Todd Ernst of PCSgrades: Lessons I Learned From My Military Experience about How To Survive And Thrive During A Time Of Crisis

Practice — As mentioned earlier, it’s not practical to plan for every possible contingency, but it is possible to prepare your thinking, habits and processes to address most situations, even new ones, well enough to survive and perhaps even thrive. That means you have to immerse yourself in experiences. Don’t just wait for them to happen to you, but seek out new and challenging opportunities.

In this interview series, we are exploring the subject of dealing with crisis and how to adapt and overcome. The context of this series is the physical and financial fallout that resulted from the COVID 19 pandemic. Crisis management is one characteristic that many successful leaders share in common, and in many cases it is the most important trait necessary to survive and thrive in today’s complex market.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Todd Ernst.

Todd Ernst is an Air Force Academy graduate with more than 22 years of service. He…