Posted by Admiral Joe P (Election Coodinator) in Questions for the Candidates - Boldness
This question is for anyone.

Today I talked about a vision of the future with someone. What the future could have been, what it still could be. It was a kind of verbal tapestry that I had woven with the express purpose of making that person feel as though they were actually there in that future, experiencing it as their own present. After I had finished talking, they uttered a single word:

“Bold.”

I was just thinking about this moment and I realized that yes, it was bold, and part of what I liked about that conversation is that I was in part, describing myself doing something boldly. Then I realized, I haven’t done something boldly in quite a while. That despite being part of a community that is focused on people who Boldly Go places, I have been sinking in a quicksand of petty minor details. I miss being bold.

This is a needlessly narcissistic way of prefacing the following question: When was the last time you did something boldly? Tell us a story of how you did something bold.

Joe

‘Bold’ is a great word. Doesn’t get used often enough, now that you bring it up.

I work in an industry that requires me to ‘boldly go where no one has gone before’ quite often, at least from a legal and compliance point of view. I have to create policies and procedures to address unique circumstances; and then defend them to my company, various state and law enforcement agencies, and the communities we operate in. If I am not bold in that endeavor, things go poorly. But that is what I do outside of the club.

The very last thing I did that was bold within the club was to decide with David to run in this election. Until a few weeks ago, we had simply talked about the club and its Administration and how we could give back to the organization just between the two of us and some others. But when the election cycle began, we both decided that we needed to try and make those discussions a viable plan for the upcoming term. So we made the decision that now was the time to do so. Now was the time to try and give back to the club in a more formal fashion than just posting and ship and fleet administration.

James