I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson On this Thanksgiving Day, I want to actively take the time to appreciate my most treasured of blessings. To my friends and family that I am most fortunate to share my life with in good times and bad, [...]
OPERATION: "Mending Bridges" Situation: It is widely known that Taliban cells have aggressively targeted NATO and US Military travel routes with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In general, due to the armored equipment now in use, damages have been minimized. As a result, Taliban forces have sought out larger targets to disrupt the flow of transportation. Due [...]
Tomorrow's Full Mission Profile is going to be a tough one. Take it easy today so you can successfully complete your mission tomorrow.
"To think is easy, to act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thoughts." ~Goethe It takes real strength to act on what you know is right. Workout of the Day - From the Brass Ring Basic Training Program Warm Up 3 Rounds of: 10 Push Ups [...]
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." ~John Quincy Adams Workout of the Day Run 1 Mile Swim 1500 Yards or Meters Run 1 Mile Use Combat Swimmer Sidestroke for 1500 yard or meter swim. Check out the link to the instructional video for [...]
"Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed." ~C.H. Parkhurst Workout of the Day -From Brass Ring Basic Training Warmup Run 1 mile Stretch 10 minutes 100 Jumping Jacks Workout 21 - 15 - 9 Thrusters (heavy = 95lbs / light = 65lbs) Pull Ups Take the warmup nice and slow. Do a nice [...]
"What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him." ~Victor Frankl Workout of the Day - From the Brass [...]
"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress." ~Thomas Edison The beauty of understanding the meaning behind this quote is in the realization that it's OK to not be satisfied with where you are now. Oddly, the realization allows you to be satisfied with not being satisfied. If you were completely satisfied with your current [...]
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." ~Samuel Johnson Every one starts the race fresh and motivated. Some that did not prepare themselves physically are the first to fall behind. Then slowly those that did not prepare themselves mentally are the next to go. In the end, when the rigors of the race [...]
"The future depends on what we do in the present" ~Mahatma Ghandi Some of my most rewarding experiences come from mentoring and training individuals who are actively pursuing their Brass Ring. The lessons I learn and the opportunity to see progress and improvement is amazingly satisfying. Recently, one of my trainees turned to me after our [...]