Podcast appearances and mentions of James B Stockdale

Join me on the Fast Track to Grant Writer: www.teresahuff.com/vip Whether you think of yourself as a leader or not, you are. You impact and influence others whether you realize it or not.  We all feel the heat sometimes in this hectic world. Let's glean some wisdom from someone who's been in the trenches - literally. Today's interview is with a former Green Beret, Otis McGregor, and it's an honor to have him share his leadership and life lessons with us. Otis shares about learning how to grow as a leader, eliminating stress in your life, gaining positive structure for your day, and sharing the three aspects of trust that can make a huge difference in your success.   Lessons for Leaders from a Green Beret: Be clear in communicating to others what needs to be done. Clearly express how to do it, why it's important, and how it fits into the bigger picture. When seeking out wisdom about how to grow as a leader, don't pigeonhole yourself into only learning from people within your line of work. Great leadership skills and techniques can be learned from people in all different fields, implementing their tips and tricks into your wheelhouse. Accountability partners help keep you on track. When trying to make a large change, implement smaller increments of change at a time. This makes it easier to achieve the smaller goals. For example, say you want to start getting up early to exercise. When you get up at 6am normally, instead of jumping right to setting that alarm for 4am, start with 5:45am for a week, then 5:30am, and so on. Take smaller steps to make a long lasting, larger change.   Tips to Eliminate Stress and Handle Hard Situations: First things first, stop and assess the situation. When you realize you're overwhelmed, slow down, take a breath, and write down all the things that you need to get done. Once you have this list, use the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to help you categorize and prioritize. Another tip to help eliminate stress is to shut off your electronics to avoid distractions, and just write down everything that's been on your mind. Not with a goal to solve a problem or to create anything, but just to get everything out of your head. This can help us clear our minds and be more relaxed.    Break Your Day Up Into 3 Categories: Focus: This is a time in your day that is set apart to work on a specific thing or two that you want to handle and you do not allow people or things to sidetrack you. Do whatever you need to do to be unavailable to distractions. Flex: This is where a lot of us spend most of our time. This is where you're working on different things for the day and you're able to bounce around a bit more, allowing for interruptions or breaks.  Personal: This is the category a lot of us let be pushed under the rug when we're stressed, but taking care of ourselves must be a priority. Have you ever heard the common phrase, “You can't pour from an empty cup?” We can't be our best selves when we're drained. Take a walk, read a book, take a nap, spend time with friends, play an instrument, etc…whatever it is that helps you unwind and feel refreshed.    The Trust Triad As a leader it's important to learn the power of the Trust Triad. The Trust Triad consists of three legs of trust: Trust yourself: Believe that the decisions you make, with the time available to you and the information at your disposal, are the best decisions that you can make. Trust your team: Believe they are capable of doing what they are here to do. The team must be able to trust you: They must believe that your decisions have the best interest of the organization in mind. Not yourself, not a specific person, not the money in your pocket, but the organization's success.  Strive to create strength in whatever area is lacking in the Trust Triad within your organization and see how much stronger you become.    Challenge Question: What lesson will you begin to implement right now to grow as a leader?   Meet Otis McGregor: Leadership Expert, Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, Project Management Trainer, Rugby Coach, LTC, Special Forces, US Army, Retired. My passion lies in helping people succeed. I've used this passion through years in the Army Special Operations, coaching rugby and business. It now drives me to create better leaders. I believe that better leaders create better organizations, better organizations create better communities, and better communities will create a better world.  