Captain Brad Geary

And so they talk about how being in a position of authority and power for a long time, the rules don't seem to apply to people and how that can be a dangerous slope. So it's good that they talk a little bit about it, but they don't take it far enough because they don't really say anything other than, be careful that doesn't turn into you. Well, okay, not helpful.

And so they talk about how being in a position of authority and power for a long time, the rules don't seem to apply to people and how that can be a dangerous slope. So it's good that they talk a little bit about it, but they don't take it far enough because they don't really say anything other than, be careful that doesn't turn into you. Well, okay, not helpful.

And what this article does is breaks it down even further into how to stop that from happening. There's ways. The point is you have to have a mechanism in place to stay humbled, stay grounded. Some examples from the article. Franklin Roosevelt had an advisor that he made call him by his first name all the time. So he wasn't allowed to call him Mr. President or anything else.

And what this article does is breaks it down even further into how to stop that from happening. There's ways. The point is you have to have a mechanism in place to stay humbled, stay grounded. Some examples from the article. Franklin Roosevelt had an advisor that he made call him by his first name all the time. So he wasn't allowed to call him Mr. President or anything else.

And what this article does is breaks it down even further into how to stop that from happening. There's ways. The point is you have to have a mechanism in place to stay humbled, stay grounded. Some examples from the article. Franklin Roosevelt had an advisor that he made call him by his first name all the time. So he wasn't allowed to call him Mr. President or anything else.

And the reason is the minute we established a hierarchical order, You and I both know, no one ever tells the boss the truth. We sugarcoat it, we write it in our sit reps, and we massage it so that it doesn't sound as bad as it was back at the beginning. And so he knew that if I have an advisor, they're never going to tell me the full truth, whether they mean to or not.

And the reason is the minute we established a hierarchical order, You and I both know, no one ever tells the boss the truth. We sugarcoat it, we write it in our sit reps, and we massage it so that it doesn't sound as bad as it was back at the beginning. And so he knew that if I have an advisor, they're never going to tell me the full truth, whether they mean to or not.

And the reason is the minute we established a hierarchical order, You and I both know, no one ever tells the boss the truth. We sugarcoat it, we write it in our sit reps, and we massage it so that it doesn't sound as bad as it was back at the beginning. And so he knew that if I have an advisor, they're never going to tell me the full truth, whether they mean to or not.

And over time, that creates a gap in my understanding of what's actually going on with the organization I'm leading. and how I'm being perceived as a leader. So the point is we all need people in our lives who are willing to look us eye to eye as an equal, as a peer, not in a hierarchical status and basically call us on our BS. That's one example.

And over time, that creates a gap in my understanding of what's actually going on with the organization I'm leading. and how I'm being perceived as a leader. So the point is we all need people in our lives who are willing to look us eye to eye as an equal, as a peer, not in a hierarchical status and basically call us on our BS. That's one example.

And over time, that creates a gap in my understanding of what's actually going on with the organization I'm leading. and how I'm being perceived as a leader. So the point is we all need people in our lives who are willing to look us eye to eye as an equal, as a peer, not in a hierarchical status and basically call us on our BS. That's one example.

The article gives a bunch of other ways on how to do this, how to stay grounded. Another one, I can't remember the name, but she was some bigwig in some organization and She comes home to tell her mom she just got excited about getting selected to this huge board, and she's all proud of herself, and her mom's like, hey, before you get to that, go to the grocery store and get me some milk.

The article gives a bunch of other ways on how to do this, how to stay grounded. Another one, I can't remember the name, but she was some bigwig in some organization and She comes home to tell her mom she just got excited about getting selected to this huge board, and she's all proud of herself, and her mom's like, hey, before you get to that, go to the grocery store and get me some milk.

The article gives a bunch of other ways on how to do this, how to stay grounded. Another one, I can't remember the name, but she was some bigwig in some organization and She comes home to tell her mom she just got excited about getting selected to this huge board, and she's all proud of herself, and her mom's like, hey, before you get to that, go to the grocery store and get me some milk.

And so her mom did it deliberately. And she said something like, leave that damn crown in the garage. So when you come home, you're not a bigwig anymore. You're not super important. You're not puffed up on your ego. You are my daughter or my son or you are Franklin in that case. But it's very interesting, and it takes a deliberate approach. We do not talk about that in the military. Yeah.

And so her mom did it deliberately. And she said something like, leave that damn crown in the garage. So when you come home, you're not a bigwig anymore. You're not super important. You're not puffed up on your ego. You are my daughter or my son or you are Franklin in that case. But it's very interesting, and it takes a deliberate approach. We do not talk about that in the military. Yeah.

And so her mom did it deliberately. And she said something like, leave that damn crown in the garage. So when you come home, you're not a bigwig anymore. You're not super important. You're not puffed up on your ego. You are my daughter or my son or you are Franklin in that case. But it's very interesting, and it takes a deliberate approach. We do not talk about that in the military. Yeah.

Not only do we not talk about it, this is super interesting. they teach these leadership concepts before your first commanding officer tour. And prior to that, there's a lot of leadership development stuff. Here's what's super, I think, backwards is once you're done with your commanding officer tour, there's no more real big leadership development that you do especially prior to major command.

Not only do we not talk about it, this is super interesting. they teach these leadership concepts before your first commanding officer tour. And prior to that, there's a lot of leadership development stuff. Here's what's super, I think, backwards is once you're done with your commanding officer tour, there's no more real big leadership development that you do especially prior to major command.

Not only do we not talk about it, this is super interesting. they teach these leadership concepts before your first commanding officer tour. And prior to that, there's a lot of leadership development stuff. Here's what's super, I think, backwards is once you're done with your commanding officer tour, there's no more real big leadership development that you do especially prior to major command.