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Learn to Sell. Learn to Build. If you can do both you'll be unstoppable. - Naval Started doing both, but at a very nascent stage right now. Will share the learnings here.

How to stand out at work? Be the problem-solver. Also: - check your ego at the door - take agency - just get stuff done More words of wisdom from Naval below ↓ --------------- If this resonated with you, follow me & turn on notifications to stay posted on all things Chief of Staff, personal growth & consciousness ✨ #chiefofstaff #recruiting

⚓ Navy Values, Business Success: Setting Sail with Integrity and Commitment Just as the sea shapes the sailor, the Navy instilled core values of integrity, honor, and commitment in our CEO. Today, those values are the guiding stars of our business journey. With every decision, every interaction, we stay true to our naval roots, ensuring that our products and services uphold the highest standards. From the precision of our design, implementation, and installation to the reliability of our customer service, we steer through the currents of business with unwavering integrity. Charting a course for success that honors our heritage, we serve our customers with distinction.

On this September 4th, comes to my mind the well-known story published in the U.S. Naval Institute Magazine (also mentioned by Stephen Covey in his Seven Habits book), in which a navy officer tells what happened while he was on the bridge of the largest battleship of the fleet with its captain, one dark and stormy night... ///…Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on the lead battleship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all activities. Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported _"Light, bearing on the starboard bow"_ _"Is it steady or moving astern?"_ the captain called out. Lookout replied _"Steady, captain"_ which meant we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship. The captain then called to the signal man _"Signal that ship: We are on a collision course, advise you change course 20 degrees"_ Back came a signal _"Advisable for you to change course 20 degrees"_ The captain said _"Send: I'm a captain, change course 20 degrees"_ _"I'm a seaman second class"_ came the reply _"You had better change course 20 degrees"_ By that time, the captain was furious. He spat out _"Send: I'm a battleship. Change course 20 degrees"_ Back came the flashing light _"I'm a lighthouse"_ We changed course.../// Just like in the story of the lighthouse, there are fundamental principles that should never be ignored: trust, commitment, and dedication. These values are the lighthouse that guides each of our daily decisions and actions. No matter how turbulent the waters, we must always honor these principles so that our work contributes to the success and harmony of the team. Being a secretary is much more than coordinating a meeting or managing an agenda, it is being the support point that everyone trusts, it is having the humility to change course when necessary and to stay firmly towards our goals. On Secretary's Day, I celebrate the importance of these unbreakable values and the positive impact they have on our organization and on the lives of people we work with every day.

The Marine Corps has officially released the V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor to resume flying. All Osprey’s (Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Japan Defense Force) have been grounded for almost 3 months after an Air Force V-22 crashed off the coast of Japan, killing 8.   Once it was announced that the Ospreys were resuming flight operations, I started getting messages, asking about my feelings. My son is a V-22 Osprey Crew Chief, so it is very personal to me. The multiple responses to well-meaning friends got me to thinking, because there was a time when I was doing the dangerous stuff, and now my son (and my son in-law) are doing them. This has little to do with specific events, and more to do with how I deal with fear.   For those who have not experienced it, thinking you may die is unique and memorable. For me, when that happened, my life flashed before me, for sure. But afterwards, I realized that the overriding feeling while it was happening was that I had regrets.  Not a single regret was about what I tried and failed at; they were all about things I didn’t have the guts to do, and the fact that in every single instance, the thing that stopped me was fear.   To be sure, the fear has multiple reasons, but in the end it was still all about being afraid; believing that “staying the course” was risk-averse.   What I concluded a long time ago was that fear erodes my emotional and spiritual well-being; every failure to act made me less happy.   A long time ago, I promised myself I would never let fear determine my decisions. I would go hard at my dreams and wants, and the results would be what they were. Being fearless does not mean living without fear. I am scared more than I will ever admit. But fear will not factor into my decisions.   So, my son does a dangerous job. Yes, he may die doing it. But I love that kid with all my heart, and watching him live a fearless life at 21, something I didn’t do until my late 30s, is what I focus on, think about, and inspires my life and happiness.