I worked as a Business Development Manager, Director, and Chief Strategy Officer for several companies. In 2009, I founded LTO Enterprises, LLC to help businesses win government contracts. In 2021, I rebranded LTO to become Tribe + Purpose, aligning with how we operate and our business purpose. We focus on creating better leaders to lead high-performing teams. I am a certified business performance coach and certified project director and trainer through The Institute of Project Management.  I retired from the US Army in 2009 as a Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel following 25 years of service. While in the Army, I had a broad range of experience from being a private driving tanks five years older than me; to an engineer in the Arctic, running heavy equipment in the most extreme arctic conditions; to leading Green Berets on complex and dangerous missions around the world. I also had the unique experience of being part of new organizations and creating these new units into cohesive, effective organizations. This experience ranged from Arctic conditions in Alaska to counter-terrorism units in Iraq and Afghanistan to NATO Special Operations Headquarters.  Being part of these organizations from the ground up has given me immense experience in creating successful organizations. I've used those skills and experiences to build successful teams, business units, and companies in the business world. I've led capture efforts and proposal development for large and small firms. These efforts have ranged from small task orders to multiple large entity Joint Ventures. In addition to my business development efforts, I ran multi-million-dollar programs for the government spread across the US and overseas.  I possess a BS-Engineering Technology, from Texas A&M University; MA-International Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School; Certified Professional Coach, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC); COR.E Leadership & Performance Dynamics Specialist, IPEC; Certified Project Director and Certified Project Trainer, Institute of Project Management (IPM); USA Rugby Level 300 Coach. I create better leaders, host a podcast, build high-performance teams and wrote the book Enable Your Team's Success. I live in Colorado with my wife, Suzanne. We have three grown children living in the USA. Connect with Otis: Otis' TEDx Talk Website LinkedIn YouTube: The Cam & Otis Show   Resources Mentioned: Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Stanley McChrystal  Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by James B Stockdale   Free Audit: How Grant-Ready Is Your Nonprofit? If you need support in your journey to excellence as a grant writer, I'd like to invite you to join me on the Fast Track to Grant Writer. Go to teresahuff.com/vip and start learning today.  Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Grant Writer? Take the Quiz: If you're ready to explore a career in grant writing, take my free quiz, “Do you have what it takes to be a grant writer?” People are always surprised at how many skills they already have. The distance isn't as far as they thought. Let's figure out how you can use your skills to help change your world. If you're ready to step up your nonprofit game, join me on the Fast Track to Grant Writer. 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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin and Capt. Ben Ordiway to discuss moral reasoning and ethical leadership. Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin is professor and Admiral James B. Stockdale Chair in Professional Military Ethics. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Temple University and specializes in military ethics, “just war theory” and philosophy of law and applied ethics. She is author of “On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry” and “Achilles Goes Asymmetrical: The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare.” She served as a contributor for The Strategy Bridge and has published in War on the Rocks, Clear Defense, The Wavell Room, Grounded Curiosity, Newsweek and Just Security. She is a member and serves on the board of directors for the Military Writers Guild. Capt. Ben Ordiway is a Civil Affairs officer with previous experience within the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade. He is currently pursuing a masters in philosophy at the University of Michigan. This summer he'll begin an assignment as an instructor at the United States Military Academy, where he'll instruct cadets in philosophy and officership. Ben's work on moral reasoning and an associated moral decision-making process is sponsored by the leadership of 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne). If you'd like to reach out to Ben for questions, feedback, or ideas on this topic, email him here: bordiway@umich.edu. 

