by Bobby Herrera | Dec 3, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
Mr. Teague (far right) changed my life with one act of kindness.I was 17 and he made me feel seen–he made me reframe my struggle. I published my book The Gift of Struggle for one reason: to help people. I didn’t want to do a big fancy book tour, I...
by Bobby Herrera | Nov 26, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
What does it mean to be an intentional leader? Most articles would tell you it’s about aligning your inputs to the outputs you desire. Most articles give advice about modeling the behaviors we seek in others. Which is great! But my humble opinion is that most...
by Bobby Herrera | Nov 15, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
We All Struggle In the summer if 1988, I had my first training rotation in the Mojave Desert at Fort Irwin, California; best known to soldiers as “NTC” or the National Training Center. Many soldiers have trained here to stimulate the harsh conditions of...
by Bobby Herrera | Nov 13, 2019 | The Gift of Struggle
Andrew Harrell I was wounded in Iraq on December 18th, 2006 from a 107mm rocket that landed 8 feet away and took 5 inches off of my right femur. I struggled with survivor’s guilt as one of my partners, Captain Kevin Kryst, was also hit and died next to me on...
by Bobby Herrera | Oct 29, 2019 | The Gift of Struggle
Struggle We are all different, yet we share many of the same desires: To be seen, heard, appreciated, valued, and trusted. To feel like we belong and that we matter. Often, the drama and the demands we face as leaders seems to get in the way of this much-needed...
