I met Today’s guest when I was at a coffee shop and asked him about his Semper Fidelis tattoo. He was an active Marine for over 20 years. He is from Oklahoma where he was raised on a farm learning to embrace the suck as a way of life. As a Marine, He pursued excellence in every job, and had additional duties like small arms instructor and Black belt instructor trainer.
For today’s skillset challenge, Gary Jobe talks about using the basic instruction given as only a jumping off point. And he even shows me how I have no grounds to complain about not getting more training; it is up to me to learn what I am interested in. What do you wish you were trained with better? Maybe you think you should have gotten better weapons training, or maybe you wish someone would give you a lesson on how to build your credit. There’s no better time to educate your self than now. Take time to research something you are interested in. I consider myself a natural self-learner, and to be highly curious, but even so, I still felt upset I didn’t know more about the human body. I always thought it was something that should have been included in my basic schooling. So for this challenge I did some research and purchased a book on anatomy and physiology, and I have plans to learn a little bit every day, even if I just open the book and read a little bit. What do you want to learn more about? Take the challenge? Tell me what you are studying on one of the TAMF social media sites.
Gary talks about:
“we always strive for the best”
“As long as you are applying the principles, and you just keep practicing, you’re only going to get better.”
“We are one team all working together to accomplish a mission”
“Marines don’t struggle with confidence. …If you are familiar with Marines, confidence is not something that they lack, especially if you put them in a group, you’re going to remember them. “
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