Soul writing

Tell them it’s me.  Phone 71B, loca­tion 2 Crew (B).  Novem­ber 2011.  Some­where off the coast of Oman I sit in a same-ness insti­tu­tion­al room, open­ing my mind to the full cir­cle encom­pass­ing dark­ness and light.  I have sat here all over the world.  The tan walls, the don’t‑give-a-shit mat­tress, the white sheets and thin soft blan­ket on a bed […]

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Take my spirit in better shape then when you gave it…

Let­ter to a friend: ***, There’s noth­ing I have expe­ri­enced that’s any­thing like being on a stormy ocean on a small boat, out of reach of all mankind, reliant total­ly upon self and the fick­le­ness of the sea gods. Not all the nations in the world with all their resources can do any­thing to affect the

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Commonalities Among Good Operators

tough sense of humor/levity show gen­eros­i­ty con­scious of diction/vocabulary Jus­ti­fi­able self con­fi­dence and belief in self read for pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment Joy in their work care for oth­ers Respect for blue col­lar work and crafts­men Atten­tion to detail Integri­ty Self aware­ness of ability/capability Under­stands the place of phys­i­cal­i­ty Will­ing­ness to face facts List mak­ers Writ­ten goals Talk­ing to your­self Lack

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The Why Talk

the why talk Pur­pose: to ignite in the learn­er a deep and burn­ing desire to become a bet­ter man What do I need to know to give this? ‑his­to­ry ‑the Greeks ‑phi­los­o­phy ‑rhetoric ‑per­son­al accom­plish­ments, phys­i­cal ‑speak anoth­er lan­guage ‑why do we do what we do? spec ops, cops, bor­der patrol, any phys­i­cal­ly dif­fi­cult and chal­leng­ing job ‑what is great

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