Watch your back!
A 10 gallon, tropical fish tank is cheap and easy to maintain.
We use them a lot. “Use them?” Yep, the fish provide services.
- My life coach and combat experience tells me that leaders need to take time to reflect or else they miss things and are prone to cognitive bias. Throughout the day I sit next to the fish tank for 1-5 minutes at a time, stare at the fish and think about what is really going on.
- We regularly host “customers.” People throughout the command who come by to seek our services or provide us their services. The fish set them at ease. Almost 100% of our visitors excitedly say something like, “oh you have fish!” Then look at the tank and think for 1-5 minutes.
- The people who work in the shop appreciate having some life in our windowless office. Our people interact about the life and times of the fish. Fish talk encourages interaction.
- Our life-bearing fish have had two broods of fry. Although about 14 were born, 1 from the first brood and 3 from the second lived to become contributing members of the fish society. Let this be a reminder, only the strong and creative survive. (sub point: the adolescent we have is now trying to mate with his mom … got to love nature)
- The unknown: To quote one of our office mates, “there is some measure of satisfaction to be had through sustaining the life of another being.”
- I believe having an aquarium is against the rules. Great message. We break rules. We don’t subscribe the unsubstantiated policy put before us. We are guided by what’s right.
Write us for help in setting up your aquarium. Hell, we’ll even try to get you some of our strong and creative surviving fry.
