Success as an Air Traffic Controller is a Choice-Initiate Action

The Side by Side ATC Podcast by Tom Hanes

Episode notes

In this episode, I continue my talk about how we can take some great information from John Maxwell's book "Success is a Choice” and apply it to air traffic control.

This time I go through the section on taking initiative, or in ATC terms, "Taking Control."

I talk about:

  • Taking control is the first step to anywhere you want to go.
  • Taking control closes the door to fear.
  • Taking control opens the door to opportunity.
  • Taking control eases life's difficulties.
  • Taking control is often the difference between success and failure.

Then I looked at what happens when you don't take control:

  • You fail to see the consequences of inaction
  • You want someone else to motivate you.
  • You look for the perfect time to act.
  • You like tomorrow better than today.
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