Pastor Lucas takes the reins today! Here are his notes from the sermon. T.I.M.E. = Training. Identity.  Mission.  Engagement. The Stockdale Paradox “You must not confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to loose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be” ... Admiral James B. Stockdale How do we apply the Stockdale Paradox?  How do we become an overcomer?  We put in the T.I.M.E. Jesus in the desert Luke 4:1-13 Training Luke 2:49-52 Stockdale was an officer and officers are well trained. Jesus as a boy grew in wisdom and stature.  He had a season of training in his life. All the disciples went through 3 years of training. Paul was highly trained before his conversion. How about YOU? How are you training your spirit man in times of peace to prepare for times of war.  Meditate on and practice the word of God on a regular basis so it becomes not just second nature but your first response to everything. Identity Matt 3:13-17 Stockdale was a military officer and he was determined to behave like one. Jesus knew who he was.  The enemy in the desert went straight to “if you are the Son of God”. The word of God was the sword in his hand but it was knowing that he was the son of God that gave him the strength to fight.  The fight in his belly was not the “eye of the tiger” it was his father's voice saying you are my son. Instilling identity. Your Identity. What is your identity John 14:20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. What is true of Jesus is true of you. You overcome the enemy by knowing your identity in Christ. Mission John 14:14 Stockdale's mission wasn't to escape, it was to win the whole war.  His mission was bigger than himself. Part of Jesus' mission is to bring his bride home. Our mission: To make it home and bring as many people with us as possible. Westsides' mission statement “To see all people become part of God's family”. The mission Jesus was on was bigger than himself.  It was to glorify God and bring mankind home.  That's the mission. Engagement Stockdale engaged the enemy on the battlefield and in prison.  Taking every opportunity to fight.  Even after a loss.  He kept his eye on the mission while relying on his training and identity to become an overcomer. Jesus engaged the enemy in the desert.  He was well trained, knew who he was, and relied on God's truth, not his feelings.  He beat the devil in the wilderness then spent the rest of his life on mission engaging everyone he met with the message of Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near God wants us all to come home.  So much he sent his son to die for us. Even more than that he has sent us the Holy Spirit john 14:15-18,23 15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you" 23Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. What do we do? We do what Jesus did.  We train in times of peace.  We remind ourselves constantly of who we are in Christ and where we are headed. And we fight back all the lies of the enemy with the truth. And we walk this journey home.  And as we are going we tell as many people as we can of the goodness of the king, the home he has prepared for us and that he wants to make his home with you/us right now.  All we need to do is repent, which is to change our minds about how we live and start living the way God wants us to.

Interview with Art Athens, Colonel USMC (ret)Colonel Athens recently served as the Director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership for and previously, as the Naval Academy’s first Distinguished Military Professor of Leadership. Colonel Athens is a retired Marine Corps officer with significant command and staff assignments in all four Marine Aircraft Wings and an instructor tour with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (the Marine Corps’ equivalent to the Navy’s Top Gun school). He also served as a White House Fellow under President Ronald Reagan, the Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident, and the Commandant of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Colonel Athens currently invests in leaders around the country through his speaking, writing, consulting and coaching.Colonel Athens is a graduate of the Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School and the Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies. He is married to the former Mistina Root of Williamsburg, Virginia and they have ten children.

Pauline Shanks Kaurin - The Ethics of Modern Combat - Pauline Shanks Kaurin, is a professor in the College of Leadership and Ethics, and the Admiral James B. Stockdale Chair in Professional Military Ethics at the US Naval War College. That's a mouthful, so we'll say this. Pauline helps teach students, primarily military officers, about ethics in conflict.  However, that's just the beginning. Host Pete A Turner, who's published on aspects of military ethics while deployed has the unique insight as a scholar, practitioner and multi-tour warrior to ask the questions, to find the gray areas that other shows cannot. Pauline and Pete dive in and you will absolutely be riveted as they sort through the ethics of modern combat. Live version HaikuEthics and CombatAttempting to balance warNot just, “Do No Harm”Similar episodes:John McKay Rich Ledet and Pete A Turner Trent Loucks, John Allen Get your raffle tickets for the Save the Brave rifle at  ​ Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD.   ​ ​ Executive Producer/Host/Intro:  Pete A Turner  Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev  ​ ​ ​​The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the best way to breathe during heavy lifts, how to balance cardio and running with the MAPS Anywhere program, whether body fat percentage can decrease without actually losing fat, and how to program the deadlift and squat as we age. The hidden meaning behind the book ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'. (6:38) Disciplining children and effective strategies to try today. (11:12) Adam recommends the Flip Side Newsletter. (20:56) The value of money and what it represents. (23:06) The Stockdale Paradox, handling outcomes that come your way & MORE. (26:03) The brick and mortar gym model and the COVID-19 impact. (31:45) Fun Facts with Justin. (39:53) How Mind Pump uses Ned to combat their anxiety. (42:07) The fake news surrounding the coronavirus. (49:05) #Quah question #1 – What is the best way to breathe during your heavy lifts? (52:32) #Quah question #2 – What's a good way to balance cardio and running with the MAPS Anywhere program? (59:00) #Quah question #3 – Can your body fat percentage decrease without actually losing fat? (1:04:54) #Quah question #4 – As we get into our 40s and 50s, how would you program the deadlift and squat and is one better for us as we age? (1:10:47) Related Links/Products Mentioned April Promotion: MAPS Prime/Prime Pro ½ off! **Code “PRIME50” at checkout** Special Promotion: MAPS Anywhere ½ off!! **Code “WHITE50” at checkout** If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Book by Laura Numeroff How a Classic Children's Book Got Hijacked by the Culture Wars Love & Logic® Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting From Birth to Six Years – Book by Jim Fay The Flip Side Proposal: You Get A $2,000 Stimulus Check Every Month Stockdale Paradox: Why confronting reality is vital to success A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Reflection: Ten Years of Reflections – Book by James B. Stockdale Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't – Book by Jim C. Collins 24 Hour Fitness reportedly considers bankruptcy options as the coronavirus pandemic continues to squeeze gyms across the US Mind Pump #842: The Steve Jobs of Fitness- Mark Mastrov Apple TV's New Series “Home” Is a Must-Watch for Design Lovers Visit NED for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! Beaches, Parks Reopen In Santa Cruz County Visit Vuori Clothing for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! Mind Pump Webinar Mind Pump Free Resources People Mentioned Andrew Yang (@andrewyang2020) Instagram

Join Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin and Dr. Doyle Hodges as they discuss the critical relationship that exists between members of the U.S. military and the American public they serve. Along the way we discuss the dangers of an increasingly partisan military, who controls nuclear weapons, when military members should disobey orders, and how the situation broke down between U.S. Navy Captain Brett Crozier and Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly. Dr. Shanks Kaurin is the Admiral James B. Stockdale Chair in Professional Military Ethics at the U.S. Naval War College. Her recently released book On Obedience can be found at Amazon. Dr. Doyle Hodges is a retired U.S. Navy commander, Executive Editor for Texas National Security Review, and Senior Editor for War on the Rocks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/htlpodcast/support

In our second episode, we tackle the issue of quantitativeness and its link to value.   *I also refer to metaobjects in this video – I actually mean hyperobjects, read Timothy Morton’s book below for more details   Semi-related resources: Bastos, W. Now or Never: Perceptions of Uniqueness Induce Acceptance of Price Increases for Experiences More Than for Objects. Journal of Consumer Psychology. doi:10.1002/jcpy.1099 Caprariello, P. A., & Reis, H. T. (2013). To do, to have, or to share? Valuing experiences over material possessions depends on the involvement of others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(2), 199-215. doi:10.1037/a0030953 Waldfogel, J. (1993). The deadweight loss of Christmas. The American Economic Review, 83(5), 1328- 1336. doi: 110.145.166.154 Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World, Timothy Morton Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus’s Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior, James B. Stockdale

