A Sailor's Advice on Life

Download or read book A Sailor's Advice on Life written by Jeremiah Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to know how to leverage time? Do you find yourself taking two steps forward and one step back? Are you seeking alternatives to the "school of hard knocks? Then you have found your source! "A Sailor's Advice on Life" is a sailor's lessons learned for the journey called life. So whether you are starting out, starting over, looking for the North Star, or trying to figure where you are, this book is for you! I am a strong believer in critical thinking. I will challenge you to ask questions and to use the time in between the pages to do some self-reflection. As it is often said, life is not about the destination, but the journey! It is my sincere hope that this book will encourage you to navigate life with your eyes wide open and realize your fullest potential! Mr. Jeremiah Jacobs is the son of a US Army First Sargent, who completed two combat tours in Vietnam and was a US Army boot camp drill instructor before retiring with 20 years of honorable service. Mr. Jacobs entered the US Navy at the height of the Cold War and obtained the rank of chief petty officer after just nine years of service. Mr. Jacobs obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander before retiring from active duty with 23 years of honorable service. While on active duty, Mr. Jacobs had tours in the Asian Pacific region, Southwest Asia and deployed on US Navy surface ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of operations. Mr. Jacobs' military overseas and stateside assignments, ports of call and post-military retirement entrepreneur pursuits, contributed to his ability to have positive interactions with people from all walks of life. His introspective reflections of those interactions, allowed him to gain key insights into human behavior. Mr. Jeremiah Jacobs holds a Master's Degree in Systems Analysis from the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey California and has a Master of Business and Administration (MBA) from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.