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PWAD 350-001 Extra Credit Dalton Jones: Deputy Director of Intelligence at US Transportation and Commerce Mr. Jones is a very smart and hard-working gentleman who rose through the ranks and succeeds at his job everyday. On October 30, 2018, he spoke about what personality traits are important to learn, how to get involved in intelligence work, and how to persevere through life regardless of the mishaps that occur around you. Mr. Jones spoke in an intelligent manner by hitting on key points such how he got to this point in life, what drove him, and how he has succeeded. To begin, one thing that I thought was really interesting was the fact that Mr. Jones thanked his family and grandparents for his success. He briefly explained that if his family did not outline hard work and perseverance while he was on the farm, he would not have been able to put that into play in his professional life. I resonated with that statement because I believe that how people act today in their adult life, whether in the work place or outside of it, is a depiction of how they were raised and what values they were taught. Specifically within the field of intelligence, Mr. Jones said two things that I agreed with. First, he said, “learn how to anticipate what is going to go wrong, and how to plan ahead” (Jones, 10/30/2018). This idea is very important in the intelligence community. If no one paid attention to the consequences, then people would make rash decisions all the time. It is important, especially with vital information, to see how different scenarios will play out because some could have much bigger consequences than others. Second, Mr. Jones said, “always be a constant learner in your profession” (Jones, 10/30/2018). I think this line is very important. People tend to think that once you hit your profession and your grounded in your job, there is nothing else to learn. However, this statement is false because I believe people can learn everyday, especially within the intelligence community. Since there are different sections of the intelligence community, everybody who works there does not know everything that is to be known. People continue to learn from each other everyday. Each day, new information is uncovered and people are willing to learn from it. New information can be present, but I think it is whether or not the people will be willing to learn more. Mr. Jones touched upon teamwork, giving your job 110%, and how you should surround yourself with people who may or may be smarter than you. To simply put it, Mr. Jones wants a person, whether in the intelligence community or not, to constantly be learning. With a team, nothing could get done in the intelligence community. No one would be cooperating and people would think of their tasks as solely being theirs, when in reality they have other people they can turn to. I agreed with all of these points Mr. Jones made, except one. Near the end of his talk, he said, “in intelligence community, no one cares where your degree comes from” (Jones, 10/30/2018). I don’t agree with this statement whether you’re talking about intelligence work or not. Each university is held to a different standard. For example, if you receive a degree in Biomedical engineering from MIT, then it definitely does matter in comparison to someone who received a degree in biomedical engineering also, but from University of Kentucky. I’m not saying that the University of Kentucky is a bad school or their programs are not good. I’m saying that both schools are of different calibers. Overall, I appreciate Mr. Jones’s talk because he presented lessons that we can put into play in the intelligence community and in our everyday lives....