We are just over 3 months left in 2021 and I have a question for each of you: How are those 2021 resolutions working out to prepare you for 2022? If the answer is somewhere between great and pretty good, keep up the great work! If the answer is less than optimal, don’t fret, you … Continue reading Using 2021 Resolutions for 2022
My Journey With TBI: The Life Saving Process (Emotions and Culture)
When Dr. Hughes and I reviewed my first WAVI brain scan he pointed out the remarkable inconsistencies he was seeing. The expansive blue area around my brain image indicated the presence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the dormant nature of the part of the brain that is responsible for processing emotions. Yet, the red … Continue reading My Journey With TBI: The Life Saving Process (Emotions and Culture)
My Journey with TBI: Share to Find Answers
Let me begin with the bottom line up front: if you are looking for answers, looking for purpose, or looking for support, the best thing you can do for yourself is share. Share your journey. Share your situation. Share! In my previous blog in this series, “My Journey with TBI: Invisible Injury and Shame”, I … Continue reading My Journey with TBI: Share to Find Answers
My Journey with TBI: Invisible Injury and Shame
As I stood before the medical review board convened to assess my injuries from a series of falls while I was in the SEAL Teams, and determine what, if any, financial compensation I should receive as a result of these invisible injuries, I was immediately confronted with shame: “Lt. Doebler, I have to say we … Continue reading My Journey with TBI: Invisible Injury and Shame
Culture, Accountability, and Saying the Words
In “The Leader 193 Way” there are a few indomitable tenets: Culture is made up of the things you DO, not the labels you put on them. You cannot hold someone accountable if they do not know what they are supposed to be accountable to. You must consistently SAY THE WORDS that you have established … Continue reading Culture, Accountability, and Saying the Words
My Journey with TBI: The Beginning of Worthiness
This blog series is about my newfound journey with Traumatic Brain Injury, also known as TBI. Throughout this series over the coming weeks and months, I will outline the many major head injuries I have suffered, the effects they have on me without me even knowing it, my realization that I have a problem, the … Continue reading My Journey with TBI: The Beginning of Worthiness
365 Days @36.5 Degrees Saved My Life
At this time last year, I was beyond frustrated at the state of affairs in the world as my son celebrated his seventh birthday in our driveway without any of his friends because of COVID lockdowns. I was furious. But what I did not like most of all was my response to the things that … Continue reading 365 Days @36.5 Degrees Saved My Life
Be Humble, and Proclaim Your Greatness!
Wait, what? How can you be humble and proclaim your greatness? Isn’t this a contradiction? No, it is not. Am I encouraging people to randomly and without solicitation proclaim their greatness to everyone in earshot? No, no one cares to hear that. But does humility really mean we cannot think we are the best at … Continue reading Be Humble, and Proclaim Your Greatness!
Want To Be A Great Leader? Appropriate Culture
“The Leader 193 Process” begins with awareness around emotions and culture. As a leadership consultant I avoid platitudes and ensure I define and put into context the words I use that could otherwise constitute a platitude. “Culture” is one of those words. So, in the spirit of being clear and concise with language, in my … Continue reading Want To Be A Great Leader? Appropriate Culture
365 Days @ 36.5 Degrees: “There’s just no time!”
I will never forget it. Navy SEAL training circa 1993, aka BUD/S. For all the ways BUD/S trips up the SEAL candidates, it is actually pretty structured. We generally knew the schedule for the day and could prepare as appropriate, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Except that day! It was a standard two-mile ocean swim, which … Continue reading 365 Days @ 36.5 Degrees: “There’s just no time!”