NEW YEAR'S DAY: I WILL BEGIN AGAIN

HAPPY NEW YEAR FELLOW PASSENGERS IN TIME.

Here we are cracking open the door to a new year. 

As I write this overdue post, the world is still reeling from the results of the raid into Venezuela. Whatever, you political views are, please keep them to yourself. I have seen and experience more in my life time that I can honestly say I have stood on the other side of the Berlin Wall. Stood toe-to-toe with my then adversaries (Soviets and East Germans), so please do not start with me on politics.

Where I was going with this post is to give kudos and praise to the Armed Forces of the United States in their ability to work so well together in executing this action with only minimal damage and injuries. This us what Desert One should have always been but when egos and bravado and playing things too close to the vest is what caused the debacle in that Iranian desert all those years ago. Yes, I am old enough to remember.

Things change, times change, people change. When things change it is called an upgrade or reboot. When times change they are called seasons or a new calendar. However, when people change it is usually not considered a good thing. 

When things change, it is inevitable to do so for success. When time changes it cannot be stopped. When people change from the outside others call it bad, from within we call it a necessity to survive. 

No matter what it is called one thing is certain: Things, Time, People, it is a new opportunity to begin again. 

While it is perfectly fine to begin again on New Year's Day. It is fresh and clean and new however, it does not last long. Sadly, by the middle of February that "new year, new me" BULLSHIT is a faded memory with only the stink lingering. 

Did you know there is nothing saying that New Year's Day is the ONLY time to begin or begin, again.

There is NO set time or date to begin. What there is YOU. 

You can start as often as you like. There is no need to wait for the turning of the calendar page. You just have to start...to begin...and keep on doing it until it sticks, no matter what it is you want to do or accomplish. 

I have the power within me. 

 That is why in 2026 I know I will begin again, and again, and again. Count on it.

What about you? Will you begin again for as long as it takes? I know YOU have the power within you to do so.

Thank you for your time,
David Guerra, MA, MBA
U.S. Army Veteran & Author

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Veterans Day 2025

To All Veterans.

It does not matter when you served or in what capacity you served. 

You service in keeping this GREAT NATION the BEST and GREATEST NATION ever in the history of our planet, says a lot about you.

You took a stand to do something that the other 99% of the citizens of the United States never did.
You stepped up to be part of something bigger than all of us put together.

You and I raised our right hand and took that Oath to Protect and Defend.

To us, that means so munch more, now that we are not on Active status because we were there, we paved the way for those that have come after our time. 

We set the standard and for that I know we are honored to have that distinction bestowed on us.  

I want to THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID WHILE IN UNIFORM.

David Guerra
U.S. Army Veteran (11 Bravo - Infantryman)

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Opportunity is the Future...

In world full of so much that happening, so much that others are doing,. so much that gets in our way, there is plenty of room to create the future.

 There is plenty of room for us to do more. There is plenty of ways through, over, under, and around the obstacles, we believe others put in our way.  What about the obstacles we put in our own way?

OPPORTUNITY. 

Opportunity is born provide you act. Opportunity is there for the taking provided you get up and out from under the covers and put your feet on the cold tile floor and feel the world for what it is and then act.

You get to decide where you want to go, what you want to do, where you want to do it, and when you want to do it. That's all fine and dandy, the thing is that you DO IT!

The future is unwritten. The future at your beck and call provided you do something about it. Provide you ACT!

So what are you doing? What are you doing today?  What are you doing when there are NO obstacles? What are you doing when there are no more obstacles in your way? What are you doing when people have cleared the road ahead for you? 

Please don't say you are needlessly throwing obstacles just to block your own way. If this is the case, such a pity you cannot find a way to just be. 

Thank you,
-David Guerra, MA, MBA
U.S. Army Veteran & Author

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On My List - May 2025

What's on my list of accomplishments and pending items:

1. Read NAVIGATING AMBIGUITY by Andrea Small (Author), Kelly Schmutte (Author), Stanford d.school (Author). You can click here to get yourself a copy on AMAZON.com

2. Started Reading: HOW AM I DOING? by Dr. Corey Yeager. You can click here to get yourself a copy on AMAZON.com So far it is a very interesting book. 

3. Started Writing, to FINISH, the last three 3000 WORD LEADERSHIP LESSONS to finally complete the set with plans to make it one physical book instead of 10 separate ebooks. The compilation, I am anticipating for late Fall 2025.

