By Bob Burnett, Vice President of Business Development In this final installment of the 4-part series on Stoicism in Government Contracting, we focus on three more themes identified by The Daily Stoic that typify stoicism, namely Kindness, Amor Fati, and Memento Mori. Yes, you are reading correctly…those last two ideals are written in Latin, but we will get to that shortly. If you have read the previous posts in this series, you know that the general intent is to demonstrate

By Bob Burnett, Vice President of Business Development In this third installment of the four-part series on Stoicism in Government Contracting, we focus on three more themes identified by The Daily Stoic that typify stoicism, namely: Duty, Pragmatism, and Resiliency. These traits are especially useful in the world of government contracting. Any government contractor doing their job well understands the importance of Duty. Even if they don’t always consider how their function

By: Bob Burnett, Vice President of Business Development In this second installment of the four-part series on Stoicism In Government Contracting, we focus on three more themes identified by The Daily Stoic that typify stoicism: Unbiased Thought, Right Action, and Problem Solving. Each of these themes has carry-over to everyday life. But we will focus specifically on how these themes benefit business development professionals attempting to win work with the federal government.

By Bob Burnett, Vice President of Business Development Stoicism is a philosophy that I embrace and employ to help me be more effective at work. So, how does this philosophy relate directly to business development in the world of government contracting? In this four-part blog series, I will outline the 12 themes of Stoicism (as covered in The Daily Stoic, a website that provides stoic wisdom for everyday life) and how I leverage each in my day-to-day government contracting wor