Think How.
THINK HOW you are going to create a better world.
Welcome to my blog, where I am dedicated to helping you unlock your full potential and become the exceptional leader you were always meant to be. My content is designed to inspire, educate, and empower you on your journey towards personal growth and leadership mastery.
This site offers reflections and lessons into the essential skills that set successful leaders apart, such as self-awareness and emotional intelligence. Learn how to better understand your own emotions, strengths, and weaknesses, and develop the ability to effectively lead and empathize with others.
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A snippet about me:
I can confidently say that I am an average guy. Well, average American guy. I live in the midwest. I have a wife and two kids. I work a full-time job.
I run a small non-profit in addition to my full-time work. The non-profit aims to get frontline workers out into the backcountry through backpacking, camping, or fly-fishing. It is called Frontline Freedom. You can check it out here.
A part of what Frontline Freedom advocates is mental health. One of the ways we encourage our cohorts to stay mentally resilient is through creativity. Hence, the creation of this site. I cannot preach to others to journal, create vlogs, blogs, podcasts, or take up photography if I am unwilling to do the same
In the spirit of knowing that we are more than the metrics of a census, I wanted to create a space to share. I wanted a space to share my experiences, my life, my thoughts and give a glimpse into the not-so-Instagram perfect reality of which we all are a part
Maybe you will find something interesting from the perspective of an average guy. For me, this is an outlet. If I am constrained by work and am limited in the amount of adventure I can partake in, I must shift my paradigm. I must bring the experiences to myself. We are limited only by what our minds think we can or cannot do.
Personally, I think we can all change the world. First, we have to acknowledge that some aspects of the world do in fact, need improved. One of the quickest ways we can change the world is by making people feel valued, respected, trusted, and purposeful. It all starts with where people spend most of their day. Work. Leadership matters.
Latest Blog Posts
Who Actually Runs the Police Department? What Does the Charter Say?
In the early months of the pandemic, law enforcement officers around this country were told, in everything but writing, to stop being cops. The order did not come from their chiefs. It came from the politics above their chiefs, and the crime rates that followed told...
A Hiring Bonus Is a Press Release. A Longevity Step Is a Policy.
Just after the pandemic, my agency put up a five thousand dollar hiring bonus. The veterans read that flyer the way veterans read everything, carefully and personally. By the end of the week the hallway question was the same everywhere: where is ours? Nobody was...
You Can’t Hold Someone Accountable. You Can Only Make It Safe Enough for Them to Choose It.
I once took over a unit that was slipping, and I tightened everything. More check-ins, more reporting, more eyes on the numbers, a standard I could measure against, and a way to track it daily. I called it accountability, and for a few weeks it looked like it was...
I am the Fix-It Father
My kid was working on a craft project at the kitchen table the other night. He was struggling with how much glue to use and where to put it. Naturally, seeing his frustration grow and fearing the mess that would likely ensue, I took over. I had the glue placed, the...
Leading the People Who Trained You
You don't earn a veteran's respect by proving you belong. You earn it by proving you don't need to. The week I was promoted to sergeant, I had seven years in the division. The senior trooper at my post had almost thirty. They had almost as much time on the job...
Build It So It Can Run Without You
The text came in at 6:40 on a Tuesday. A deputy one hundred miles away wanted to know if there was still a seat on the June trip, and the answer lived in exactly one place. My own head. Not a shared calendar. Not a second person who could have handled it in ten...
“They” Are Not Millennials is available.
“They” Are Not Millennials addresses the issues facing organizational leaders coping with a rapidly evolving workplace culture. This book provides an understanding of the differences in the youngest employees entering the workforce. It includes leadership insights and strategies to lead, motivate, and inspire a young workforce into achieving organizational and personal development goals.
