One day in the motor pool, one of the best military leaders that I ever worked for shared with me some valuable insights into the nature of hard and soft power that stayed with me my entire career and helped me to become more effective as a small unit manager and leader. I think that [...]
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Lessons From Military Leadership – Emphasize Your Indirect Power
October 22nd, 2009 
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No Comments »Religion and Voluntary Organization – Shaping American Social Identity
October 20th, 2009 admin People of different countries and nations have some features in their social identity by which they can be described. Americans are no exceptions to this fact. In discussing Americans we can refer to 4 elements as those that shape or influence the formation of their social identity. These 4 elements are:1) Soft power,2) Democracy and [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: 10 Million, American Exceptionalism, Baylor Researchers, Belief, Choices, Democracy, Founders, History Of America, Mankind, No Exceptions, Pragmatism, Puritanism, Social Identity, Sociologists, Survey Found That, Uniformity, Voluntary Organization, Voluntary Organizations, Volunteer America, Volunteer Organizations No Comments »Polishing The Rough Moments
October 19th, 2009 admin Every single instant of now expands to the size and shape of your calling. What are you asking of this moment? This very moment may not be grabbing your attention. It may not seem noticeable or noteworthy. Maybe nothing much is happening right now. No great events. No deep emotions. And yet, every moment, even [...]