Making tomorrows Military today: Last day of the month

Last day of the month

For all of you in recruiting out there, Happy Mission day!

I have a new recruiter. He is not from the area. What does this mean to us? Well, not only does he not really know how to recruit yet, I have to teach him the lay of the land too. I am not too terribly happy about that, but I am not from the area either, so the guy that trained me had to deal with the same thing.

I did not get to think about too much today in the way of blogging. Hell, I did not even go out for lunch today. It was two sandwiches and a diet coke for me.

Did you ever just hit a point in your life where your tastes just change on a dime? I am a moderator on a major car website. I was a board member of a local car club. I was an adenine for a small website. Then, from December to I would guess February 1, my tastes changed. No longer was I even remotely interested in Car Clubs anymore. I still love cars. I just hate the idea of clubs now. To put it in engineering/ car terms I was the propulsion/ engine of the club. Others were the steering to what I did. It became a pain in the ass when I became the propulsion and the steering. I do not have any experience in the corporate world, but I really hope it is not like my experience with this car club. Backstabbing, setting people up for failure, placing too much pressure on someone for no reason. If it is, I may not want to get into the real world.

I made this observation to one of my ex-board members and he put the blame directly on one member. I tend to agree with him. It made me really concentrate more on my leadership and leading tactics. The military would call me a "coach" mentor/leader. I like showing you how to do the job, yet remain the system expert and you always know where to go when you have questions. Ask a lot of questions and demand high quality. This is usually good, but really bad on your junior people that are not so junior. I have a junior guy now in my office; so it will not be such a big deal to him. However, in 6-10 months, he will need a new leadership style from me.

The new guy is older than me, but has less rank than I do. The weird part is that he came in the military the same age that I am now as a matter of fact. I do not really know how to take that one. It makes me feel good that I move up the latter so fast, but It put me in a predicament that the military does not do that often. Oh well, I am not complaining.

Tonight is payday for me. I hope that I am able to pay off a big deal to me this week. Maybe I can. I feel like the little engine that could... I think I can... I think I can...

Wish me luck!