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John Boyd, a sort of warrior-monk who revolutionized Western military strategy in the latter half of the twentieth century,
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
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Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
The Sims invented its own genre and sold a hundred million copies. Half-Life and Counter-Strike revolutionized first-person storytelling and combat. Dwarf Fortress procedurally builds fantasy worlds with politics, economics, and history. Braid threads poetry into game mechanics. Minecraft unlocked the joyful creativity of millions. And as you read
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Stephen Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance and historical novels including Gates of Fire. His struggles to earn a living as a writer (it took 17 years to get his first paycheck) are detailed in The War of Art. His excerpt in this book is from Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way. Copyright 2011. Reprinted
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But harnessing these clustered small-team networks into an inclusive, aligned whole that can be managed and directed is a unique challenge. At the core of this new organizational model is the idea of maintaining constant one-mission focus.
Chris Fussell, C. W. Goodyear, General Stanley McChrystal (Foreword) • One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams
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