I love being a motivational speaker; but being a motivational speaker for the Air Force is very, VERY cool. I recently spoke at Scott Air Force Base in Missouri. Their commander wanted a funny speaker to speak on resilience and attitude. I was thrilled to be invited. Check out this phone video I took: Thanks…
One more from the military speaker photo vault! I was working with Armed Forces Communication Association and spoke to a wonderful mix of military, civilian and retired military. But one of my favorite parts was AFTER the event when i was talking to Both Brigadier General Dwyer Dennis and Col. Greg Petriquin. They both have…
I recently worked in San Diego, California for a group of teachers from the Department of Defense called STARBASE. It was a cool group of educators tasked with getting “at risk” kids fired up about math and science. It’s not a military group, but these “schools” are mainly on military bases, so there are plenty…
This amazing story about good humor (and good grace) from one of my motivational speaker friends, Barbara Glanz. In short, the story is about how civilian travelers voluntarily gave up their first class seats to the soldiers flying on board a commercial airliner. It’s hard not to feel good about it. Check out this excerpt:…
