As a new agent, right out of the FBI Academy, I felt as though I could conquer any roadblock or setback because I’d spent 4 months learning how to prepare to make arrests, interrogate suspects, and gather evidence. So, it was a bit of a surprise that, when I attended...
Everybody wants to be a success. Or a hero. Or famous…or something. Some of our dreams are juvenile while others propel us toward a life of value and meaning. When I was six, I wanted to be Daniel Boone. Biology, among other considerations, prevented me from being a...
Show me someone who has never made a mistake and I will show you someone who has never accomplished anything meaningful in their life. They are losers, people who are generally timid and lazy—and usually selfish because it’s all about their precious feelings. They...
There’s something positive and uplifting about our circumstances now that the COVID pandemic promises to be a distant, albeit bad, memory. It’s especially poignant because those same memories resemble a scaled down version of the apocalypse. New beginnings are an...
I’m a firm believer that jerks are not born; they are made the old-fashioned way—from the ground up, by adults who never outgrew their selfish behavior. Jerks are groomed by people who live by crappy values and tend to be awful human beings. You know the ones I mean;...
When people meet me, they expect me to have the kind of bravado that is portrayed by FBI agents on TV and in movies—confident with no signs of weakness or vulnerability. Nothing could be further from the truth! It’s true that the most successful agents I worked...
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