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A TRUE ROCK STAR

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A TRUE ROCK STAR

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THE REAL DEAL

1/1/15 Jh

Everyone needs a reason to wake up in the morning.  Everyone needs to be a productive member of society.    NOT a POSER….THE REAL DEAL.   Not a person who will try anything to be trendy but succeed at nothing because they walk away or quit when the going gets tough, or when it begins to feel like a real job with real responsibility.

We all know the type.  The person who believes hard work is for the other guy and they are “gifted” because they have found someone who will continue to blow that blue smoke for them and endlessly enable that figment of their own imagination.

Not everyone can or will be a rock star, musician, movie star, talk show host or become a member of any of the so called “glamour jobs”.

By no means is Emergency Management a “glamour job”.   Emergency Management is hard work.  However, any adult with a sense of responsibility wants a profession, and of course, a paycheck.  It’s the American way.

Emergency Management will never be considered a so called “glamour job”. There is no applause, and no canned laughter…..IT’S THE REAL DEAL.   Emergency Management is a serious profession, a difficult profession, and one to be very, very, proud of.

You’ve paid your dues because this job comes with blood, sweat and tears.

You are a true ROCK STAR……Rock on Emergency Managers….

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

You’ve earned the real applause!

EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE !

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EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE

12/14-Jh

SOAR AND SET NEW BENCHMARKS……..Everyone has something to share.  Each of us has a wealth of resources at our disposal to call upon to enlist and pass along to others.

You see it every day on  social media, that digital interconnection…a new frontier. That virtual environment altering the dynamics of every one of our “personal”, and not so “personal” interactions.

As Emergency Managers and leaders, we should be duty-bound  to enable our staff,  and promote opportunity for growth and development.  Platforms of knowledge and cross-training experiences create far-reaching partnerships enabling a multitude of career opportunities by motivating others.  By sharing ideas, knowledge, and talents, the formula and prerequisite for success  becomes carved in our mission statement…. a pursuit of our common goals.

A transcendent approach, one that goes above and beyond  any universal definition of your job performance requirements, is needed to succeed.  Break out of your comfort zone, that safety niche and share your thoughts, progress, and skills– become a teacher, student and mentor.

Don’t conform to a norm… rather… SOAR AND  SET NEW BENCHMARKS !

In any career choice, including Emergency Management, there will always be a series of competing perspectives. Don’t run and hide from them , rather, embrace them.  Share what you know and be openly receptive to what you don’t know.  Try looking at new concepts, with different optics.  Step back and see things from other’s perspective— a different, but very unique vantage point.  Weed out all limitations and make your primary focus  not so internally tunneled that you close the door on a new approach.   Innovation is the magic that creates successful leaders and mentors for future missions, and a standard for never ending possibilities.  Focus your efforts, foster new and exciting partnerships and share your knowledge, ideas, and experiential learning.

Don’t conform to the norm…the sky is the limit. SOAR !!