What West Point Taught Me About Running, What Running Taught Me About Life

One of the biggest reasons I struggled at West Point was my ability to run.  It didn’t matter if it was running sprints at football practice or distance running for routine morning physical fitness training. When the going got tough I broke. I’m ashamed to admit this, as this is something I’ve mostly kept to […]

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Read This When You Feel You’re Not Living Up to Your Potential

The haunting feeling I have every so often is that I’m not living up to my potential.  This year alone I had a classmate from West Point run for Governor of Georgia, and a classmate from FAMU run for Governor of Florida. It’s not that I aspire for political office. However, I do aspire to […]

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You Can’t Teach Discipline – Here’s What I Learned at West Point

Recently, I was discussing my time at West Point with a family member.  She asked if my experience there taught me discipline.  I took a moment to think about it, then I responded by saying you can’t teach discipline. I wasn’t trying to be witty or anything like that with my response. This is simply […]

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