Living the Dream with Curveball
Oct 17, 2026 · 54 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail Send us Fan Mail In this enlightening episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we are joined by Rick Moore, founder of Moore…
Well, talk about how working with the Army Corps of Engineer a- as a lieutenant shaped the engineer and leader that you have become today.
The two themes that I like to drive home, um, when I talk to, to groups is, the first one I, I call getting out of your comfort zone, and the second one is working with teams.
You know, I was 22, 23 year old, right out of college, uh, virtually no experience.
Well, teaching, of course, was a, was not, you know, a, a, an enormous out of your comfort zone experience.
But I knew I did not know how to teach, and the Army taught me how to teach, and it was, it was an invaluable lesson.
Uh, for the next 50 years of my career, every time I stood up in front of a planning board or a, a convention, uh, I had that confidence of a whole year teaching, um, in the Army Engineer school.
And the, [laughs] the funny part about it is I really had no credentials to teach.
The second year, of course, was in Vietnam, and that was genuinely an out of your comfort zone experience.
You do what you're good at, you do it day in, day out, week in, year in, year out, and you feel comfortable doing it.
But it certainly put me out of my comfort zone, and that's when you learn the most.
Well, talk about how working with the Army Corps of Engineer a- as a lieutenant shaped the engineer and leader that you have become today.
The two themes that I like to drive home, um, when I talk to, to groups is, the first one I, I call getting out of your comfort zone, and the second one is working with teams.
You know, I was 22, 23 year old, right out of college, uh, virtually no experience.
Well, teaching, of course, was a, was not, you know, a, a, an enormous out of your comfort zone experience.
But I knew I did not know how to teach, and the Army taught me how to teach, and it was, it was an invaluable lesson.
Uh, for the next 50 years of my career, every time I stood up in front of a planning board or a, a convention, uh, I had that confidence of a whole year teaching, um, in the Army Engineer school.
And the, [laughs] the funny part about it is I really had no credentials to teach.
The second year, of course, was in Vietnam, and that was genuinely an out of your comfort zone experience.
You do what you're good at, you do it day in, day out, week in, year in, year out, and you feel comfortable doing it.
But it certainly put me out of my comfort zone, and that's when you learn the most.
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