Maintain your edge: NPS professor Dr. Nita Shattuck and her team’s research on crew endurance has been integrated into U.S. Navy watchstanding policy, and now Shattuck's latest video lecture, “Sleep Is a Weapon: A Clear Mind, A Combat Edge,” was recently added to the Navy’s General Military Training (GMT) catalog on My Navy Portal.   “Better sleep is linked to improvements in memory, alertness, concentration, performance, and positive emotions,” Shattuck said. “While we can train our service members in procedures, tactics, and even how to cope with stress, our warfighters require quality sleep to maintain peak effectiveness.”   Research findings from Shattuck and her team set the foundation for changes to the U.S. Navy’s “Comprehensive Crew Endurance Management Policy,” signed off by the commanders of Naval Surface Force Pacific and Atlantic. This policy fundamentally changed crew watchstanding practices and mandates circadian-based watchbills with crew rest requirements similar to those for aircrews.    “In my opinion as a Surface Warfare Officer in the fleet who experienced the introduction of circadian rhythm watchbills after a career of sleep deprivation, it's made a world of difference,” said Capt. Jeremy Gray, NPS Surface Warfare Chair. “As a commanding officer of a crew applying many of Dr. Shattuck's recommendations, my ship’s watch teams were far more alert and focused.”   - Crew Endurance resources (includes video): https://lnkd.in/gkyK6z3F - Check out the GMT course (CAC required): https://lnkd.in/gr3hffdm US Navy | United States Marine Corps | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | NPS Crew Endurance Team | U.S. Naval Institute | #sleep #research #innovation #education #crewendurance

What is wrong with Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)? Why does he seem more incompetent than Ozzel, and why does Vader treat him more kindly despite this fact? Because there's a difference between failure and incompetence. See, unlike what many people would tell you, Darth Vader didn't hate failure; he hated incompetence. If a competent officer were to fail, he'd easily forgive said failure, but Admiral Ozzel wasn't a competent officer. On the contrary, he was totally incompetent. Admiral Ozzel earned the rank of admiral through his name alone. The Ozzels are a highly wealthy and influential family from the Core World. If it weren't for his family name, Kendal Ozzel would probably only have made it to the rank of lieutenant at most. Which, in case you don't know, is actually the lowest officer rank within the entire Imperial naval hierarchy, which was so common that one ship could easily contain hundreds of different lieutenants. Admiral Piett was another story. Unlike Ozzel, Firmus Piett was competent and didn't earn his rank through nepotism, but through hard work. Which won him the respect of Vader, as Vader hated officers who earned their rank through nepotism but respected those who earned it honestly. The former being Ozzel and the latter Piett. This is why, when Piett failed, he was forgiven by the dark lord, who recognized that it was impossible, even for the most competent of the most competent, to never fail once in their entire careers.

What's your mission statement? In the wise words of David Goggins, US Navy SEAL, we're reminded that personal growth starts with a clear mission statement - one that YOU create and live by every day. What's your mission in this crazy career ride? Would love to hear them in the comments! #DavidGoggins #Mission #CareerInsights #MissionStatement #ProfessionalGrowth

Written post by David goggins Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams Naval Special Warfare Center repost: Never Own a Bell! Winning and losing. I talk about it all the time. When I speak to people I rarely mention the times I have won. Truth be told, I don’t talk about winning because it owns very little space in my head and yet the memories of the many times I have lost or failed at something are clear as can be. It is good to set your standards so high that you have to work your entire life to achieve the mark. Winning has never caused someone to lose sleep. Those who quit in Navy SEAL training walk over to a bell and ring it three times. Then they put their helmet on the ground. If a bell was by my bed, I would ring it every single morning. That is why I don’t own a bell. If your max for push-ups is 100 reps, those last 20 reps fucking suck bad. There is very little growth in the first 80 reps, the growth comes in the last 20 reps when all you want to do is put your knees on the ground and stop. What keeps you going when all you want to do is stop?! I can’t speak for everybody but what keeps me going is knowing the feeling I will have if I put my knees down before I get to 100. Losing and failing are big parts of life. Let it haunt you to be better. Stop using it as a crutch to give up! Some of the best moments in my life are when I have failed over and over again and then finally win/succeed. The thing about winning is once you go to bed after the big win, the win is already forgotten. The world moves too fast to celebrate you longer than that. Being great today doesn’t make it permanent. Don’t relish yesterday’s win for too long. You have to earn greatness every single day of your life!

David Goggins, ultra-distance runner, author, and Retired U.S. Navy SEAL, said: "We don't want to suffer. We don't want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we're living our lives in a very comfortable area. There's no growth in that." I agree. And how can you step out of our comfort zone? One way is to identify what OBSTACLES stand in your way of achieving a goal and thinking about the consequences of NOT addressing them. (It's common to focus on the benefits of accomplishing something important while ignoring the consequences of NOT accomplishing it.) Addressing hurdles often involves doing things that are difficult for us, and is not something we look forward to. Minimize potential future negative consequences by confronting your fears and stretching beyond your comfort zone. Lean into the possible discomfort. Have faith in yourself. Tackle those thing you aren't certain you can overcome. There IS growth in that!