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley wrap up their reading of James B. Stockdale's lecture on The Stoic Warrior's Triad. This week, they discuss good and evil, helping others, and why we can only be a victim of ourselves. The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their discussion of The Stoic Warrior's Triad, by James B. Stockdale. This week, good and evil, fear and guilt, and the example of Pigeye. The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their discussion of The Stoic Warrior's Triad, by James B. Stockdale. This week, good and evil, what's beyond our power, and our tragic addiction to external things. The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley continue their discussion of The Stoic Warrior's Triad, by James B. Stockdale. This week, we dive deep into why Stoic philosophy just works, what happens when Stoic philosophy and Christian theology are mixed together, and why the Stoics may have become so popular amongst moderns. The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Bill Winter and Donavon Riley read and discuss Jame's B. Stockdale's paper, The Stoic Warrior's Triad. In episode one, Stockdale begins his discussion about how Stoicism helped him survive as a prisoner of war for seven and one-half years. The Stoic Warrior's Triad: https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/support

Colonel Athens recently left the federal government, having served for the past decade asthe Director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center forEthical Leadership and previously, as the Naval Academy’s first Distinguished MilitaryProfessor of Leadership.Colonel Athens is a retired Marine Corps officer with command and staff assignments inall four Marine Aircraft Wings and an instructor tour with Marine Aviation Weapons andTactics Squadron One (the Marine Corps’ equivalent to the Navy’s Top Gun school). Healso served as a White House Fellow under President Ronald Reagan and the SpecialAssistant to the NASA Administrator following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.Colonel Athens currently speaks around the country about leading with integrity andworks alongside leaders to help them fulfill their personal and professional calling.He is married to the former Mistina Root of Williamsburg, Virginia and they have tenchildren.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/be-au-sm-episode-1. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's Quote is from Adm. James B. Stockdale Click Below to Listen to Today's Show   Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers. We are tired of leaders we fear, tired of leaders we love, and of tired of leaders who let us take liberties with them. What we need for leaders are men of the heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away with the need of their jobs. But leaders like that are never out of a job, never out of followers. Strange as it sounds, great leaders gain authority by giving it away." — Admiral James B. Stockdale Admiral James B. Stockdale, a great military leader has never been a man to hold back his thoughts. A proven leader, Admiral Stockdale comes out against the type of supposed leaders that have proven to be weak leaders. Admiral Stockdale repeats the qualities of leaders that have shared in the quotes we've heard throughout this Leadership series on Goal Getting Quote of the Day. He believes that true leaders are men of the heart that are so helpful they, "effectively do away with the need for their jobs. . . great leaders gain authority by giving it away." We hear again, that by inspiring people to realize the ability to understand their own potential, to raise their own bar, to do what needs to be done, builds other leaders and therefore makes you a leader. Inspiring others to step up to a higher standard they choose builds more followers and thus you are able to keep being a leader. That's inspiring in itself to me. Go Out Today and Be Inspiring to Someone. Goal Achievement Success System I want to help you get the goals you set and make this year the best year ever for you. Do you want to achieve your goals? Do you want to walk your own path and go where no one has ever been before? 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Join us for a special episode with actor and Navy brat, Lou Diamond Phillips the host of The Military Channel's AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE which Premieres FRI, APR 1 at 8pm ET. As each film makes its Military Channel premiere, host Lou Diamond Phillips will speak with retired and active duty officers who will reflect on the themes of that night's film and also provide personal insight that puts each movie into a modern context. “To have the opportunity to discuss the real-life events and strategies of the heroic efforts of service men and women from our nation’s history is something I will cherish,” said Lou Diamond Phillips. “In Military Channel’s AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE, I am honored to pick the brains of some of America’s heroes, who experienced first-hand the themes showcased in each week’s classic war film.” In the premiere episode on Friday, April 1 at 8 PM ET, Lou Diamond Phillips and retired Marine Col. Arthur Athens discuss the themes behind the 1979 classic film The Great Santini, starring Robert Duvall, who was nominated for an Academy Award for this role. -- As the director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, the former Commandant of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Athens is uniquely able to comment on what it means to be a leader in the military and within a family’s home, where in his own life he has ten children. AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE will include Kelly’s Heroes, Hart’s War, Windtalkers, Three Kings, and The Dirty Dozen among others. After The Great Santini, the next three premieres are Heartbreak Ridge, Bridge at Remagen and Victory.