Ten Veteran Lessons for Every Day: An Epilogue

Topic: Leadership

I have completed the first edition of Ten Veteran Lessons for Every Day, and hope that it blesses you and those you influence.  The lessons were learned in peacetime settings, in wartime settings, through good fortune, and through hard lessons.  They were drawn from good people I respect, leaders I admire, and from poor “leaders” from whom I also received valuable lessons of what not to do in life and when in critical positions of leadership or influence.

These lessons are bulletproof.  They edify good leaders, turning them into great ones, and strengthen those who are still learning the ropes and maturing; however, they are of little use if only read, and not adhered to.  Without further ado, here are the lessons:

I.               Know Your Worth

II.              Stay in Your Lane

III.            Keep Right Perspective

IV.            The Best Officers Go to the Sound of the Guns

V.             Achieve Technical Excellence

VI.            Don’t Let Perfect be the Enemy of Good

VII.          Leaders Create Solutions

VIII.         Delegate Effectively

IX.            Rebuke in Private, Praise in Public

X.              Great Leaders Go the Extra Mile

Spread these lessons far and wide.  They are integral to the future of freedom-loving societies and are timeless in nature.  We will overcome all obstacles if we develop leaders who can create new leaders by the way they wield moral authority.  Be on the lookout for the audio version of these lessons.