Al "Shifty" Schultz
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Let me guess... #3
2 Truths and a Lie
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Sean Molina
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Number one, amigo!
Unless your personality is a stark contrast to your messages here.
Godfather
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Ha Ha Ha Ha! Good try @Sean Molina
@Al "Shifty" Schultz nailed it.
It wasn’t an easy one.
In my fun or adventure life I’m anything but, it’s all fun and games, that’s what you see here, and oddly I think I’m that way most days if not all of them, but folks at work say I’m…what was it that group of employees told me this week at our annual sales kick off….”intense, and scary as fuck”, again, I’m just me but some say me is hard core, so sorry to tell you, it’s #3.
@Al "Shifty" Schultz nailed it.
It wasn’t an easy one.
In my fun or adventure life I’m anything but, it’s all fun and games, that’s what you see here, and oddly I think I’m that way most days if not all of them, but folks at work say I’m…what was it that group of employees told me this week at our annual sales kick off….”intense, and scary as fuck”, again, I’m just me but some say me is hard core, so sorry to tell you, it’s #3.
Al "Shifty" Schultz
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We haven't met but from what I've read you say, you're honest and direct and stick to your moral code... Some people tend to feel intimidated or threatened by the genuine article. My perception is that you are genuine.
Godfather
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I’m going to take that @Al "Shifty" Schultz as a wonderfully nice compliment!
You are highly perceptive! Ironically, and I’m an open book so transparently, I’ve had well more than a lifetime of psychological evaluations by supposed experts, all myriad of tests, battery upon battery of evaluations, I’ve done ink blots more times than you have digits to count, all to see if I’m fit to serve in certain “capacities” and your read, that’s the synopsis of the vast majority, in one sentence.
My “true north” is God, country, family, team, mission, principle, results. Sort of hard wired. I tried to explain that to all those professionals, could have saved them some time and money - it’s what you get when you cross the genetics of a German-lineage mother from the Midwest, an Irish-lineage Father who served in the Air Force and was the last son of an Irish patriot and immigrant who fought the British as a member of the IRA, and your the youngest of the clan and you have to fight for your spot at the table - right or wrong, that test tube just gets you there.
I do look forward to that first real meeting btw.
You are highly perceptive! Ironically, and I’m an open book so transparently, I’ve had well more than a lifetime of psychological evaluations by supposed experts, all myriad of tests, battery upon battery of evaluations, I’ve done ink blots more times than you have digits to count, all to see if I’m fit to serve in certain “capacities” and your read, that’s the synopsis of the vast majority, in one sentence.
My “true north” is God, country, family, team, mission, principle, results. Sort of hard wired. I tried to explain that to all those professionals, could have saved them some time and money - it’s what you get when you cross the genetics of a German-lineage mother from the Midwest, an Irish-lineage Father who served in the Air Force and was the last son of an Irish patriot and immigrant who fought the British as a member of the IRA, and your the youngest of the clan and you have to fight for your spot at the table - right or wrong, that test tube just gets you there.
I do look forward to that first real meeting btw.
RWS
Active member
Do you agree with their impression of you?
I ask because I’ve heard this numerous times over the years from my team when they describe me and I’m always surprised by it.
Godfather
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@RWS
Great question.
The answer is yes and no.
I think I’m generous, kind, approachable, caring, compassionate, so in short form this is where I say no, I don’t agree.
That said, I’m driven, competitive to a goal (not inside a team), I like to win, I want a mission accomplishment, so sometimes that means being direct, unambiguous, clear, which some people can read as tough, hard core, etc., so yes to the question above.
The aforementioned psychs and I got in a good argument about this years back. I was in a large professional services partnership at the time, and thought of myself as a partners partner, would do anything for one of my partners, give them my performance numbers to help them, show up to help on a client, etc., and the psychs said that wasn’t me - you can imagine I went weapons hot on them and disagreed. They laid out the data, from their vast test set, and tons of interviews. Their clarifying statement was, if that person shared my views, like objective, mission, mode, team, etc., (not religion, or any of that stuff) I’d give anything, but if they did not, I would treat them like they don’t exist - pretty good insight and likely more true than not true - a good insight. I work on that most days, recognizing not everyone is wired the same, and try to meet folks in a less intense way, without giving up my mission.
Probably more than you wanted to know about me, but that’s the unvarnished truth.
Great question.
The answer is yes and no.
I think I’m generous, kind, approachable, caring, compassionate, so in short form this is where I say no, I don’t agree.
That said, I’m driven, competitive to a goal (not inside a team), I like to win, I want a mission accomplishment, so sometimes that means being direct, unambiguous, clear, which some people can read as tough, hard core, etc., so yes to the question above.
The aforementioned psychs and I got in a good argument about this years back. I was in a large professional services partnership at the time, and thought of myself as a partners partner, would do anything for one of my partners, give them my performance numbers to help them, show up to help on a client, etc., and the psychs said that wasn’t me - you can imagine I went weapons hot on them and disagreed. They laid out the data, from their vast test set, and tons of interviews. Their clarifying statement was, if that person shared my views, like objective, mission, mode, team, etc., (not religion, or any of that stuff) I’d give anything, but if they did not, I would treat them like they don’t exist - pretty good insight and likely more true than not true - a good insight. I work on that most days, recognizing not everyone is wired the same, and try to meet folks in a less intense way, without giving up my mission.
Probably more than you wanted to know about me, but that’s the unvarnished truth.
Ryan Horst
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I’ll play.
1.) I’ve sang at the White House at Christmastime.
2.) I sang the National Anthem for my unit’s graduation from Basic Training.
3.) I sang the National Anthem at ceremony at the DMZ while stationed in S. Korea.
1.) I’ve sang at the White House at Christmastime.
2.) I sang the National Anthem for my unit’s graduation from Basic Training.
3.) I sang the National Anthem at ceremony at the DMZ while stationed in S. Korea.
RWS
Active member
You opened up your kimono in a way that I wasn’t expecting - and I appreciate it.
I’m derailing this thread. A thousand pardons to all playing the 2 truths and 1 lie game.
Al "Shifty" Schultz
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I'm torn between 1 and 2.. I'm going going to say #1 is the lie..
YETI
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I'm going with 2 is the lie. I don't recall the National Anthem being sung at my graduation but I went to Boot Camp so I could be wrong. Either way, you can clearly sing if two of those are true!
Al "Shifty" Schultz
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You're correct Yeti, they didn't sing the national anthem during the graduation ceremonies at Marine Corps boot camp.. they sung the Marine Corps hymn.
Al "Shifty" Schultz
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And now thanks to @YETI I can't get the Marine Corps hymn out of my head!
YETI
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That song lives rent free in my head, glad I could share it with you!
Ryan Horst
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1.) True - my senior year of high school (1998/1999) our small chamber choir was invited to perform at the White House. We rotated through three rooms singing traditional Christmas carols. Very cool experience.
2.) True - myself and three other soldiers performed the anthem a cappella for our graduation.
3.) False-ish. I did perform the anthem myself, but it was for a promotion ceremony for our NCOs, not at the DMZ (but I did get a tour of the DMZ later on).
2.) True - myself and three other soldiers performed the anthem a cappella for our graduation.
3.) False-ish. I did perform the anthem myself, but it was for a promotion ceremony for our NCOs, not at the DMZ (but I did get a tour of the DMZ later on).