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This is the 1968 California Color Guard Circuit (CCGC) Champs - Santa Clara Vanguard! Marching band and drum corps color guard began from the military color guard. The very heavy influence of the military on performance was easily noticeable back then and into the 1980s. A certain two big veterans groups ran competitions for decades and set many military-esque requirements. Enter here, exit there. No talking or singing, and the American flag must be carried, guarded, and presented during each performance. Those requirements were just the thing to start creativity in the pageantry arts activities but ended up stifling creativity because many of us in the military have a tough time seeing past our strict training. Those requirements ended up becoming unnecessary restrictions so the pageantry arts threw off those shackles, created their own organizations and competitions, and the activities took off like a flash. The SAME THING is happening with some JROTC competitions not allowing creativity in exhibition drill with the newly developed Hybrid Exhibition Drill performances (armed and unarmed cadets in one routine) not allowed. Time to throw off the shackles. Photo by one of my adjudication mentors and friend, Dan Smith. #DrillAndCeremoniesHistory 🔆Education is 🔑! . 🔹Read your manuals! Download them free at the Resources page here: www.thedrillmaster.org . Prov 1:7b, Fools despise wisdom and instruction . 🔹https://lnkd.in/e6u7K8v2 . 🔹I educate & train cadets, military, & judges & certify 1st responders as Certified US Ceremonial Guardsmen . 🔹Ask about a professional critique of your performance . 🔹If you choose to, you can learn more about D&C with my books on Ceremonial, Regulation, & Exhibition Drill: https://lnkd.in/ebVva2E . #honorguard #ceremonialguard #JROTC #AJROTC #MCJROTC #NJROTC #AFJROTC #SFJROTC #YoungMarines #CAP #CivilAirPatrol #SeaCadets

I had the pleasure of attending the Surface Naval Association Symposium this week on behalf of Defense Unicorns. Overall the event was great but this sign at elevators (and a following interaction) gave me a chuckle. While we could comment on the need to shut things down for upgrades, I actually applaud the desire to modernize and take steps to do so. One of the side effects of the modernization in one of the elevators was that if more than 3 floors were selected, it would reset all inputs. My fellow passengers and I had a fun puzzle to solve to ensure everyone got to their floor! Luckily we got there pretty quickly after some forced collaboration :) — solution was that on the way up we’d select the lowest floors first and add each additional floor after one cleared. The immediate joke (and therefor chuckle) that came to mind was, “the hotel must be paying for the wrong subscription because selecting 4 floors is a feature of the more expensive plan”. While I’m sure we’ve all experienced frustrations around subscriptions like that, it doesn’t actually mean subscriptions are bad in my Millenial brain. I actually love subscription models because they refocus the conversation around outcomes instead of inputs that we hope lead to outcomes. I don’t love feature paywall subscription levels though :( So what do we think? Am I alone in liking subscription models when implemented well?

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Are you aware of the Uphill Decision Razor? It's the understanding that when faced with 2 tasks, you should opt to do the harder task first. Naval Ravikant describes this as "uphill decisions" - overriding your natural instinct to avoid the harder task. Short-term pain creates compounding long-term gain. Can you think of an example when this has been true in your life? ••• Join 5,000+ people getting wiser each week by signing up to our free newsletter: www.wisernewsletter.com

6 books with the biggest impact on my life: • Efficiency by Wall Street Playboys / BTB • The Almanack of Naval by Eric Jorgenson • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield • Think & Grow Rich by Dale Carnegie • Own The Day by Aubrey Marcus • Awareness by Anthony DeMello

With Memorial Day approaching, it's a great time to learn more about the traditions and significance of this holiday — including how it began, why it's in May, what makes it different from Veterans Day and how observances have evolved over time. Read our roundup of facts you should know about Memorial Day at http://ow.ly/EGlg50Ow71a!

Legal News for Fri 12/15 - Deepfake Protections in CA, US Naval Academy Race-Conscious Admission Remains, Dentons With a New CEO and J&J Execs Lose Appeal: CA pursuing deepfake protection, race-conscious admission in US Naval Academy hangs on, Dentons to have a new CEO in 2024 and Johnson and Johnson execs lose appeal of conviction. http://dlvr.it/T0BcT9

One thing I struggle hardcore with: saying no. How the f**k do you do this gracefully? No idea. So I did some research … The first issue in setting boundaries and saying no is how you value your time. - If you value your time at $10/hour, it’s easy to give away. - If you value your time at $5000/hour, it’s almost impossible to say yes. (h/t to Naval Ravikant) - Once you have a valuation of your time that is ridiculously high, you still need to say no without pissing others off. Fortunately, there are good ways to do this. In tomorrow’s newsletter, I will share three ways to say no gracefully, including examples from Danny Meyer, Wendy McNaughton, Neal Stephenson & Daniel Kahneman. Join here to ensure you’ll get it: https://lnkd.in/eWVZPp2H