Kyle Whitall

One thing about Mettle Ops that inspires me the most is our dedication to the company mission. Every company wide meeting we are aligned with our motto “Warfighters First”. Everything we do as a company, every process we make, every step we take toward quality, is all to protect the warfighter. I believe that having a strong mission is essential to aligning a large organization of people. Without one, most people would work toward their own self-interest or simply bringing the company profit....

Patience is one of the hardest skills to master, yet it is also such an important skill as well. Maybe it is because I am still young and eager to get my life going, but patience is something that I have always had to work extremely hard to have. Whenever I want something done, I always want it done as soon as possible. Now this can be a good skill as well, allowing me to be productive and proactive on certain things. But it is also the cause of unnecessary stress and expectations,...

“Don’t leave all your eggs in one basket” is a common saying, but there is a lot of deeper meaning behind it. The concept of diversification is a powerful one, and one that can be applied to many things in life. Spreading risk and avoiding reliance on single factors is a very important way to live a stable and healthy life. Life inherently involves volatility; Some days everything is going your way and the next nothing is going your way. As a student of Economics and Finance, one of the most...