“There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.”
Ronald Reagan
In a letter to his son Michael
Waiting for the sound
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Cyber’s awkward days
“We need cyber to be wired into the whole force. In the future, cyber will become both a standalone warfighting instrument with global reach and a ubiquitous enabler of the joint force. In other words, cyber forces should be capable both of operating on their own, like strategic bombers on long-range missions deep into enemy airspace, or in close conjunction with other combat arms, like those same bombers providing close air support to ground troops in Afghanistan. Right now, however, the military is at a stage with cyber more comparable to the early, awkward days of aviation in the 1920s, when everyone knew this new technology could have awesome effects but no one was quite sure how.”
General Martin Dempsey
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
In an ideal world – three rules for your career
1) Don’t try sell your Sailors on something you don’t believe yourself
2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and
3) Make yourself an enjoyable person to work with.
And, of course, Albert Einstein weighs in with:
Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Navy SEAL appeals for megalopsychia – ‘greatness of soul’
Former Navy SEAL Eric Grietens, PhD, (CEO, The Mission Continues) addressed the 3,360 graduates of Tufts University at their commencement ceremony on 22 May. To these graduating young people, Greitens issued a unique challenge, one rarely heard at commencements today: to sacrifice, to serve one’s country and to live magnanimously.
Eric challenged the graduates to think above and beyond their own dreams, their own desires, and to be strong. Aristotle called this megalopsychia, greatness of soul, and considered it one of the greatest moral virtues.
Eric challenged them to ask themselves, ‘What kind of service can I provide? What kind of positive difference can I make in the lives of others?’
“You can endure the ‘how’ if you have the right ‘why’,” Greitens said. “The ‘why’ must always be larger than you.”
He told them that if they worked every day to live an answer to that question, then they would be stronger.
“Life is about getting it right one day at a time. You will have to deal with pain, suffering and fear — but with that you will gain wisdom, strength and courage.”
Adapted from various news reports.
I like Ike
From the good people at The Art of Manliness. Full blog post on Eisenhower is HERE.
Noble Opportunity
MULTIPLIERS won as a finalist in the Leadership category for the Best Business Books of the Year Award by 800-CEO-Read!
New Information Warfare Commanders
Belated congratulations to the newest group of Information Warfare Lieutenant Commanders who were selected for Commander. BZ!
Chris Weech (Above Zone)
Brian Barrow (In Zone)
Kevin Lock (In Zone)
Dom Lovello (In Zone)
Bill Daniels (In Zone)
Excellence
“No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.”
—Horace
Tips from Valve Software for Navy leaders
First, senior Navy leadership should express an inspirational mission for their Sailors, describing the overriding goals of the Navy and how those goals serve both the Department of the Navy and the American people.
Second, Navy leaders at all levels of command should communicate and model those goals, ensuring that all Sailors in the Navy are on the same page.
Third, deckplate leaders — those supervising Sailors at the deckplates — should help all Sailors see how their own individual actions play a role in achieving the Navy’s goals.
This is what provides meaning to the Navy’s mission.
A better course of action
“Never criticize a policy unless you can convincingly depict a better course of action.”
I Like The Cut of His Jib 