Review: Recommended. There is a lot of sound advice for life and business in this book. While the war stories do help to illustrate the points being conveyed, I thought that they distracted from the principles being discussed. Overall, worth your time. Summary: The central idea is to own everything that happens to you, i.e., … Continue reading Book Review & Summary: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Category: writing
Words & Phrases, 2016
Every time I come across an interesting word or phrase, I add it to a yearly list. I tried making a poem using this one last year. Pointless cacophony Buddha of subterranean impulses Métro, boulot, dodo — commute, work, sleep rossignol, French cryptographers whose name became French slang for a device that picks locks. cynegetic tendencies Viktor … Continue reading Words & Phrases, 2016
