The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions

by Hasard Lee

the very first step to making a decision: Assess the problem.

They immediately seized the narrative by leveraging social media to showcase the atrocities committed by Russia while also uniting their population’s will to fight behind myths such as the Ghost of Kyiv, a fighter pilot who shot down six Russian aircraft during the opening days of the war, and the legend of Snake Island, a unit that was destroyed after telling the Russians to “go f**k yourself.” Although many of the stories have been proven to be significantly embellished, the effects were still achieved—they overcame Russia’s extensive propaganda, gained the moral high ground, and proved to their population and the world that they had a chance at repelling the former superpower. This created a landslide of support from the international community, who have since gone on to place stifling sanctions on Russia while providing critical resources for Ukraine to keep fighting.

“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important,”