There Is A Sunrise Or A Sunset

Good Leadership Means Leading The Way, Not Hectoring Other People To Do Things Your Way.

For The Last Several Years And Culminating In Six Months In Orbit Next Year, I've Been Training For My Third Space Flight. This One Is Almost In A Category Completely Different Than The Previous Two, Specifically To Live In On The Space Station For Six Months, To Command A Space Ship And To Fly A New Rocket Ship.

One Chief Astronaut Used To Make A Point Of Phoning The Front Desk At The Clinic Where Applicants Are Sent For Medical Testing, To Find Out Which Ones Treated The Staff Well-and Which Ones Stood Out In A Bad Way. The Nurses And Clinic Staff Have Seen A Whole Lot Of Astronauts Over The Years, And They Know What The Wrong Stuff Looks Like. A Person With A Superiority Complex Might Unwittingly, Right There In The Waiting Room, Quash His Or Her Chances Of Ever Going To Space.

By Looking At The Difference Between Perceived Danger And Actual Danger, You Can Fundamentally Change Your Reaction.

Every Decision You Make, From What You Eat To What You Do With Your Time Tonight, Turns You Into Who You Are Tomorrow And The Day After That.