Sweat the small stuff...

"Big thoughts don't matter if they are not turned into action"

A-SHIFT  HAPPENINGS

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Current T-6 assignment: BC Large, D/E Diamco, Capt. Medic Fureigh, EMT Stone, probie May

Not pictured above D/E Medic Calabro & FF/EMT Abbott

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Current Eng. 7 assignment: Capt. Medic Waters, D/E Oy Brady, Medic Morgan, & EMT Lefty

"A-Shift professionals"

Click on the following members for a short Bio...

Batallion Chief Gene Large FF/EMT

       FF/Medic Jeremy Morgan

       FF/EMT Steve Abbott      

       FF/Medic Capt. Leann Waters

       FF/Medic D/E A.J. Calabro

       FF/EMT D/E Anthony "OY" Brady

       FF/EMT DJ Stone

       FF/Medic Capt.Danny Fureigh

       FF/EMT D/E Larry Diamco

       FF/EMT Virgil May

       FF/EMT JP Hart (Lefty)
     

Thoughts on Leadership

Leaders don't always get the credit they deserve, but leaders don't lead for the need to be noticed, they lead because it is in their nature to make decisions, lao tse said 'when the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.'
set your course, and keep steady. i understand it feels like it would be so much easier to do it by you. But think of life as a ship; and you the captain of the vessel of your choice. You need a crew, or the ship will not operate, and will be unable to be of any use. You cannot be everywhere at once, someone must help in the normal day to day operations of the vessel; and even if the ship goes down guess who has to stay, the captain. But even if there are hardships or obstacles in your way fight on, lead on, believe in. maybe someone got something out of this, or maybe it was just therapeutic. Either way I leave you with this...


”leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers. we are tired of leaders we fear, tired of leaders we love, and of tired of leaders who let us take liberties with them. What we need for leaders are men of the heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away with the need of their jobs. But leaders like that are never out of a job, never out of followers. Strange as it sounds, great leaders gain authority by giving it away."
— Admiral James b. Stockda


for more reading on leadership please read J. Maxwells '21 irrefutable laws of leadership'