The military teaches many skills. However the reality is that negotiating is just not one of those skills. Many veterans get out of the military without learning anything about negotiating. Think about it? Did you ever have to negotiate for your salary in the military? Never. The lack of knowledge about negotiating in the civilian world can be problematic to many veterans. Negotiating … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Jimi Page, Founder of Page Business Solutions – High Speed Low Drag Podcast
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Jimi Page is the founder of Page Business Solutions. He is in the business of helping other companies increase their business performance through more efficient document management programs by providing printers, copiers, high-speed color printers, IT services, maintenance and tech support. Click here to listen to Jimi Page's Podcast on Stitcher. Click here to listen to Jimi Page's … [Read more...]
Adam Smith, Habit Hacker and Health Expert – High Speed Low Drag Podcast
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A habit hacker and a health expert are not jobs that one sees or hears about everyday day but that?s exactly what Adam Smith is. This guy is a proud habit hacker and health expert who assists people in changing their lives using focused daily actions. For over two years now, Adam has impacted hundreds of lives by applying psychological principles in order to help his clients. Below is … [Read more...]
Akshay Nanavati, Author of “The Other Side of Fear” – High Speed Low Drag Podcast
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This High Speed Low Drag Podcast features an interview with Akshay Nanavati. Akshay is a Marine Corp veteran, adventurer and author of the upcoming book “The Other Side of Fear”. Akshay is on a mission to run in every country in the world but at the same time he also runs a location-independent business at Existing2living.com where he teaches the neuroscience and psychology of how to desi … [Read more...]
How Veterans Can Find And Leverage Mentors: High Speed Low Drag Podcast
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Mentorship. How important is it? Does having a mentor really make a difference? And if you?ve identified that you want and more importantly NEED a mentor how do you go about finding one? These are just a few of the most common questions that have been asked by some of our High Speed Elite members. Of course, we immediately realized that since the topic was a more common concern than we … [Read more...]
The 2 Most Effective Ways That Veterans Can Market Themselves In The Civilian World: High Speed Low Drag Podcast
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Snipers And Shotguns Now those two words would not necessarily be connected to marketing oneself, but here in HSLD, we know that these are two words that many if not most of our military peers can relate to. Besides being weapons and artillery, snipers and shotguns are an excellent way to describe what you really want to be and do in life. Click here to listen to the 2 Most Effective Ways … [Read more...]
Charlie Gilkey, Founder of Productive Flourishing and Author of The Small Business Lifecycle : High Speed Low Drag Podcast 7:
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Charlie Gilkey is the Founder of Productive Flourishing and Author of The Small Business Life Cycle, a best selling book on small business planning. His speeches, classes and planning systems and body of work helps change makers start finishing the stuff that matters. Charlie lives with his wife Angela in Portland, Oregon. HSLD: Besides the little background that we’ve give about you … [Read more...]
Four Things Veterans Need To Do To Build A Business
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The focus on today’s post will be on a few questions that the High Speed Low Drag group got on a recent live event. After presenting on the topic of transition success and how to succeed financially in the civilian world, we were bombarded with so many questions on the topic. The main thing that everyone pretty much wanted to know were the specific things that veterans needed to do in orde … [Read more...]
Gavin McCulley, Angel Investor and Founder of Twin River Holdings : High Speed Low Drag Podcast
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Gavin McCulley is a former army logistics officer who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Gavin left the service in late 2008 to become an entrepreneur only to find himself in a tumultuous economy. In search of capital for his own business, he learned first hand the game of Angel investing. Over the last 6 years, founded his own Angel investing partnership which is one of the nation’ … [Read more...]
Pink Slips And Military Downsizing: How to Prepare In Case You Get The Boot
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The recent news tell of downsizing in the army. Even if it is just the army (for now), we feel that this is a topic worth discussing. As everything is starting to wind down it is only natural that downsizing happens in the military. Pink Slips are being given to thousands of military soldiers who have just served from Afghanistan. This will mean that there will be about 70,000 men and … [Read more...]
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