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Get Over Yourself
As a Jeep owner, you find yourself in a community of others who like the Jeep lifestyle. However, I happened to go to a Land Rover website and found Jeep owners bashing the Land Rover owners. “Hate”...
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Jeep Wave
I own a Jeep and there is a tradition among Jeep owners to wave to one another when we pass each other on the highway. I don’t know many of these people, if any at all, but what brings us together is...
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Seeking Better Answers – Introspection and Listening
Heuristics are valuable in permitting us to make quick decisions. In 2005, Malcolm Gladwell (in his best seller, Blink) described this ability as being a very powerful tool in decision making. If we...
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Thirty-Five
This year makes thirty-five that I have been a career firefighter and thirty-seven since I first walked into a firehouse as a member. That doesn’t take into account the years I spent growing up in the...
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Just Be Brave
What is bravery? As a firefighter, we understand that our first act of bravery is accepting the authority and responsibility of the badge, and everything after that is just part of the job. We serve as...
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Ending or Beginning?
I was given an opportunity to retire after 35 years on the job and pursue some new challenges. “Retirement” is nebulous to me. All that term means right now is closing this chapter and moving to the...
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Real World Leadership
A zen saying goes roughly like this: “The use of the wheel is where all the spokes form to make the hole.” Another: “The most useful part of a bowl is the empty space within.” As a leader, my role...
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Compassionate Leadership
I was reviewing an article on Forbes.com about compassionate leadership today. While I tend to resist what is “trendy” regarding leadership, the traits that author Margie Warrell shares as a best...
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Transitions
I’m retiring. I said it a while back and the day is upon me. It’s only one thing I am retiring from, the job I have worked at for three and a half decades, but in that time I have seen a lot. I will...
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Eulogies
For those of you who knew him, and those who didn’t get the chance, my father, Chuck Mayers, passed away a few weeks ago. Fortunately, I got to see him before he left us. However, I realized upon...
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