From his farewell speech - which you can get here - a small quote to ponder.It is tempting to protect yourself from the personal or professional costs of loss by limiting how much you commit, how much of belief and trust in people, and how deeply you care. Caution and cynicism are safe, but soldiers don't want to follow cautious cynics. They follow leaders who believe enough to risk failure or disappointment for a worthy cause.
If I had it to do over again, I'd do some things in my career differently but not many. I believed in people, and I still believe in them. I trusted and I still trust. I cared and I still care. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
Winston Churchill said we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. To the young leaders of today and tomorrow, it's a great life.
Hat tip D.
1:10 AM? Phib is either burning the midnight oil or is on the Left Coast ;)
ReplyDeleteRisk failure, trust, giving? Is he talking about the Tillman cover-up?
ReplyDeleteShh OPSEC!
ReplyDeleteGosh, that smelled like troll bait...
ReplyDeleteTroll bait, you mean a typical lying and deceptive political slant on imitating leadership?
ReplyDeleteFrom his going away speech, I would have liked to work for the man.
ReplyDeleteInteresting though, he resigns and gets his parade with SecDef. Shinseki get the parade with no SecDef. Interesting, very interesting.
Redeye, Not when you consider the two SECDEFs involved.
ReplyDeleteSpeaks volumes about the kind of people President Bush had surrounding him... I really liked POTUS but Cheney, "Scooter", Addington, Rummy, Feith, Cambone, etc...were just evil.
ReplyDeleteExactly!
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