Rise To Your Potential with gabriel "gaberock" avilla
NEW EPISODE! “Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. ” In this episode, I discuss the parallels between learning, training, and applying military and fitness skills. If you want to perform your best during real-world operations or game day, you need to put the sweat equity both in [...]
NEW EPISODE! “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” In this episode, I cover my approach to another round of Professional Military Education. These phases in a military career can be overwhelming at times and not always what you expect or want, so I provide my thoughts on how to make the most out [...]
NEW EPISODE! “Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.” In this episode, I interview Nicte Soto, founder of Nicte-Ha Cafe, a military spouses community designed [...]
NEW EPISODE! “Live in the moment. Don’t carry baggage from the past. Put that baggage in a history book and learn from it, but don’t carry it on your shoulder. You will feel lighter and be able to enjoy the present and the future.” In this episode, I share my advice on how we should [...]
NEW EPISODE! “You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people--and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.” In this episode, I share my thoughts on approaching organizational change. This three-part cycle can be applied to any size team, it just takes deliberate leadership and teamwork to turn a bright [...]
NEW EPISODE! “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, and others build windmills.” In this episode, I interview Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Grygo, a fellow cyberspace operations officer. We reflect on the early phases and challenges of accelerating the rollout of telework capabilities to meet the demands of the workforce, how these capabilities [...]
NEW EPISODE! “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” In this episode, I freestyle across a few topics. I cover how to deal with frustrations of teammates, the difference between knowledge and wisdom, and how my journey as a leader has multiple layers of depth.
NEW EPISODE! “A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.” In this episode, I show the parallels on how I coach in the gym and how I lead in the office. I share three techniques that work in both situations and how you can elevate your leadership game.
NEW EPISODE! “When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. When you listen, you may learn something new.” In this episode, I share my recent feedback session that included some interesting and shocking perceptions of me as a leader. I’m not impervious to feedback nor do I claim to be perfect, but [...]
NEW EPISODE! “The best ideas emerge when very different perspectives meet.” In this episode, I cover my top 10 recommendations for what incoming squadron commanders should and should not do during the first 90 days of taking command. I take an alternative approach and don’t present my ideas in chronological format, but rather focus on [...]