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  • Use Multi-level Marketing in Leadership

    Have you ever been invited to participate in a financial venture that was too good to be true? All you had to do was make a small investment into the business and then recruit other people to do the same thing. You were promised a commission for every person recruited. You would even get commissions

  • Ways to correct correctly

    Sometime between the years 1705 and 1711, well-known English poet Alexander Pope penned the famous line, "To err is human; to forgive, divine" in his poem, An Essay on Criticism. While I like the idea of forgiveness (and Lord knows I've erred many a time in my life), I would like to offer a slight

  • What are you thankful for?

    November brings thoughts of turkey, football, and family togetherness to our minds. While it may not be our own close relatives, we are here with our Air Force family. I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving here at Kandahar Airfield in the company of friends and acquaintances. While I miss my

  • Sow what?

    There is a story that talks about a farmer who went out to sow some seed on his land. As he was scattering his seed, some of it fell on the hard path. Some of it fell in areas where the ground was very rocky. Some fell among thorns. Some fell on rich, fertile soil. The seed that fell on the hard

  • Spark your potential

    So there I was, sitting in the TLS staring at the walls waiting for a flight. The structure has character and history. I had cleared customs, palletized my 72-hr pack, and eaten a fantastic sandwich some caring individual had made and left in the cardboard box. Life is good, so I settle in to wait

  • A sense of entitlement

    Have you ever given much thought to entitlements? Wikipedia defines entitlement as "a guarantee of access to benefits because of rights or by agreement through law." Wikipedia goes on to say "It also refers, in a more casual sense, to someone's belief that one is deserving of some particular reward

  • Have you considered any Special Duty assignments?

    As I'm out and about visiting with our Airmen, I'll ask a few questions, "How are you doing? How do you like your job? Are you reenlisting?" For the most part, the answers to those questions are as follows: "fine, it's ok, ah not sure, or no."I have had a blessed career. I came in as a 603 -- a

  • The EX-factor: EXample or EXcuse

    Here is another little peek into the McDonald household. As many of you may know, my wife and I have four children. About two weeks ago, my oldest son Matthew turned 18 and will be leaving the house in the near future to start his own life. I'm proud of my son and the man he has become. I think he

  • Holding A Place Among Their Equal

    One fateful September day eight years ago, I was summoned to the stateside mortuary to begin the task of preparing close to 200 remains of fellow military members and innocent civilians whose lives were taken in the Pentagon plane strike. This was a situation that would later beckon with meaning,

  • Honoring veterans since 1918

    This year, we gather here together as Joint Partners and Allies. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. Americans, Aussies, Brits, Canadians and French. There are many names for this holiday: Veterans Day; Armistice Day; Remembrance Day -- many names that have one thing in common, commemorating the