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“If you want the good life, stay put. Mattis tends to burn out his staff. But if you’re up for the challenge, I doubt you’ll ever find a job more rewarding than this one.
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“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.” —Ulysses S. Grant”
― A Warning
― A Warning
“I would suggest that the fundamental “information problem” faced by managers is not too little information but too much information. What we most need are ways to know what is important and what is not important, what variables to focus on and which to pay less attention to—and we need ways to do this that can help groups or teams develop shared understanding.”
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
“It is never a waste of time for the commander to talk to his people about their problems; more times than not, the problem will seem small to him, but so long as it looms large to the man, it cannot be dismissed with a wave of the hand. He will grow in the esteem of his men as he treats their affairs with respect.”
― Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command
― Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command
“thinking initiative.” This is its meaning: It is the soldier acting on his own to advise others of his tactical situation or conveying any other information which may be of general benefit in furthering the tactical situation of the company or in enlisting the aid of others in carrying out any action which will benefit the tactical situation of the company.”
― Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command
― Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command
“On the one hand, the military must have a voice in strategy making, while realizing that politics permeates the conduct of war and that civilians have the final say, not only concerning the goals of the war but also how it is conducted. On the other hand, civilians must understand that to implement effective policy and strategy requires the proper military instrument and therefore must insist that soldiers present their views frankly and forcefully throughout the strategy-making and implementation process.”
― Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military
― Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military
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