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Except you always hear that’s how people get caught—by growing too comfortable and letting their guard down.
“Your job is to be the hardest motherfucker in your platoon," he said while pointing at me across the desk. "Do that, and everything else will fall into place."
He added that I was assigned to Bravo Company, call sign Hitman, and wished me luck.”
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He added that I was assigned to Bravo Company, call sign Hitman, and wished me luck.”
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“The traits we revile in others are often the ones that remind us most of our worst selves. And we react most strongly to the faults and flaws we see in others that we are most ashamed of in ourselves.”
― In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
― In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
“You don’t do something because it’s a sure thing. You don’t do something for the bank. That’s the one that flops. That’s a riskier proposition than doing something completely original. It’s risky to be safe.”
― DisneyWar
― DisneyWar
“It is entirely possible to feel someone’s pain, acknowledge their suffering, hold it in our hands and support them with our presence without depleting ourselves, without clouding our judgment. But only if we are honest about our own feelings.”
― In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
― In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
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