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Train ‘em, Trust ‘em,….

Posted in blog, Character, comments, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Methods, Patrol Method, planning, Scouting, teamwork on July 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I have said this so many times it is almost becoming cliche’.. but I’ll say it again… TRAIN ‘EM, TRUST ‘EM, AND LET THEM LEAD! Last night the SPL of our Troop held the Patrol Leaders Council meeting.  Because of a work conflict, I knew that I was not going to be able to be [...]

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Somewhere between a Rock and Hard Place

Posted in Backpacking, blog, camp skills, Camping, Character, Climbing, High Adventure, Ideals, Just fun, Leadership, Patrol Method, Risk Management, Scoutmaster minute, Scouts, Skills, teamwork, training on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

That’s where you will find adventure and success.  Life is hard enough for an 11 year old with out standing on the edge of a cliff.  But that is where the Scouts of Troop 664 find themselves every year when we climb at Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon. Here is what happens.  A young man [...]

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Giving it all away

Posted in Character, Oath and Law, Scout Law, Scoutmaster minute, Scouts, teamwork, Values on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Character is something that I talk about a lot with the Scouts of my Troop.  It is a subject worth discussion often with these young men that are influenced by popular culture, peers, and sports figures.  Now, if you have read this blog for any period of time, you know that I am a huge [...]

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Standing on the shoulders of Giants

Posted in planning, Service, teamwork on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

When I became a new Scoutmaster a good friend took me aside and gave me some great advice.  He told me that its all about the Troop program.  We were building a Troop from scratch and so he assured me that if we built a great program, the Scouts would come and we would have [...]

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A game with a purpose

Posted in blog, Competition, Ideals, Just fun, Leadership, Methods, Patrol Method, Scouting, Skills, teamwork, tagged on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

You can not escape the Wood Badge experience without hearing “Game with a purpose” at least 100 times and the reason is that all of it is a Game with a purpose.  Scouting is a Game with a purpose and so when you do Scouting you should always play the game. Young men learn better [...]

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Failure.. Learn from it!

Posted in Leadership, Risk Management, teamwork, Values, Wood Badge on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a great video that is inspiring and leads you to that next level of finding your High Performance life! Have a Great Scouting Day!

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SMMPodcast Show #81 – Backpacking w/ Ken

Posted in Backpacking, camping. planning, High Adventure, Leadership, podcast, teamwork, training, tagged on April 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In this show I sit down with District Trainer and avid Backpacker Ken Hall and discuss planning the 50 miler.  Lots of great information for planning your next long trip, or short trip too. Leave feeback or drop an email. This show is sponsored by the Boy Scout Store. Listen to the Show :  SMM81 [...]

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Celebrating, Sportsmanship… and class

Posted in teamwork on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As most of the world knows the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA Championship last night.The Celtics surely wanted to win the game more than the Lakers as the game was a blow out.The played with skill and precision coming from a 4 pt deficit in the first to leading and never looking back. Watching [...]

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