The more you sweat during peacetime, the less you bleed during wartime - Google Search
War strategies, however, rest on a deeper foundation of people working together under stress and uncertainty, and good ones shape the terms of the conflict to their liking before combat begins. Such an environment describes modern business, and strategies based on this foundation will work as well for business as for war.
Chet Richards • Certain to Win
‘Za-kalwe, in all the human societies we have ever reviewed, in every age and every state, there has seldom if ever been a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.’
Iain M. Banks • Use of Weapons (A Culture Novel Book 3)
War is the father of all things,” said the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus
Curtis Yarvin • The Orbital Authority
Peacetime CEO always has a contingency plan. Wartime CEO knows that sometimes you gotta roll a hard six.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
“Hard work is not always something you can see. It is not always physical effort.
In fact, the most powerful form of hard work is thinking clearly. Designing a winning strategy may not look very active, but make no mistake: it is very hard work.
Strategy often beats sweat.”
In fact, the most powerful form of hard work is thinking clearly. Designing a winning strategy may not look very active, but make no mistake: it is very hard work.
Strategy often beats sweat.”
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (December 19, 2019) | James Clear
Keep your men busy. If there is no work, make it up, for when soldiers have time to talk, their talk turns to fear. Action, on the other hand, produces the appetite for more action.