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19 Military Lessons That Made Me A Millionaire

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And why do I feel like the majority of these 19 points also fall in line with SIDs?

1. Managing Chaos

2. Mission Driven

3. Limited Resources

 No facilities? No problem. No internet? Oh well here's a hotspot. 

4. Multi-task

Doing in-game stats while writing the recap, doing P.A. and being a D.J.! Boom!

5.  Perform Under Pressure

Printing out eight pages of half-time stats with coaches standing over your shoulder waiting. Players, coaches and fans awaiting a scoring decision whether a player was ruled a hit or an error. 

6. Manage Risk

7. Thick Skin

Coaches and opposing SIDs are insanely sarcastic. Additionally being able to respond to any question with instant sarcasm, is a sign of a healthy brain. Meaning all SIDs have healthy brains. 

8. Build A Tribe

SIDs have a tremendous comradary with each other. We all have each others back and when one of us needs help, the other person will jump and help even if it is there only off day in four weeks. 

9. Leadership

Teaching our student workers how to use Statcrew and write releases because we can't be at lacrosse,  baseball and softball at the same time. 

10. Learning Other Cultures

We have numerous student-athletes, coaches and student workers from different countries let alone different backgrounds. 

11. Adapt

We're always going with the flow. "What you can't do that interview at 9am but you can do it at noon? Ok, I guess we'll have a working lunch." 

12. Survivability

13. Independence

14. Strategy

15. Health

Were' always on the go. We pretty much want to say "we don't have time to do this." But we have to remember to take five minutes out of our day to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

16. Preparation

17. Paranoia

Have you ever met an SID that wasn't paranoid? Paranoid we didn't submit all-conference nominations. Paranoid we'll miss the deadline for weekly awards. Paranoid our coaches are going to come to us asking why we ruled something one way. Paranoid the video won't work. 

18. Work Ethic

19. Discipline