Red Mike Messages: Four Moments That Test You

Quiet tests arise

Steady hearts choose peace, not pride.

Strength speaks soft, not loud.

#Calm #Drinkthebourbon

NOTE: These ideas echo concepts from Don Miguel Ruiz, the author of The Four Agreements.

Red Mike Messages: They Aren’t Out to Get You

Incompetence stings—

Not malice, just tangled work.

Lead past the chaos.

#paranoid #Drinkthebourbon

Red Mike Messages: -30-

Lost hearts need a light.

Believe in who they can be—

Keep trying, my friend.

#love #Drinkthebourbon

Red Mike Messages: The Quarterdeck Breed in Your Office

Born for the front lines

Doers are better doing

Lifting others up.

#StarTrek #Drinkthebourbon

Red Mike Messages: The Things Worth Waking Up For
Cold dawn, quiet store.
Early is better with her.
Blue bucket, warm heart.
#BlackFriday #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Messages: Thanksgiving Control Room laughter. Oh my, the HUMANITY!Les Nessman calls it.

#WKRPinCincinnati #funthanksgiving #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Messages: The Legacy Test

A leader walks on—
The true test is what remains,
Strength, it stays behind.

#legacy #drinkthebourbon

Red Mike Messages: The Day You Realize No One Is Coming to Save You

No rescue will come.

Stand up, swing hard on your own.

Clarity begins.

#MajorLeague #Jobu #Drinkthebourbon

Red Mike Messages: The Power of Unfinished Work

Work stalls at eighty.

Greatness lives in the last steps.

Finish and lead on.

#Finish #drinkthebourbon

Red Mike Messages: Ride or Die

Fourth grade exile

Joey always stood by me

Brother, I'm here now

#friendship #loneliness #DrinkTheBourbon