Leadership, at Home and at Sea
As I wrote in the introduction to this blog, I truly believe that the practice of leadership has certain aspects that are universal in application,…
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Being Present
A few weekends ago, my wife and I were at our community pool with our children. As often happens, a neighborhood child swam over and…
Story Telling Made Simple
The five words that can strike fear in any father’s heart at bedtime: “Daddy, tell me a story.” At the end of a long and…
Coping with the Chaos
In a previous post, I wrote about my neglect in reading parenting books. Since then, I have atoned, but my reading list has become rather…
The Movie with a Thousand Questions
It started innocently enough. I introduced my five-year-old daughter to Star Wars Legos on the Wii. I figured that it would be a fun activity…
The Home Team
When I was six years old, my father worked with a man from Texas. His son had outgrown his Dallas Cowboys jacket, and it was…
Time Away
I have been on TDY (temporary duty) this week, attending a training course in Tampa. It’s the equivalent of a business trip in the civilian…
The Case for Learning a New Language
I was in Washington, D.C. last week participating in a conference at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, a section of the National Defense University…
No, the other Doctor Spock…
When I found out my new job would involve the Caribbean, my first step was to pull up Amazon to find books on the region's…
Turning Corners
As a father, I am often relieved when a corner is turned in the development of my children. When the baby finally sleeps through the…
Father, Sailor, Citizen 