The Courage To Live
The Courage to Live podcast is hosted by retired Police Captain Josh Bitsko and his wife Jenna, and it explores resilience, leadership, and the real stories behind critical incidents and everyday challenges. Each episode blends lessons from Josh’s career in law enforcement including his response to the 1 October mass shooting in Las Vegas with honest conversations about trauma, growth, and the courage it takes to face both professional and personal battles. The show covers everything from leadership and decision making under stress to mental health, family, and the daily choices that help us live with purpose.
The Courage To Live
Ep. 142: Courage Casts - Being on Time Matters
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In this short episode, Josh talks about the importance of being punctual and why it reflects more than just time management. Drawing from lessons he learned growing up and carried throughout his career, he explains how being on time connects to discipline, preparation, reliability, and how you show up for other people. The conversation focuses on the small habits that shape professionalism and trust over time.
Welcome to the Courage to Lip Podcast. My name is Josh Blitzko, and I'm a retired police captain. 24 years of experience out of Las Vegas. Currently, I travel the country and I teach people about courage, resilience, and leadership. In this short podcast, I'm gonna talk about why it's important to be on time, being punctual. It seems like such a small thing. Um, I'll tell you, I grew up and my dad was a stickler about being on time. He would, you know, if you're if you're on time, you're late is what he would say. Like so if you if you walk in right when something's starting, you're late. You should be there 10 or 15 minutes early. And he used to get so mad at me if I wasn't ready on time and all of that. Like he just drilled that into my head. And honestly, it carried over into adulthood. Um, and I mean, even working working swing shift or graveyard, it was always easier because you'd have to wake up and go in. But day shift, I mean, it just was always hard, hard to wake up. Um generally I woke up and worked out before, so I never had a problem being on time to work. But why is it important, right? It's more than just being, you know, where you need to be at the time you need to be there. But I think it lends to you know, dedication or you know, are you showing up for people? Are you showing up? Is it what what is important to you? So, you know, I I I can see people that they're always late. It just, you know, you you look at them at maybe being a little more disorganized, or you know, what what are their priorities? So again, I know it might seem like a small thing, but I think to a lot of people it isn't. Remember to just set habits. Like I just having it having the ability to start getting ready to go 15 minutes earlier than you usually do. Um, because I also don't like the feeling of when I'm running late. I don't like the feeling of okay, you know, trying to rush and get there, and then you walk in and you're just like breathing heavy and everyone's looking at you, like trying to relearn those habits because it it at the end of the day, it it shows how you show up for people. So well, if you like the podcast, please share it with a friend, subscribe, leave a review, and I appreciate you spending time with me today.