BY RICK LASKY
For the past 10 months through this PrideandOwnership series, we have discussed again and again just how great this profession of ours is. The fire service! We started off back then by taking a look at ourMissionand why we do what we do and what it’s all about. Then we got into the kind of person it takes to carry out our mission, that being theFirefighter和奉献和承诺，它需要一天，擅长我们所做的事情。我们说，如果你不喜欢它，如果你不愿意互相照顾，捍卫我们的家庭，然后出去！
We realized that to ensure that our firefighters could do what they needed to do and grow within their careers, we needed someone to guide them, mentor them, and build that path for success; we called that person theCompany Officer。但是，所有好团队都需要教练，良好的教练 - 可以与那些公司官员合作，以便他们能够以最佳方式帮助和导致那些消防员。此时，我们意识到并理解了我们的营酋长是谁以及他们对我们所有人所做的事情。我们知道谁真正在我们的业务中发生，那些消防员，公司官员和营酋长，但我们也知道他们作为一个团队成功，要真正有所作为，他们需要对真正的人的支持和理解理解并赞赏他们 -The Chief!And not just any chief or person who hangs “five” on their collars, but someone who truly does care-cares more about the troops, the staff, and the overall mission than about himself.
That in itself, finding that kind of person, can be difficult. But the same goes for the firefighters, company officers, and battalion chiefs we talked about. Anyone can show up at the firehouse and say “I’m a firefighter” or “I’m your company officer” or “I’m the battalion chief for ‘A’ shift” and not say anything more than just those words.
We discussed those who work against us and our mission, but we also realized that these types of officers are few and far between, that the vast majority of the people in our family are good, hard working, and dependable and want nothing more than to make a difference in other people’s lives.
But boy, it gets really hard to keep a lid on this whole thing when you have as a chief someone who just doesn’t care. That whole “It’s hard to soar with eagles when I’m surrounded by turkeys” saying, at times, needs to be modified. A chief should say, “Before I look for eagles, I need to look in the mirror and see what kind of feathers I’m wearing.” With that kind of accountability and understanding at the top, you quickly end up saying, “Man, look at all that we’re doing and getting done.” That kind of environment gets you quickly to where you’re saying, “There is no telling what we’re going to get done; the sky’s the limit.”
This group of people, though, the fire service, because of the very nature of the work and how firefighters must interact with each other, has become a very close-knit family-a style of family like no other, though it is often sought after by others especially in the private sector.
We also noted that we adjusted to having two families,我们的两个家庭，工作中的一个，在家里等待。我们意识到家里的一个是第一个家庭，我们对两者都非常保护。然后因为两者而言，我们努力了解给我们问题的一些领域，伤害了我们或更糟糕的美国。
出汗小东西看着那些“小事”有些人觉得我们不需要担心，但几乎总是回来困扰我们。接下来，我们迎接准备促销过程并成功完成该过程并实现的挑战Changing Shirts，从哥们对老板的调整可能非常困难。它涉及学习如何监督和引导那些仰望你的人，并代表他们做出决定和选择，因为这是正确的事情，而不是最受欢迎的事情。
后来我们诚实地看看了什么September 11 did to us and for us, and that “NEVER FORGETTING MEANS NEVER FORGETTING!” We got back into the仪式that do us proud and are deserved and much needed to preserve our heritage. And just recently, we talked again aboutMarketing our Mission, our departments,US, and what we’re all about-and how crucial it is if we’re going to survive in today’s economy.
But when we take a good look at all of these things, we get to a point where we realize that to truly make it all happen, really happen, and take care of number one, you have to care, work hard, set your priorities, and be brutally honest with yourself. Are we living up to our expectations and those of the people around us? It’s not just a matter of what the boss expects ofme但是我旁边和我下面的人的期望是什么。只有这样我们就会知道我们正在照顾第一。
听起来有点自私，不是吗？消防员首先思考自己。它似乎没有适应，还是这样做？为了致力于无私的生活，擅长它，你必须先照顾好自己，“心中，”在家里，在工作中，你必须在整个生活中继续这样做。那些跑进地面或不照顾自己的人，忘记他们的优先事项将在长远来看。
At the firehouse, how good are you? How much do you know? How much are you willing to learn, and what energy level are you working at-low, medium, or high? When we dip to the low side, we suffer and bad things tend to happen. Remember how much attitude plays into it.
You have to set your goals and prioritize them. Identify the steps or objectives it will take to get you there. So many people never realize when they reach a goal they have set for themselves because they were never shown how to realize they are successful and how to embrace that success. On occasion, a firefighter or a company officer will walk in and sit down and begin to explain that he is feeling as if he were in a rut, like he is not contributing. Often, what these individuals forget to do is to see where they are relative to the goals they set. If they set attainable goals and achieved them, it’s just a matter of their realizing that they are successful.
我们在我们的工作中得到了如此匆忙，匆匆完成这项完成或完成这一点，所以我们可以继续前进我们有时到达我们想要去的地方或者可能在第一个项目中或者可能不是甚至意识到它！如果是这样的话，让你的身体休息或超时，有机会赶上并享受它。拥抱成功！
But first, you have to be able to recognize it. Then when you catch your breath, reexamine your current list of goals and objectives, reprioritize them, and move ahead. But, don’t to forget to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Stop to smell the roses just for a minute. Remember what success feels like and that it’s okay to feel good about it. Otherwise, you’ll get frustrated and feel empty and unappreciated, like you’re stuck in a rut, and you will eventually burn out. It’s almost like what happened to a lot of folks when they went to direct deposit with their paychecks. When the check didn’t pass through their hands, when they didn’t see a return from their hard work, they felt as if they didn’t accomplish anything. They say it leaves some people with a void, an empty spot, almost like they didn’t finish something. Obviously, with the Internet today and banking the way it is, we see less and less of it, but it serves as a fair comparison.
关于拥抱成功的最后一件事：你必须尽可能多地学习你的失败。我们有时忘记看看它两种方式，并更多地关注失败方面。没有花时间从成功中学习可以导致道路的平庸。如果我们未能这样做，我们将不会知道下一个级别在哪里，在哪里设置栏，或者如何采用相同的策略和方法来实现其他目标。我们需要看看双方，以保持所有在轨道上并朝着正确的方向移动。
Stay fresh. Hang around people with good attitudes. Continue to make your mark in the fire service and say to yourself on a regular basis, “Wow, what this place could be if …” and then see what you can do to get it there.
RICK LASKY这是一个25年的消防服务老兵，是Lewisville（TX）消防部门的首席。此前，他是Darien-Woodridge（IL）和Bedford Park（IL）消防部门的Coeur d'Alene（ID）消防部门和培训人员。虽然在伊利诺伊州，他在伊利诺伊州火灾服务机构和伊利诺伊州火酋长协会教授，并获得了1996年国际消防服务教练“今年的创新者”，他的发展奖“拯救了我们自己的”计划。他是H.O.T的主导教练。FDIC West的消防员生存计划，是FDIC和FDIC东方的联合主导教练。他是一名编辑顾问委员会成员188金宝搏是正规吗并为FDIC，FDIC西和FDIC East咨询委员会服务。
