Author: Jim Gant

Puddles? Hell, yeah. Good.... Live hard. Love harder. Much harder. (Thanks Chet). Jim 1COR13:1-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8 And Jocko and I agree on Steven Pressfield's book "A Man at Arms"...if you haven't read it. You should.

Dbow. I wouldn't be alive today to think about our fallen comrades had it not been for you. You had my back - always. You still do. I love you, old warrior, old friend. Jim 1COR13:1-2 Who is that dude watching my back as I hunted for IEDs? Saying "Good-bye" to you after one helluva … Continue reading My back…

Today is a somber day. I think of many people. I am thankful for so many of the relationships that I have. I am thankful for the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much - - - going back to the very beginning of our great nation. Today, I miss great warriors like … Continue reading Memorial Day 2023

Small Team? Nah…"The Few" is more like it. It is more than ever the task of the little teams and small flocks, to struggle most effectively for man and the spirit, and, in particular, to give the most effective witness to those truths for which men so desperately long and which are, at present, in … Continue reading As long as there are two of you…

Dear Mom, I learned about bravery and courage, not on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq but in our home in Hobbs, NM all those years ago. I have lost many memories but not the ones when it was just you and I trying to make our way in the world – together. We did … Continue reading Mom…You are one of a kind!

A dead soldier who has given his life because of the failure of his leader is a dreadful sight before God. Like all dead soldiers, he was tired, possibly frightened to his soul, and there he is on top of all that…never again to see his homeland. Don’t be the one who failed to instruct … Continue reading Leadership…and why it matters to me.

Please re-read day 127 in the Built to Lead book, please? I am not proud of this photo. At all. I did not want to write this today. BUT...it is just too important to me to let it slip by...BUT it is painful all the same. So here goes... Jim was drinking more heavily, including … Continue reading Day 127: Do something for me, please?

A few months ago, I was given an incredible opportunity to do a 48-hour darkness meditation. The morning that I was going into the meditation just happened to be on a Friday. Fridays are my favorite day of the week because that is the day that there is a "Band" practice. All the Builders here … Continue reading My dear Brother and Builder, Pete…