I recently took on a new position at work, one with a reputation for being important and difficult. During the meeting to officially assume the job from my predecessor, my boss's first question was, "Have you ever run a small business?" I said no, and he continued, "Have you ever raised a child?" I said no again, and he said, "So you've never done anything like this before." And yeesh, I'd never felt grown-up or trusted before.
The Navy experience is a great one, but you really have to want it. Of all the services, it probably has the most useful job training, but it also has the most grueling deployments (averaged across the force). Navy deployments in peacetime are almost indistinguishable from wartime ones, which is only true for small parts of the other services.
I recently took on a new position at work, one with a reputation for being important and difficult. During the meeting to officially assume the job from my predecessor, my boss's first question was, "Have you ever run a small business?" I said no, and he continued, "Have you ever raised a child?" I said no again, and he said, "So you've never done anything like this before." And yeesh, I'd never felt grown-up or trusted before.
The Navy experience is a great one, but you really have to want it. Of all the services, it probably has the most useful job training, but it also has the most grueling deployments (averaged across the force). Navy deployments in peacetime are almost indistinguishable from wartime ones, which is only true for small parts of the other services.
You speak Truth.
Probably should have said change is up to ME.
It’s all relative.
Change is up to you…
I like that!