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Originally Posted by Seahawk
I love these threads, "''cause they give you an insight into your inner self.
Have mercy!" (Thanks Maurice, EW&F).
One of the guys I admire the most retired from the Navy as a CDR and decided to go to work at a job that gave him the utmost flexibility to live a life of exploration and family. Even on active duty he took himself off the fast track and took jobs overseas so is four children could experience life living in Italy and France.
His kids are all great. His three boys all went to the Naval Academy - two are pilots an the third was sent to get his master in aerospace engineering prior to fight school. His daughter works for non-profits in DC and married one of the best young men I know.
They were all over on Thanksgiving and we, as we do annually, put down the nascent clay pigeon rebellion.
While I love him, his wife and his kids, his deal ain't mine: I don't vacay well, never have, never will. I like busy and I like to wake up and be a little nervous on how the enterprise I run is going to do. I like to make things and help change the way commercial and DoD use of drones will go.
The point is none of us know what drives the next person: Wealth, family, security, art, the itch that can't be scratched, etc.
So, to the OP: I have read your posts for many years and have come to admire your perspective. At 57 and moving up the chain in a part of the world you love living in, what are you thinking of chasing that would make you happy?
Start there.
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Clear away the haze and you can figure it out....you just have to pay attention to the detail (facts) and know what your own perceptional bias is and weigh that out of the equation. The trick is knowing what your own bias's are? That means you have to unravel them. That requires thought, self examination and time...
For example for BO it is not being President, he does not like the job, bringing change is only a means to his real goal of being a Great President like Lincoln or Jefferson or Washington in history...His face on MT Rushmore is more important to him than having power or money.
Bill Clinton & HRC...it isn't the money it is having power and being the center of attention. Money is just a facilitator for them, they jones for power...of being at the center of the action.
Trump is a doer a builder, lets start a project and accomplish the task of getting er done. Fixing America is his new project. Pride of accomplishment...is what he basks in.
Clear away the purple haze and it is all to behold before you.