4. Speaking of very late Fall 2025, I am also wrapping up my first ghost story. Not a horror but the kind of ghost story that used to be told back in the day and made famous in the song "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and the line "There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago."

5. Started two new podcasts. Yep, 2 more. So on top of the WALKING LEADER PODCAST, there is now the DAILY JOURNAL WRITING PODCAST exclusively for my Patreon subscribers. The other podcast is 73 IN THE RGV and it purely an information sharing podcast on the latest happenings, actions, and events regarding AMATEUR RADIO OPERATIONS in the Rio Grande Valley in Deep South Texas.  

WHAT IS YOUR LIST FOR MAY 2025? 

Thank you,

-David Guerra, MA, MBA
U.S. Army Veteran & Author

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2025: So What If The Words Ain't Rhyming?

 

Today, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, was a day of another first for me. Today, I participated in a rite of passage for all of us that have achieved a certain age. A medical procedure that while is considered invasive is does not feel like it. Well, after the procedure it felt like it was over before it started.

The preparation leading up to this life event, now that was something that felt was never going to end. Before anybody tells you drinking a gallon of laxative over the course of several hours is the most difficult part of a colonoscopy, they are right!

It was most certainly the most dreaded part of the process, I heard horror stories about the 1 Gallon of Liquid Hell and the "immediate" reactions. For the grossly curious, I started after I finished the gallon. 

So what does this have to with anything?

It has everything to do with everything, everywhere.  It has to do with the obvious: Everyone that can should have a colonoscopy. Consider it part of being proactive when it comes to your health.

It is also a good test of how your digestive system is working. Again, being proactive.

Again, so what does this have to with anything?

Take Care of Yourself and Be Proactive! 

Thanks,
-David Guerra, MA, MBA
U.S. Army Veteran & Author

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2025: Now What?

Here we are finishing the last weekend in January and what have we to show for it?

So far this has happened to all of us:
1. We started a new year.

2. A New President of the United States of America successfully transitioned into office.

3. Life went on as it did on December 31, 2024.

4. We are all a little older and hopefully a little wiser.

5. Change has come, gone, and tomorrow will bring more change just like it did on December 31, 2024.

On the precipice of February 2025 we now have to take a moment or two and ask ourselves "NOW WHAT?"

Personally, that is the question to ALWAYS be asked. Asked, no matter the situation, no matter the conversation, no matter the idea.

Professionally, NO WHAT should be standard for everything action, every plan, every strategic initiative, everything!

NOW WHAT?
You ask and answer it. You alone know what is next for you in your personal, professional, and private life. 

Ask "Now What?" to challenge yourself, to challenge others, and to challenge everything.

Of course, asking "Now What?" should always be a conversation starter and never the conclusion. Then again, when something ends ask, "Now What?"

It really helps to keep the conversation going (it should always be going).

Now what?

-David Guerra, MA, MBA
U.S. Army Veteran & Author

P.S. I invite you to follow me on Twitter: @daveguerra • Instagram: dave_guerra • visit my website: www.daveguerra.com

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2025: Change -The Politics of Dancing (and other such nonsense)

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

While my views and opinions on politics are mine and I try not to OVERTLY cram it down anyone's throat. This I try not to do because one; it is pointless to do so, two: I am write where others are wrong (then again, there are times when others are right and I am wrong).  

There are times when politics needs to be mentioned. This is one of those times.

Today, is Friday, January 17, 2025, and on the other side of the weekend, the world will change, our lives will change. On Monday, while it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day it is also Inauguration Day here in the United States of America.

Everything changes. For good or bad, who knows as that is still unwritten. 

What is not unwritten is the following:

• Change is happening.

• Change will happen.

• You do not have to like change.

• Change is what you make of it. 

• Remember, "changes aren't permanent but change is" (RUSH, "Tom Sawyer")

 A few words of advice: 

1. The sooner you accept the fact that change cannot be stopped the sooner you can get on with accepting and dealing with any change that comes your way.

2. It falls solely on you to come to peace with the change that is happening around you. You cannot force or demand others to acquiesce. They are dealing with their own change(s). 

3. Stick around, a new set of changes are coming fast.

Thank you,
David Guerra

P.S. I invite you to follow me on Twitter: @daveguerra • visit my website: www.daveguerra.com

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