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Do This One Thing and Find Success

Do This One Thing and You Will Find Success

Can there really be one thing you can do to find success? Yes!  There are no guarantees in life.  Still, do this one thing, and you will improve your chance of succeeding. Have you applied for a specialized position and didn’t get it? Were you a candidate for promotion and someone else was selected? Did you want to go to the FBINA and didn’t get the opportunity? Were you a police chief candidate and failed to make the cut? Most of us that have been working for any length of time will answer yes to many of these questions and many other similar questions.  Life is full of challenges and disappointments.  What can you do to find success when success is so elusive? Don’t Quit!  It is that simple.  Keep trying.  Don’t give up.  Get back in the game.  Get off the bench.  Work harder.  You get the picture. I realize this is easier said than done. You see, I know from personal experience.  I was a candidate for police chief on three occasions before I was finally selected to be the Chief of Police for the Dunwoody Police Department. What keeps people from getting back up after being knocked…

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Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules

Leadership Lessons From Thomas Jefferson

A lot has been written about our Founding Fathers over the years.  Obviously, Thomas Jefferson was one of them.  He eventually became the 3rd President of the United States.  He is well known for drafting the Declaration of Independence.  President Jefferson was selected for this task because he had clear handwriting and he had a special way with words. Over time, Thomas Jefferson developed a list of axioms for personal behavior that he would share with his family and friends.  This advice developed into Thomas Jefferson’s 10 Rules of Life and was published in The Western Farmer as early as 1839. On a trip to Washington, D.C. in early 2018, my wife and I visited the Jefferson Memorial.  There, I stumbled across a small postcard with Jefferson’s Ten Rules imprinted on it.  I couldn’t believe that I had never heard about Jefferson’s list before.  I quickly purchased the postcard and sat down and reviewed it.  The simplicity and universal applicability drew me Jefferson’s 10 Rules of Life.  These axioms are as relevant today as when they were written. If followed, I am confident this list will help you be a better leader and a better person. Let’s take a quick…

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7 Apps to Help You Be More Productive as a Leader in 2019

It is hard to believe that 2019 is here.  Time seems to slip by so quickly.  I recently celebrated my 10th anniversary as the police chief of the Dunwoody Police Department.  It seems like I only started here yesterday! A new year brings with it an opportunity to look back at the previous year and think about how you can improve as a leader in the coming year and set new goals for the year. I don’t know about you, but I am always searching for new applications and/or technology that can help me be more organized, efficient or that will equip me to be a better leader. I thought I would share some of my favorite apps and tell you why I like them. Let’s get started. 1. Grammarly Grammarly automatically detects spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice and style mistakes in your writing.  You can copy and paste text to check inside the Grammarly Editor or you can add a free browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge.  The browser extensions allow Grammarly to check you text when you are writing online using Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn and other similar sites.  Grammarly also integrates with Microsoft Office.  The free…

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