Waldo is a motivational keynote speaker and former fighter pilot. Waldo focuses on enhancing the efficiency and productivity of individuals and teams by promoting organizational cultures that embrace disciplined training, dedicated teamwork, passionate leadership, and unwavering trust.
Waldo Waldman, fighter pilot, keynote speaker and author, has been selected from a nationwide search to be featured in the 10th Anniversary Edition of Mission Possible, a highly successful book series from Tennessee based Insight Publishing.
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When the mission really counts, you should never fly solo! The key to building a culture of trust and winning in business and life lies with your wingmen - those trusted and reliable partners who passionately support the team and help you to overcome obstacles, adapt to change, and achieve success.
Lack of communication can take the most carefully laid plans and destroy them with the corrosion of doubt. It can transform the most confident person into a "second-guesser" and that's bad for everyone on your team.
If you want to test the true character of a person, see how they respond to adversity. Watch how they handle the pressure of a lost sale, an angry client, or a difficult boss. What do they say? How do they act? What is their emotional state? Do they freeze up and get angry, or do they buckle down and increase their focus and commitment?
So, how do you get a 35,000-pound F-16 jet fighter to fly?
It's no easy feat. To overcome the force of gravity, you have to create a force that is greater than gravity's grasp.
December 21st, 1998 - a brisk winter day in Saudi Arabia. I was stationed on my first combat deployment, flying missions enforcing the Iraqi southern no-fly zone.
Arlete is my cleaning lady. She is the most positive, loving person I know. And I love her for it.
I have to admit I just don't like to vacuum and mop my floors so I would rather pay someone to do it. So, Arlete comes by when I need her and she creates a space happiness in my life by giving me TIME.
On June 5, 2009, a young rancher named Neal Wanless claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history - $232 million. He bought the ticket in the small town Winner, SD, part of Todd County, which according to the Census Bureau, was the nation's seventh-poorest county in 2007.
The key to building and sustaining business and personal relationships is to develop them based on mutual trust. Connecting with people on a human and emotional level, and developing a reputation as a trusted resource is one of the most important traits you can have in business.