Unique Leadership Axiom: Never let personal comfort endanger your life.
As a student at Caltech I was a member of the Air Force ROTC. Back in the day, some of us cadets were flown to The Firepower Demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base. In the plane we sat on canvas seats and bare aluminum structure. Backpack parachutes were stacked in the corner, so to say. All of us cadets were uncomfortable sitting in the canvas seats. He pulled out a parachute backpack and lay down on it.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on July 16, 2009
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Unique Leadership Axiom: Never trust your life to someone who does not know or care about you.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on July 12, 2009
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The Rock in My Shoe 
This is not commentary on what you have done. This is the straight skinny on how you can regain your credibility.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on June 27, 2009
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Unique Leadership Axiom: A winning mission depends upon a thorough pre-flight check.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on June 17, 2009
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Unique Leaders Axiom: For you and your people, physical health comes first.
One of the criteria used in designing ammunition is lethality. But sometimes munitions designs which will wound rather than kill are more devastating to the enemy. Why? Because caring for the wounded is a logistic burden. Not only is a soldier who is wounded less capable of fighting, but he also is a burden on others who must care for him rather than fight. Wounded soldiers burden their team.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on May 15, 2009
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Unique Leadership Axiom: Never miss a chance to sharpen your tools
Bart Simpson says, “So what? Who cares? What’s in it for me?”
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on April 30, 2009
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Unique Leadership Axiom: In boot camp, where you learn to survive, the most primitive human needs are set aside every day for the accomplishment of the team mission.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on April 17, 2009
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The Rock in My ShoeLeadership is a heavy burden. The leader finds his strength in his convictions. If when he reaches down for the strength of conviction he finds instead, his ego, then it is time to pull his head out of his ass!
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Unique Leadership Axiom: The Daily Dozen adds life to your years and years to your life.
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Unique Leadership Axiom: When your life is on the line your habits will save you.
In boot camp old habits die and new habits are born. It’s common for civilians to believe that boot camp is all about squashing initiative. In fact boot camp is about building initiative. Initiative is built on a foundation of self-knowledge. Nature provides us with certain attributes and nurturing makes those attributes useful. Don’t choke on that! Believe it or not boot camp is about nurturing: nurturing self-knowledge, nurturing skill, nurturing an appreciation of standards.
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This post was written by CrazyDocCummings on February 11, 2009
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