John Hearne is an evil genius. There. I said it. Oh. And he loves it. Fresh on the heels of taking his “Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why” lecture on Friday, September 8, 2023, I was one of the twelve lucky students to take what was only the second iteration of the two-day version of […]
Sometimes, patience and persistence pay off. After listening to John Hearne of Two Pillars Training on countless podcasts over the last few years, I developed a serious desire to train with him. Alas, he did not often seem to take his traveling roadshow far north or east in this great country. I cannot personally take […]
Yawn. Ugh, that nap felt good. How long did I sleep? HOLY CRAP! I haven’t shared a post in over a year?! How is this possible? I don’t necessarily want to speak for my blog partner John, but for me, real life has intruded. My kids, who were just beyond the toddler stage when we […]
Since John and I went live with the blog in May of 2015, there have been many mass shootings in the United States. The mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, the Dallas, Texas police shooter, the Las Vegas shooting, the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida, and the recent shootings on a […]
I first trained with John Murphy of FPF Training in the Spring of 2016, and I have returned to him numerous times since. As an educator myself, it has been interesting to watch his curricula and his instructional methodology change over time. The first class I took with him was called “Street Encounters Skills” (AAR […]
Lee Weems and his guests in a recent episode (aired April 11, 2022) of That Weems Guy made an analogy that taking a class more than once is like watching a movie more than once; you will always pick up things on a second viewing that you missed the first time. What a great analogy! […]
I cannot imagine there are too many people in my shoes. I have been to many classes over the years, almost all of them documented here on the blog. I have met a lot of people in those classes. Accountants, police officers, information technology specialists, lawyers, doctors, army reservists, etc. I cannot ever recall meeting […]
As I like to do each year, I thought it would be a good time to set some general training goals for the year. I like to do this as I am a “To-Do List” kind of guy. I also tend to find it interesting how I veer off course each year. As a teacher, […]
As I have done each of the previous six years (see previous installments here, here, here, here, here, and here), and separate from my annual Pay to Play article, I thought it would be a good idea to review my year. What classes did I take? What goals did I achieve? Any surprises along the […]
Well, 2021 was a bit different than past years. I went into the year with less of a plan than usual in terms of which classes I might take. On the flip side, I had a definite theme to most of the classes I did take. So, for the sixth year running (see my previous […]
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