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Jul 31 2015

Driven to Lead & Succeed: Four Thoughts on Service & Aspiration

“One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”
Albert Schweitzer

If you frequent GeneralLeadership.com, then I’m willing to bet even money that you are driven to lead and succeed. You do both because you are ambitious. You do both because you wish to bring your craft to the world and to make a dent in your corner of the universe.

You aspire to lead and succeed because you desire career advancement. To attain a position of power, responsibility, or expertise that is the mark of a successful professional.… Read the rest

Tags: aspirations, career success, driven, goal achievement, Leadership, self-development, Servant Leader, service

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May 10 2015

A Mother’s Day Perspective

Posted by Joel Carey

On the eve of another Mother’s Day, as I’ve unfortunately done a few times in my history, I needed a not-too-subtle prompt, this time from an internet ad, to get me moving on buying my mom something for the day. Almost settling to just call her tomorrow, which is something I knew she’d be just fine with, I elected to try and do some quick internet shopping to order her some flowers. Looking through the on-line options back in my hometown of Midlothian, Texas, I was surprised to find several more choices than the two little stores from back when I was a kid.… Read the rest

Tags: Afghanistan, airfield, Army, Carey, courage, Honor, humbled, Jerod Dennis, Mother's Day, perspective, respect, sacrifice, service, Texas

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Feb 20 2015

Working For A Higher Purpose

Posted by Douglas VanWiggeren

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
John F. Kennedy

Imagine being nineteen years old, in college, making good progress studying the administration of justice and having a very realistic goal of continuing on to law school for an eventual career as a lawyer. Then imagine the shock you would experience when just a couple of weeks before going home for Christmas, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted a draft lottery to determine the order of call to military service for the Vietnam War—and learning that you ‘won’ the draft lottery. In fact, the Viet Nam war’s draft lottery was the only lottery I have ever won and like many lotteries, it changed my life.… Read the rest

Tags: ability, Challenge, family, life, Motivation, purpose, reward, satisfaction, service

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Aug 22 2014

Character: Pursuing the Road Less Traveled

Posted by General John Michel

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
Bruce Lee

Anyone who thinks about September 11, 2001, will likely remember exactly where they were when they heard the news on that fateful fall morning. It is an event forever seared into our collective national and global conscious – a date that marks the end of one era and the start of another.

Within minutes of the attacks on New York City, news stations began reporting events, while numerous federal, state, and local agencies struggled to not only better understand what was happening but try to predict what might happen next.… Read the rest

Tags: 9/11, Bernie Ebbers, character, consequences, decisions, Dennis Kozlowski, Enron, Integrity, Ken Lay, michel, Schwartz, Sep 11, service, Tyco, United Flight 93

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May 28 2014

A Mother’s Day Perspective

Posted by Joel Carey

On the eve of another Mother’s Day, as I’ve unfortunately done a few times in my history, I needed a not-too-subtle prompt, this time from an internet ad, to get me moving on buying my mom something for the day. Almost settling to just call her tomorrow, which is something I knew she’d be just fine with, I elected to try and do some quick internet shopping to order her some flowers. Looking through the on-line options back in my hometown of Midlothian, Texas, I was surprised to find several more choices than the two little stores from back when I was a kid.… Read the rest

Tags: Afghanistan, airfield, Army, Carey, courage, Honor, humbled, Jerod Dennis, Mother's Day, perspective, respect, sacrifice, service, Texas

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May 21 2014

Successfully Fighting the Enemy Inside

Posted by General John Michel

“You can’t patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.”
Michael Connelly

This article was co-written with my good friend, actor and activist Ken Wahl

In 1945, General George Patton’s distinguished military career was severely tarnished after slapping and yelling at two soldiers who he believed to be cowards. The privates, whose maladies were not visible, were recuperating in a military hospital in Sicily alongside others with visible wounds.

Almost overnight, President Franklin Roosevelt began receiving hundreds of letters related to the incident. The majority supported Patton and his actions; some even suggested a promotion was in order. Ultimately, though, Patton was reprimanded, ordered to apologize and relieved of command of the Seventh Army.… Read the rest

Tags: animal, combat, fatigue, help, john michel, Ken Wahl, outreach, pets, PTSD, Roosevelt, service

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Oct 6 2013

Building a Meaningful Legacy

Posted by General John Michel

“Do not go where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was a preposterous plea from the most unlikely of would-be leaders; a young peasant woman in a male-dominated, feudal society.

These were perilous times, after all. France was a country weary from over ninety years of war, occupied by its archenemy the English,weakened from internal strife and isolated from foreign trade by England’s economic strangulation. With a population still in recovery from the Black Death, the nation was in a desperate search for leadership whether it realized it or not.… Read the rest

Tags: hope, Leadership, legacy, service

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Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders!

Driven to Lead & Succeed: Four Thoughts on Service & Aspiration

A Mother’s Day Perspective

Working For A Higher Purpose

Character: Pursuing the Road Less Traveled

A Mother’s Day Perspective

Successfully Fighting the Enemy Inside

This article was co-written with my good friend, actor and activist Ken Wahl

Building a Meaningful Legacy

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