Chapter 5: Thoughts While I Read
- He says, ‘If people think that SEAL training is difficult, they should try raising money. Of all the things that I have done in my life, fundraising is arguably the most difficult.’ Once upon a time I wanted to be a Navy SEAL, spent half my adult life fundraising in various capacities. Should I pride myself that I’m tougher than Andy Stumpf…? Naw, you get better at whatever you regularly do. That being said, I don’t ‘like’ fundraising. I’d rather be out working the projects. 😉 https://peoplegettingafterit.com/2025-in-pictures-family-care-eduvision-services-in-port-harcourt/
- He says, ‘As much as it sucks, you need to sit with, analyze, and objectively critique your failures. Only then are you optimally equipped and prepared to not repeat them. If you skip this portion of the process, or if you do not have a system or structure to analyze failure that can provide valuable information about why it occurred in the first place, you are likely doomed to repeat your previous behavior.’ I’m just gonna leave that there and get to work on it…
- Goes in depth about the military’s After Action Review Process and how to tailor it to individuals and businesses.
- Again, Andy is a superb writer. He goes into all these details in depth, but writes about it in a very practical and applicable way that you think he’s talking straight to you.
- ‘Without a critical and objective analysis of your goals and performance, you will have no measuring stick for what’s working and what isn’t.’ Sigh. I needed to hear this today. Doing the Ultimate Blog Challenge is great for an objective, but I need to redefine what the goal was for this blog.
- He asks and answers the question, ‘Should those who have served in the military be considered leaders?’
- He talks about military vs civilian leadership, and buy-in for the follower-ship. This is an important distinction to make when leaning on lessons learned. Gotta find out what they’re background is and if it makes sense in your organization/life before blindly thinking it’ll work for you. There are a lot of questions in it that I’ll have to take back and think about the answers to.