As leaders, we MUST learn to prioritize the important and urgent tasks during our work day. Otherwise, we’ll waste valuable time and energy, putting out fires that aren’t relevant to our main goals. Too often, we allow ourselves to become distracted with the urgent, unimportant tasks – which in the SEAL Teams, distracts from the overall mission objectives and could…
Humility takes a lifetime to learn and requires daily practice. Leaders are also good followers. It takes a wise and humble leader to know when to lead from the front and when to follow from behind. I have been in both situations in my experience as a Navy SEAL and in the business world and it is DIFFICULT. I…
Well, you’re not alone. Oftentimes, good leaders find themselves on the fringes of popularity because in leadership… YOU CAN’T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY! We have to be courageous and willing to risk making unpopular decisions. As a recovering people pleaser I had to learn this lesson the hard way in the SEAL Teams. If you try to make everyone like you….…
A person’s perspective is very powerful. It can become their reality. The difference between success and failure is how you view your situation. BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition School) has an 80-90% attrition rate. Most guys quit because they don’t have the proper perspective. They can’t see the end goal or the light at the end of the tunnel because they…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Welcome to my blog” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_text_color=”#012c63″] Welcome to my Blog! I want to introduce myself. My name is Phillip (or Phil) Koontz and my titles are many…. I am a husband, father, son, brother, former Navy SEAL, man of faith, former pastor, and graduate student. Along with leading a family…
