by admin | Sep 6, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development, Resilience
That sounds so cliché. “Re-define yourself.” However, sometimes it’s necessary to consider. For some, the definition of who they are and what they do becomes so blurred that if one is taken away, it feels as if the other is being lost as well. For years I...
by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development
Ensuring that you focus on what fuels YOU is vital. When I was in policing, I remember people giving me all kinds of advice when it came to what direction my career should be headed in. No matter what you do, let no one tell you what you should do. Follow your passion...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Personal Development
“Kwesi, that judge was racist!” When I was convicted of perjury in 2015, many people, both inside and outside of policing, both white and black, said that to me. Why? Maybe people from the outside looking in saw something that gave them that impression. Maybe some...
by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development, Resilience
It seems redundant to talk about police officers, first responders and resilience. Resilience is defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. Difficulty is inherent to the career of a first responder. From long shifts, to dealing with cantankerous...
by admin | May 27, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development, Resilience
Words are like water: they can save lives, or take them. Those lines are from my book RISE (http://bit.ly/riseresiliencebook). When people ask me “How does a police officer get into public speaking?”, I’ve given myriad responses. But the truth is words are as...
by admin | May 6, 2020 | Personal Development
Are you a chameleon? Watch out…Why? Because of the actual reasons chameleons change colors. And it’s not to match their environment as commonly believed. It’s actually for two reasons: first, they change colors to adopt to the temperature. Just like...
