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Conditions were deliberately contrived to make the exercise as close as possible to the rigor of actual campaign, simulating everything except casualties.
Steven Pressfield • Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
corollary:
Jocko Willink , Leif Babin • Extreme Ownership
As I would assess over time, Trump’s instincts weren’t always wrong about the policy or end state he wanted to achieve. However, the odds of success were spoiled or the goal tarnished by the process he often followed (little to none); the strategy he usually pursued (narrow and incomplete); the consensus he normally built behind it (minimal and ins
... See moreMark T. Esper • A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times
In short, the ends he often sought rarely survived the ways and means he typically pursued to accomplish them. This often made all the difference.
Mark T. Esper • A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times
Use every means before and after combat to tell troops what they are going to do and what they have done.
Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh • The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
THE PEOPLE QUESTION
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Most battles are won before the contest begins—by those who are most prepared.
Stanley McChrystal • Risk
Time, March 26, 2006