by Bobby Herrera | Dec 20, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
Is struggle really a gift? Is the pain, suffering, and discomfort that comes with it really worth the effort?I’ll be the first to admit–struggling sucks. You’d have to be crazy to want to struggle. In many ways, I’d like nothing more than to...
by Bobby Herrera | Dec 9, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
My struggle began before I was born. My mom married an abusive man at 15 because she was pregnant with my brother. She believed staying with that man was the right thing to do, but when she was 8 months pregnant with me, he hurt her again. She thought she’d lose me...
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 StruggleIn 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...