A while a ago, we were asked to be ready with three things to be ready to speak about at a moments notice. I realized at the time, that I did not have just three things and that I needed to narrow my focus down on what I felt was MOST important. It took some time, but eventually I was helped along by a great friend who said to me one day, "Just talk about anything! It could be something as simple as an empty toilet paper roll". From that point, the idea was created, drafted, prepared, redrafted and recreated...a few times over. I have tried to build on it and have as much fun as feasibly possible when I deliver this message. I have been supported and encourage by my friends and most importantly by my wife. They have given me the support and freedom to make it my own and give me the feedback needed to make it special to me and hopefully reach a few people along the way. I will not pretend to be an expert on this leadership thing. I will promise to provide an honest opinion from my experiences and the opinions of those that I respect the most in this world.
These experiences will be focused on things that are important in my life. They will revolve around work in the Air Force and my feelings and opinions about leadership. My opinions and inputs will be strongly swayed by my love for my God, family and country. They will definitely be influenced by my friends, co-workers, leaders, wife and my five beautiful daughters. What they will NOT be is a perfect execution of leadership. What will be extremely unique about this blog, is the fact that they will revolve around the many failures I have had in the leadership department. You are free to post your utter disgust for my opinions, ideas and lack of leadership abilities. You are strongly encouraged to look for ways to help me become a better leader. My hope is that with the efforts of those who read this blog, we all will be better able to extend and grow our leadership capabilities. If there are posts that degrade and tear down others, they will deleted and ignored. These blogs and posts are meant to build and strengthen. The hope is that this will be a great place to introduce problems you may be having and read about others who have overcome some of the same leadership challenges, and hopefully...have a whole-lotta-fun in the process!
Welcome to the Empty Toilet Paper Roll (ETPR) leadership forum...
Can't wait to see the next post brother!
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