Admitting Failures…
July 19, 2008
It’s important to take stock of your situation. A man who is most certainly is as influential in strategic thinking as any is willing to admit his mistakes why are the rest of us not following his example?
Here are some things I was wrong about the past semester.
-Formal Education is enough.
-All libertarians are of the same philosophy.
-Non-fiction is boring.
-Nobody is watching your actions.
Reading through the 30th anniversary edition of Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene this weekend has shown me that even the most improbable theories can/will work (pg 159). I wonder what Che Guevera would have footnoted in Guerrilla Warfare if he was revamping it now? Hell, he he would have thrown the original out the window then would have re-write the whole thing.
Don Vandergriff was right about your choices, even if he was meaning to talk about our military.
“Continue to adapt with changing environmental conditions in order to sustain their core beliefs or become complacent, resting on one’s laurels.”
I’m going to be wrong. All I can do is keep consuming while never resting of my laurels. In all honesty, what does a 19 year old boy rest on? Looks? Girls I’ve dated? My stock portfolio? Places I’ve traveled? Grades?
Answer: Nothing.
