Jim "Hondo" Haldeman's Remarks for Veterans Day
Allow me to share a true story with you which occurred over 30 years ago. It’s a story that encapsulates the true spirit of that bond of...
Allow me to share a true story with you which occurred over 30 years ago. It’s a story that encapsulates the true spirit of that bond of...
People perform, after compensation, to achieve, and to prove something.
“Thank God every day we can live life one precious spoonful at a time.” M. Malkin
It was the fear of failure that motivated me more than anything else.
You can’t get appointed to higher levels if you mock or disregard the appointers’ ideas or vision.
A wrecking ball can take down a building in minutes what it took a strong team years to build.
You are only a sprained ankle away from the starting lineup.
The player who is fighting in the arena for more responsibility takes some risks for greater reward and has my undying respect.
If all you want to do is work, for however noble a reason, and you wait for the appointment, you will not be as happy as you can be.
Achievement was becoming a Marine. Accomplishment was taking Iwo Jima, the fulfillment of the achievement.
Your ambition will hit one or both of these roadblocks: Opportunity and Ability.
Your professional goal is to make your job valuable and essential to the company’s mission.
Famous faces and corporate conquerors all have certain leadership qualities ...
“I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.” Tom Lehrer
It’s been difficult to see distinguished military, corporate and law enforcement discredit themselves and become caricatures...
I had to figure out how to end this babysitting job, and quick!
Scarce resources have many different uses, but, they must be used efficiently for a civil society to exist and function properly.
“I’ve always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew, and then chew it.”
In an instant, I, a productive and integral part of human society, become diminished to nothing more than a grasshopper.
Bruce Hartzell, USMC vet and Retired US Treasury agent, talks about Commitment.