conversation you have with yourself and you place on others
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January 23, 2023
263. Women in special forces
Forcing women into positions for political gain will be catastrophic both on women in the long term and the military in the short term.
January 20, 2023
262. 7 things you didn't know about SEALs
Often what you don't know will change your mind about a group and a business.
October 12, 2022
261. Winning with Authentic Communication
There are four levels of communication.
Imagine a baseball diamond:
- first base is listening without judgement
- second base is speaking without drama
- third base is clarify and verify
- home plate is create action
This is truly Authentic Communication. And I bet you cannot get on first base without help!
October 6, 2022
260. Running Full Sail on Veteran's day with Tim Dittlof
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September 26, 2022
259. How to Start over
How to Start over?
1. Commit without knowing the solution
2. Burn all bridges
3. Be willing to learn and do whatever it takes
4. Be willing to die doing it
5. Never give up
September 19, 2022
258. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Quite a remarkable process to look up and find the definition of various words in order to communicate better. Would be nice to have an agreed to definition so that we all can communicate appropriately. Wouldn’t it.
A man last named Cassette, said once, “As soon as certain words we all think are true are communicated the concrete melts into the abstract until none of us know what the hell we are talking about if we all do know the simple meaning of a word”
Diversity
the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness:
Equity
the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:
Inclusion
the act of including.
The fun part is that old dictionaries, hard bound ones, have simple definitions. The internet (which we now all use) has very new ones.
Wonder why they are new. So I looked into the dates the words were redefined.
In 2009 -16, these three words were redefined 5 times, on the internet under the dictionary website. In 2021 they were changed again.
If rules and definitions of exact terms can change without us noticing, without anyone calling bullshit or wanting to clarify the new meaning in day to day life we are all stuffed.
If someone changed the definition of a mile from 5280 feet to 5000 because the deem it better. I want you to let that sink in. if the masses or a leader can redefine basics without your consent or understanding than we are all stuffed.
If over night you lost 280 feet of your land and had to concede what would you do?
September 11, 2022
257. 11 Lost Lessons from September 11, 2001
11 Lost Lessons worth remembering on September 11th
The enemy of a republic always is lurking Better to stay up than to fight you way back up The Love for family, country, and your swim buddy will ultimately defeat someone who hates you Freedom earned through effort is always lost by the ones who live in it Offense is always better that defense or kneeling in fear No one ever said they practiced too much or trained too much before a life event, most say they could have done more to prepare If you think being violent doesn’t solve problems you have only led a protected life Elected officials left unattended always serve themselves, and should only serve limited years There is divine hand but only when you have spent all your effort and are still trying. If you give up there is no divine hand. You are always fighting you way home. Live each day as if it matters, because it does.
September 5, 2022
256. Blind Spots and their impact
Blind Spots and their impact on our every day life is a determent to success. We all have them and few of us confront them in any meaningful way.
What would you life be like if you over came your blind spots?
