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2016

happy veterans day 2016 - World War II veteran Daniel Lau attends a Veterans Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in HonoluluBlog

Happy Veterans Day 2016

Wishing all of the veterans and active duty service members a happy and healthy Veterans Day. For me, it all started in college in Army ROTC at Syracuse University. Four…
Ira Koretsky
November 11, 2016

I learned that the great leaders know how to fail. In the course of your Army career you will likely fail and fail often. Nothing so steels you for battle like failure. No officer I watched got it right, every time. The great ones know that when they fail, they must pick themselves up, learn from their mistakes and move on.

Admiral William McRaven | Former Commander of the US Special Operations Command | From his speech to the 2015 Class of the US Army Military Academy

With today’s frenetic social media post this, tweet that, like this, stalk them, brands should be making their loyal fans into their own loyal brand storytellers.

Ira Koretsky / Speaker, Trainer, Author, Consultant, Coach / CEO, The Chief Storyteller®