Leadership

What is leadership? Thats the question we all ask. Is it yelling at your lower ranks, browbeating them until they got things right? Is it just something for you to achieve? Or even plainly to abuse others with your leadership.

This is something we come to understand. Leadership is a heavy responsibility, and should not be simply used to abuse others.

1. Treat your followers with respect. Sound simple? Well, it is. Respect is a two-way street. You can order your followers to show you customs and courtesies, but you cannot demand voluntary respect. As a young Lieutenant, Chesty commanded the Marine Corps Silent Drill Team. It had been years since the Marine Corps had won an inter-service drill competition. Private Bob Norrish, a member of the team, had an interesting observation to share: “Yet, somehow, though he was hard as nails, he could be friendly with us like no officer we’d ever seen. We gave him all we had.” Think about those two sentences for a moment. Chesty made a distinction between discipline and kindness, and his Marines noticed it. He worked them hard – real hard. But he was still kind to them. Because of that, his Marines were willing to work hard out of respect for their Commander.

C/2d Lt Jackie Briski, CAP - cadetstuff.org


If your people don't know better - that is, if they don't know how to do something right or forgot the correct way to do it - yelling at them isn't helping because they already feel badly about being wrong. Your people don't want to make mistakes, but mistakes sometimes happen to the best of us. In this case, the solution is not to yell, but to remind them what needs to be done, how to do it and why it's important.

Most of the time, people just need a reminder of what is expected and then a chance to try it again. If you yell at them for making an honest mistake, you'll only make them feel stupid and useless. This will make them resent and dislike you; after all, who enjoys being around or working for someone who makes them feel stupid and useless?

Sometimes people's mistakes will be your fault, not theirs. If you don't train them properly or don't give them complete information on what is expected of them, how can you yell at them for failing? The fault is yours - and your people will know that as well.

What good does it do to yell at someone who doesn't care to do the right thing? If he doesn't care enough about what he's supposed to do in the first place, then he sure doesn't care about your yelling. In fact, your taking the time to yell at him may be giving him a thrill. You're certainly giving him a lot of attention, aren't you?

There are times when yelling is appropriate, but mostly those times are when you want to get someone's attention when their mind is wandering; for instance, if Cadet Jones is staring at the birds during drill. But this is merely to get his attention so that you can explain his mistakes in a normal tone and get on with the job at hand.

Yelling at people for their mistakes is for bullies, not for leaders.

Shawn Stanford - cadetstuff.org

Let the BB2SJ motto be a reminder in all of this.

One Body, Many Parts.

Sure & Stedfast

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Chooseternalife

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A message brought to you by Big Tent Revival.

Choose Life
by Big Tent Revival

[Verse]
A Choice, is set before you now
Living or dying
Blessing or cursing

And now, the time has come around
To turn from your fighting
and rest in his mercy

[Chorus]
Choose Life
That you might live
The life that he give
He gives you forever

Choose Life
The way that is true
From the one who chose you
Your Father in heaven
Choose Life.

[Verse 2]
Trust, the Lord with all your heart
With all of your soul
And all of your being

Hold on,
Listen and Obey
Surrender your life
Into his keeping.

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
And the weight you're under
Will be lifted away
And the world will wonder
'What happened here today?'
And you'll stand right there and say:

[Chorus]

Choose Life. =)

Choices, just great.

Right from wrong, wrong from right, how do you tell the difference? Some say concience, some say common sense. Some things just seem right, but results in catastrophy.

Which leads to crapping about having to choose between two things I adore the most.
1. Boys' Brigade
2. Christian Fellowship (School)

Both has events I dearly want to go, but unfortunately, clashed. BB, Basic NCO Training School, CF, Annual Camp.

Hard desision to make.

According to my time, roughly another 12 hours before I go back to school and end my chinese new year mood. There goes the money season.

Sometimes you just can't get what you want, or things come and goes, comes with a deal that you wouldn't like at all. It's about choosing. I chose to be an arrogant boy and chose not to accept my mistake in rushing certain things, only after I began to regret. Sometimes I just thought I chose the right thing, without getting other information from others, this just shows how idiotic I am, or sometimes people can be when rushing into things.

What item am I talking about?



















A stupid electric guitar.

I was headstrong and proud,

at the front of the line for the card-carrying, highbrowed.

With both eyes fastened tight, yet unscarred from the fight.

Running at full tilt, my sword pulled from its hilt.

It's funny how these things can slip away,

our frail deeds, the last will wave good-bye.

It's funny how the hope will bleed away,

the citadels we build and fortify.

Good-Bye.