March 12, 2023
I read a series of essays taken from the US. military. The key learnings directly apply to civilian life. Here is a short list of my favorites.
-“There are bold pilots and old pilots but, very few bold, old pilots”
-“Never tell the Platoon Sergeant that you have nothing to do”
-“don’t draw fire, it irritates people around you”
-“if your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush”
-“a good landing is when you can walk away from the plane; a great landing is when you can reuse the plane”
-“the only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire”
-“aim toward the enemy”
-“any ship can be a minesweeper, once!”
-“if you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up”
-when in doubt, empty the magazine”
High Truths and Low Lies 