Ways Veterans Apply Military Thinking to Everyday Life

May 2021 equal opportunity employment journal Page 33 Ways Veterans Apply Military Thinking to Everyday Life by Paul Maplesden

As a veteran, you know the value of friendship, training, experience and decision making.

When you serve in the armed forces, lives rely on everyone working together towards a larger purpose. Military thinking can also be very useful after you have served and veterans can excel in many ways including: Veterans Learn to Be Part of a Team

When you're in the military, you trust your life to the people around you. In life or death situations, everyone has to do their jobs properly, without question or hesitation. In civilian life, this makes it easier to appreciate how important it is to have a team around you that you can trust. You're the perfect team member, listening, acting and understanding what's best for everyone. Veterans Become Better Listeners

In the military, you learn to listen to, understand and obey those with more experience or seniority. Outside the military, this can be extremely helpful as you're more likely to pay attention when someone has something valuable to add, rather than just trying to get your own opinion across. Veterans Value the People Around Them Much More

When you're trusting your life to a squad mate, that trust creates a very strong bond between you. It deepens friendships, camaraderie and the trust that you place in other people. Outside the military, it means that you tend to hold on to your closest friends, rely on them and develop closer ties with your loved ones. Veterans Make Quick, Confident Decisions

Lives can be saved or lost on the basis of a good or bad decision. Military strategy teaches you to make fast, confident decisions based on the information that's available at the time. One of the great drawbacks of modern life is having too much choice and procrastinating about the right thing to do. Veterans often find it much easier to make and stick to a decision.

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