Musings, leadership tidbits and quotes posted by a retired Navy Captain who hung up his uniform a bit too early (even at 30 years). The uniform is in the closet but, he still wears his Navy service on his sleeve. He needs to get over that. But, he just doesn't try hard enough. "ADVANCE WARNING - NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT!" --- A "self-appointed" lead EVANGELIST for the "cryptologic community". -- Give more; expect less -- Keeping CRYPTOLOGY alive - one day and one Sailor at a time.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
In case you may have forgotten
"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."
- Rumsfeld's Rules
Oddly enough, Secretary Rumsfeld never criticized me. I wonder if there is a message in that for me?
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Anonymous
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Captain Lambert,
The first Master Chief that I ever worked for, FTCM John E. Smith, used a similar outlook on his attitude toward Sailors. He always said that we should get our butts chewed out on a regular basis, even every day, just to keep us doing our job and not resting on our laurels.
What a leader he was, if one of his Sailors was pointed as being deficient for any reason by his superiors, he would be notified as per the chain of command and would generally evaluate the circumstances, his normal response to his Sailors was, consider your butt chewed out, and then explain what the complaint was that he received.
Master Chief Smith never chewed me out, and I chose to believe that he figured he got what he wanted from me. I do not think you should look for a message Captain.
How very comforting! Maybe I am doing something after all then, hence all the opinions. I will borrow that quote again. Maybe I even need to post it on my refrigerator.
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Captain Lambert,
The first Master Chief that I ever worked for, FTCM John E. Smith, used a similar outlook on his attitude toward Sailors. He always said that we should get our butts chewed out on a regular basis, even every day, just to keep us doing our job and not resting on our laurels.
What a leader he was, if one of his Sailors was pointed as being deficient for any reason by his superiors, he would be notified as per the chain of command and would generally evaluate the circumstances, his normal response to his Sailors was, consider your butt chewed out, and then explain what the complaint was that he received.
Master Chief Smith never chewed me out, and I chose to believe that he figured he got what he wanted from me. I do not think you should look for a message Captain.
Very Respectfully,
Navyman834
How very comforting! Maybe I am doing something after all then, hence all the opinions. I will borrow that quote again. Maybe I even need to post it on my refrigerator.
Thank you for the inspiration.
Kind regards from Sweden
Great photo and a great quote.
I'm thinking you should have done more.
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