Consistency matters. After telling students and young airmen, "Never let your people see you have a bad day," Arun tackles the flaw in his own advice. Showing up every day, in the good and bad, not only demonstrates your humanity, it gives permission to your team to show up too--even on their bad days. Being honest with each other and supporting each other on those bad days leads to much stronger ties than masking our struggles to try and achieve the 'perfect' presence.

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