By Sam Balch and Sara Roger Nobody warns you. They just hand you the keys, wish you luck, and walk away. The first...
Congratulations on Your Promotion to MAJ! Here is a Dumpster Fire: Lessons from Two First-Year KD Majors
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Leading Yourself Articles
Protecting Patches of Weeds
By Joe Byerly One of the Czars of Russia, walking through his park, came upon a sentry standing guard over a small...
The Internal AAR: What to Do After a Bad Evaluation (or a Great One)
By Steven Prater “You just did your job.” Those words still resonate with me. The moment my Senior Rater hit me in my...
Knowing What Something Isn’t
By Joe Byerly There are some things I know with 100% certainty. I know purpose isn’t something someone else can hand...
Family Fitness Opportunities: A Father’s Day Gift from Afghanistan
By Joe Byerly When I returned from Afghanistan as the world was shutting down in March of 2020, I struggled to regain...
How LinkedIn Upped My Military Game
by Stephen T. Messenger As a U.S. Army officer, I never had much need nor desire to interact on LinkedIn. After all,...
Gambling with Influence: Don’t Bet Your Life on Someone Else’s Promise
By Joe Byerly I sat across from the Army general during my initial counseling, just a few months into squadron...
Are You Chasing Daisies?
By Joe Byerly We build the future in our head with such vivid imagery. We can taste the salt on the rim of an ice-cold...
Waiting for Favorable Conditions
By Joe Byerly They checked the news first thing in the morning. Then again at lunch. Then one more time before bed....