"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius We all hold assumptions about ourselves. Some of them are correct, and others are completely false. An assumption can be defined as, "a...

These days, if you're involved in an foot pursuit that's covered by the media, and you wake up the next day and realize it's gone viral, that's not a good thing. Luckily, for Officer Greg Parker of the Baltimore Police Department, he was blasted all over the news and...

This week we discuss a way to check in with yourself and review where you're at in relation to where you want to go. It's actually learned in business school but have tweaked over the years to fit my use, and I think it'll help you too. It's called a SWAT analysis -...

10-20 in cop speak (in my area) means, "what's your location?" Goals are great. They're important. But it's impossible to know where to go if you don't know where you're coming from. When you respond to a call, your route will depend on whether you're coming from the...

Dr. Diego Hernandez is a clinical psychologist and trauma expert who focuses on wellness, human performance and and health. He frequently works with Army Special Operations and their training cadre to address the trauma rehabilitation of elite warriors. He regularly...

We need leaders. Leaders at every level and in every organization. The absolute truth is that no one else is coming, and it's up to us to step forward and fulfill our obligations. But before you lead others, you need to be able to lead yourself. In this episode, I...

When Brad Thomas' music career didn't take off out of high school he choose the next most obvious career path. He enlisted in the Army with a Ranger contract with the goal of making it into the elite and secretive special operations force known as Delta Force. Brad...

Aussie cop Shaun O'Gorman returns with some strategic actions you can take to identify, manage, and most importantly, use the traumatic experiences we all deal with. Shaun was a K9 officer who never let off the gas pedal for his entire career. It wasn't until he stood...

Last week, Nike managed to piss off approximately 50% of the country with their new ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick. In this Briefing Topic episode, I share my opinion on the whole event and explain why you should not care about this, or waste one second of...

JP Dinnell is a veteran of three combat deployments in the Global War on Terror. Most notably, he served with Seal Team 3 Task Unit Bruiser in the Battle of Ramadi as a sniper, working right next to the world's most famous sniper, Chris Kyle. Kyle was in Charlie...

Sgt. Larry Hahn has done many things throughout his career with one of the largest sheriff's department's in the country. But it was what he did off-duty on the night of Sunday October 1, 2017 that will show you how he is the kind of leader I talk about when I ask you...

Eric Hodgdon is a resilience coach, author, and speaker. I first met Eric in October 2017 at a workshop and was immediately drawn to how him. He just exudes being a good guy. In March of 2018 I got to spend a few days with him a a leadership retreat in Florida and it...